Kansas Tallgrass Prairie Species List
GRASSES	Family: Poaceae	Tallgrass	Mixed Prairie	Shortgrass
Common Name	Scientific Name
Barnyardgrass	Echinochloa muricata	X	X	X
Big bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	X	X
Blue grama	Bouteloua gracilis	X	X	X
Buffalograss	Buchloe dactyloides	X	X	X
Canada Wild-rye	Elymus canadensis	X	X	X
Common witchgrass	Panicum capillare	X	X	X
Eastern gamagrass	Tripsacum dactyloides	X	X
Fall witch grass	Digitaria cognata	X	X
Hairy grama	Bouteloua hirsuta	X	X	X
Indiangrass	Sorghastrum nutans	X	X	X
Junegrass	Koeleria macrantha	X	X
Kentucky bluegrass	Poa pratensis	X	X	X
Little bluestem	Schizachyrium (Andropogon) scoparium	X	X	X
Marsh muhly	Muhlenbergia racemosa	X	X	X
Nodding muhly	Muhlenbergia bushii	X	X
Plains muhly	Muhlenbergia cuspidata	X	X
Porcupinegrass	Hesperostipa spartea	X	X
Prairie cordgrass	Spartina pectinata	X	X	X
Prairie dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	X
Prairie threeawn	Aristida oligantha	X	X
Prairie wedgescale	Sphenopholis obtusata	X	X	X
Purple lovegrass	Eragrostis spectabilis	X	X
Purple threeawn	Aristida purpurea	X	X	X
Purpletop	Tridens flavus	X	X
Sand dropseed	Sporobolus cryptandrus	X	X	X
Scribner's dichanthelium	Dichanthelium (Panicum) oligosanthes	X
Sideoats grama	Bouteloua curtipendula	X	X	X
Switchgrass	Panicum virgatum	X	X	X
Tall dropseed	Sporobolus compositus (asper)	X	X	X
Tumblegrass	Schedonnardus paniculatus	X	X	X
Virginia wild-rye	Elymus virginicus	X	X	X
Western wheatgrass	Pascopyrum (Agropyron) smithii	X	X	X
Windmill grass	Chloris verticillata	X	X	X
Woodland brome	Bromus pubescens	X
Kansas Tallgrass Prairie Species List
GRASSHOPPERS	Family: Acrididae
Common Name	Scientific Name	Tallgrass	Mixed Prairie	Shortgrass
Band-Winged	Subfamily: Oedipodinae
(no common name)	Arphia simplex	X	X
Autumn yellow-winged grasshopper	Arphia xanthoptera	X	X
Bluelegged grasshopper	Metator pardalimus	X	X	X
Boll's grasshopper	Spharagemon bolli	X
Carolina grasshopper	Dissosteira carolina	X	X	X
Citrus-winged grasshopper	Trimerotropis citrina	X	X	X
Coralwinged grasshopper	Pardalophora apiculta	X	X	X
Dusky grasshopper	Encoptolophus sordidus	X	X	X
Greenstriped grasshopper	Chortophaga viridifasciata	X	X	X
Haldeman's grasshopper	Pardalophora haldermanii	X	X	X
Kiowa range grasshopper	Trachyrhachys kiowa	X	X	X
Mottled sand grasshopper	Spharagemon collare	X	X	X
Orangelegged grasshopper	Spharagemon equale	X	X	X
Orangewinged grasshopper	Pardalophora phoenicoptera	X
Platt range grasshopper	Mestobregma plattei plattei	X	X	X
Redwinged grasshopper	Arphia pseudonietana	X	X	X
Seaside grasshopper	Trimerotropis maritima	X	X	X
Specklewinged grasshopper	Arphia conspersa	X	X	X
Sulfurwinged grasshopper	Arphia sulphurea	X
Threebanded grasshopper	Hadrotettix trifasciatus	X	X	X
Wrinkled grasshopper	Hippiscus rugosus	X	X	X
Really Big	Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
American grasshopper	Schistocerca americana americana	X	X
Birdwing grasshopper	Schistocerca lineata	X	X	X
Cattail toothpick	Leptysma marginicollis	X	X	X
Mischievous bird grasshopper	Schistocerca damnifica	X	X
Obscure bird grasshopper	Schistocerca obscura	X	X	X
	Subfamily: Romaleidae
Lubber grasshopper	Brachystola magna	X	X	X
Slant-faced	Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
(no common name)	Boopedon auriventris	X	X
(no common name)	Mermiria picta neomexicana	X	X	X
(no common name)	Orphulella pelidna	X	X	X
Admirable grasshopper	Syrbula admirabilis	X	X	X
Bigheaded grasshopper	Aulocara elliotti	X	X	X
