Notes on North American Butterflies. 1.

The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11 (8): 1-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16422491 ABSTRACT. New natural history elements and distribution records of several North American butterflies are reported.

Taxonomy is often driven by geographical analyses. Cartography, coupled with internet-based imagery, opens up a promising wealth of information, allowing avocational researchers a tool by which inconvenient visits to institutional collections are no longer necessary for resolving some basic questions. While diversity and distribution of butterflies in North America are commonly believed to be fully known, the findings presented here show that much is yet to be learned of our butterfly fauna. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rhode Island, USA Fall Butterfly Survey 2023 Harry Pavulaan [coordinator] 606 Hunton Place NE, Leesburg, VA. 20176 U.S.A. intlepsurvey@gmail.com