My Favorite Butterfly Field Guides &
Books About Butterflies and Ecology

Butterflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia: A field guide. LeGrand, H. E. Jr., Pippen, J. S., Carter, D. S., & Howard, P. (2024). The University of North Carolina Press.

OTHER FIELD GUIDES:

A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America (Second Edition) by Jeffrey Glassberg (2017) Princeton University Press.

Butterflies of Illinois: A Field Guidea by Jeffords, Susan L. Post, and James R. Wiker, (2014) University of Illinois Press. NOTE: I like how they show the butterfly wings in this book. I don't like that they don't include skipper species.

Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East by Jeffrey Glassberg (1999) Oxford University Press.

Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David L. Wagner (2005), Princeton University Press.

The Life Cycles of Butterflies: From Egg to Maturity, a Visual Guide to 23 Common Garden Butterflies by Judy Burris & Wayne Richards (2006) Storey Publishing.

Unfortunately, the following one is out of print, but you can sometimes find it used:

Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide by Rick Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). Princeton University Press.

BUTTERFLY GARDENING:

Butterfly Gardening: The North American Butterfly Association Guide by Jane Hurwitz (2018) Princeton University Press.

A MUST HAVE:

More coming soon ...

Ecology:

Coming soon.