Central Park Butterflies

Ellen Michaels, formerly a model, has stepped to the other side of the camera and is currently a wildlife and nature photographer specializing in photos of the birds, butterflies, insects and landscapes of Central Park in New York City. There are more than twenty butterfly species that can be seen in Central Park.

Click on thumbnail size butterfly pictures to view larger size images. If you have any questions e-mail me here

Back to homepage

Cabbage White

The flower is Sedum

Cabbage White Butterfly

The flower is New York Ironweed

Cabbage White Butterflies Mating

The Cabbage White are on Chrysanthemum

Cabbage White

The flower is Aster

Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch is on Joe-pye Weed

Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch is on Milkweed

Monarch Butterfly

The flower is Yellow Sneezeweed

Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch is on Swamp Milkweed

Common Buckeye

The Common Buckeye Butterfly is on Black-eyed Susan

Sachem Skipper Butterfly

The Sachem Skipper is on a Mexican Sunflower

Compton Tortoiseshell

The Compton Tortoiseshell Butterfly is rarely seen in Central Park

Spicebush Swallowtail

The Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly is on Cardinal Flower

Red Admiral Butterfly

The butterfly is on Sweet Pepperbush

Red Admiral Butterfly on Coneflower

The Red Admiral is on Purple Coneflower

Red Admiral

Pearl Crescent Butterfly

The butterfly is on Milkweed

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

The Swallowtail is on Buddleia

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

The Swallowtail is on Joe-pye Weed

Painted Lady Butterfly

The butterfly is on Canada Thistle

American Lady Butterfly

The butterfly is on Purple Coneflower

Summer Azure Butterfly

The Summer Azure is on Boneset

Red-banded Hairstreak Butterfly

The Hairstreak is on Boneset

Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterfly

The flower is Shasta Daisy

Eastern Tailed-Blue

The flower is Shasta Daisy

Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch is on Milkweed

Question Mark Butterfly

The Question Mark is on Phlox

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma Butterfly

Silver-spotted Skipper

The flower is Buddleia

Zabulon Skipper Butterfly

The skipper is on Hosta

Zabulon Skipper Butterfly

Wild Indigo Duskywing

The skipper is on Mist Flower

Great Spangled Fritillary

The Fritillary is on White Coneflower

Fiery Skipper Butterfly

The skipper is on Mist Flower

Clouded Sulphur Butterfly

The Clouded Sulphur is on Purple Aster

Orange Sulphur Butterfly

The Orange Sulphur is on Joe-pye Weed

Clouded/Orange Sulphur Butterfly

The Sulphur is on Buddleia

Mourning Cloak

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

The Swallowtail is on Salvia