A Comprehensive Annotated List of the Butterflies

(Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)

Occurring at

Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Stutsman County, North Dakota

Ronald Alan Royer, Ph.D.
Professor in the Division of Science
Minot State University

This is the second edition of a comprehensive butterfly list produced by the Northern Prairie Science Center of the National Biological Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, under cooperative agreement with the author and Minot State University. Field work for the project was completed in the summers of 1995 and 1996. A primary objective of the project was production of a comprehensive, site-specific butterfly list that could serve as a basis for future monitoring of populations and as an aid in making management decisions at the refuge.

Study Area and Methods of Sampling; Format of Listings
Butterflies of Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota: The Skippers (Family Hesperiidae); The Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae); The Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae); The Gossamer Wings (Family Lycaenidae); The Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae); The Satyrs & Wood Nymphs (Family Satyridae); The Milkweed Butterflies (Family Danaidae)

A Comprehensive Annotated List of the Butterflies

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