NYMPHALIDAE

Pavulaan, Harry & Allor, Annette, 2022, Notes on Eastern North American Lepidoptera., The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 10 (2), pp. 1-21 : 14-15

NYMPHALIDAE

Danaus plexippus (Monarch) – seasonal migrant, mass southbound movement in fall. Cumberland: 1 Oct. (MW) 3; 2 Oct. (MW) 6 – Nectaring on Daucus carota (Queen Anne’s Lace), Trifolium pratense (Red

Clover). East Providence: 26 Sept. (PM) 2 Exeter: 3 Oct. (BH) 2 Jamestown: 19 Sept. (DM) 3 – Nectaring on Tanacetum coccineum pink var. (Painted Daisy). Johnston: 18 Sept. (CE) 1; 26 Sept. ( PH) 1 Middletown: 30 Sept. (BR) 1 – Nectaring on Solidago sp. (Goldenrod) Narragansett: 20 Sept. (BS) 2; 25 Sept. (MW) 1; 27 Sept. (IN) 1; 3 Oct. (CS, MW) 21; 6 Oct. (MW) 1 – Nectaring on

Buddleia sp. violet var. (Butterfly Bush), Solidago sempervirens (Seaside Goldenrod) , and other Solidago sp.

(Goldenrod). Newport: 29 Sept. (IN) 9 – Nectaring on Nipponanthemum nipponicum ( Nippon or Montauk Daisy). New Shoreham (Block Island): 29 Sept. – 2 Oct. (AH) 3 – Nectaring on Solidago sempervirens (Seaside Goldenrod) . North Kingstown: 26 Sept. (CS, JA, MW) 13; 27 Sept. (BC) 1 – Nectaring on Buddleia sp. (Butterfly Bush), Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Scented Joe Pye Weed) , Hieracium sp. (Hawkweed), Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) . Pawtucket: 26 Sept. (IN) 1 – Nectaring on Buddleia sp. violet var. (Butterfly Bush). Providence: 27 Sept. (MW) 1 – Nectaring on Linaria vulgaris (Butter and Eggs). South Kingstown: 26 Sept. (CS, MW, SG, WM) 5; 3 Oct. (MW) 4 – Nectaring on Buddleia sp. white var. (Butterfly

Bush). Westerly: 26 Sept. (SG, WM) 7; 27 Sept. (MM) 1 – Nectaring on Buddleia sp. violet var. (Butterfly Bush); 30 Sept. (JM)

100’s – Roosting on Rosa rugosa (Beach Rose) Argynnis cybele (Great Spangled Fritillary) – resident. North Scituate: 21 Sept. (IN) 1 Phyciodes tharos tharos (Pearl Crescent) – resident. Cumberland: 2 Oct. (MW) 1 – Nectaring on Aster sp. ( Aster ). Jamestown: 19 Sept. (DM) 1 – Nectaring on Coreopsis sp. (Tickseed). Johnston: 20 Sept. (TM) 1 – Nectaring on Aster sp. ( Aster ).

Polygonia interrogationis (Question Mark) – resident and evidence of seasonal migration: westbound movement in fall along south shore.

Cumberland: 2 Oct. (MW) 1 – Nectaring on Aster sp. ( Aster ).

Richmond: 25 Sept. (CO) 1

Junonia coenia (Common Buckeye) – seasonal migrant, perishing with onset of winter, though anecdotal reports along the eastern U. S. coast suggest some migratory activity southward in fall.

New Shoreham (Block Island): 29 Sept. – 2 Oct. (AH) 1 – Nectaring on Solidago sempervirens (Seaside Goldenrod) . South Kingstown: 2 Oct. (IN) 1

Westerly: 26 Sept. (SG, WM) 3

Vanessa virginiensis (American Lady) – seasonal migrant, perishing with onset of winter.

Bristol: 26 Sept. (IN) 1

Cumberland: 2 Oct. (MW) 1 – Nectaring on Aster sp. ( Aster ).

Jamestown: 19 Sept. (DM) 2 – Nectaring on Buddleia sp. purple var. (Butterfly Bush).

Narragansett: 25 Sept. (WM) 2; 3 Oct. (CS, MW) 1 – Nectaring on Buddleia sp. (Butterfly Bush), Solidago sp. (Goldenrod).

North Kingstown: 26 Sept. (CS, MW) 7 – Nectaring on Buddleia sp. (Butterfly Bush), Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Scented Joe Pye Weed) .

South Kingstown: 26 Sept. (CS, MW, SG, WM) 4 – Nectaring on Rudbeckia hirta (Black Eyed Susan) , Zinnia sp. ( Zinnia ).

Westerly: 26 Sept. (SG, WM) 2; 8 Oct. (SF) 1 – Nectaring on Nipponanthemum nipponicum ( Nippon or Montauk Daisy). Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral) – seasonal migrant, perishing with onset of winter.

Charlestown: 27 Sept. (JN) 1

Jamestown: 19 Sept. (DM) 2

New Shoreham (Block Island): 9 Oct. (IN) 1 – Nectaring on Buddleia sp. purple var. (Butterfly Bush).

Westerly: 8 Oct. (SF) 1 – Nectaring on Nipponanthemum nipponicum ( Nippon or Montauk Daisy).