USGS - science for a changing world

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

  Home About NPWRC Our Science Staff Employment Contacts Common Questions About the Site

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.

Contents

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)

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

Take Pride in America logo USA.gov logo U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/bflysurv/chase/chase.htm
Page Contact Information: Webmaster
Page Last Modified: Saturday, 02-Feb-2013 05:09:23 EST
Menlo Park, CA [caww54]