Crested-keel grasshopper	Acrolophitus hirtipes	X	X	X
Fourspotted grasshopper	Philbostroma quadrimaculatum	X	X	X
Harris sprinkled grasshopper	Chloealtis conspersa	X	X
Meadow grasshopper	Chorthippus curtipennis	X	X	X
Obscure grasshopper	Opeia obscura obscura	X	X	X
Otte's sedge grasshopper	Stethophyma celata	X	X
Restored prairie calico grasshopper	Boopedon gracile	X	X	X
Shortwinged green grasshopper	Dichromorpha viridis	X	X
Shortwinged toothpick grasshopper	Pseudopomala brachyptera	X	X	X
Slantfaced pasture grasshopper	Orphulella speciosa	X	X	X
Striped grasshopper	Amphitornus coloradus coloradus	X	X	X
Twostriped slantface grasshopper	Mermiria bivittata maculipennis	X	X	X
Velvetstriped grasshopper	Eritettix simplex tricarinatus	X	X	X
White whiskers grasshopper	Ageneotettix deorum	X	X	X
Spur-throated	Subfamily: Melanoplinae
(no common name)	Melanoplus texanus	X
Buckbrush grasshopper	Paratylotropidia brunneri	X
Differential grasshopper	Melanoplus differentialis	X	X	X
Fuzzy olive green grasshopper	Campylacantha olivacea olivacea	X	X	X
Grizzly spurthroat grasshopper	Melanoplus punctulatus	X
Huckleberry spurthroated grasshopper	Melanoplus fasciatus	X
Keeler grasshopper	Melanoplus keeleri luridus	X	X	X
Largeheaded grasshopper	Phoetaliotes nebrascensis	X	X	X
Migratory grasshopper	Melanoplus sanguinipes	X	X	X
Narrowwinged sand grasshopper	Melanoplus angustipennis	X	X	X
Packard's grasshopper	Melanoplus packardii	X	X	X
Pasture grasshopper	Melanoplus confusus	X	X	X
Ponderous spurthroated grasshopper	Melanoplus ponderosus	X	X
Post oak grasshopper	Dendrotettix quercus	X
Red-legged grasshopper	Melanoplus femurrubrum femurrubrum	X	X	X
Sage grasshopper	Hypochlora alba	X	X	X
Scudder's spurthroat grasshopper	Melanoplus scudderi	X
Showy grasshopper	Hesperotettix speciosus	X	X	X
Snakeweed grasshopper	Hesperotettix viridis	X	X	X
Striped sand grasshopper	Melanoplus foedus	X	X	X
Two-striped grasshopper	Melanoplus bivittatus	X	X	X
Walsh's grasshopper	Melanoplus walshii	X
Yellowish spurthroated grasshopper	Melanoplus flavidius	X	X	X
KATYDIDS	Family: Tettigonioidea
Common Name	Scientific Name	Tallgrass	Mixed Prairie	Shortgrass
Coneheaded Katydid	Subfamily: Copiphorinae
Nebraska conehead katydid	Neoconocephalus nebrascensis	X
Robust conehead katydid	Neoconocephalus robustus	X	X	X
Round-tipped conehead katydid	Neoconocephalus retusus	X
Slightly musical conehead katydid	Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus	X
Sword-bearing conehead katydid	Neoconocephalus ensiger	X	X	X
False Katydid	Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Curve-tailed bush katydid	Scudderia scuvicauda	X	X
Fork-tailed bush katydid	Scudderia cuneata	X	X	X
Greater angle wing katydid	Microcentrum rhambifolium	X	X
Oblong-winged katydid	Amblycorypha oblongifolia	X	X
Texas bush katydid	Scudderia texensis	X	X	X
Texas katydid	Amblycorypha hyasteca	X	X
Western round-winged katydid	Amblycorypha parvipennis	X	X
Meadow Katydid	Subfamily: Conocephalinae
Black-legged meadow katydid	Orchelimun pulchellum	X
Common meadow katydid	Orchelimun vulgare	X	X	X
Long-spurred meadow katydid	Orchelimun silvaticum	X	X	X
Slender meadow katydid	Conocephalus fasciatus	X	X	X
Straight-lanced meadow katydid	Conocephalus strictus	X	X	X
Predaceous Katydid	Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Haldeman's shieldback katydid	Pediodectes haldemani	X	X	X
True Katydid	Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Common true katydid	Pterophylla camellifolia	X
CRICKETS	Family: Grylloidea
Common Name	Scientific Name	Tallgrass	Mixed Prairie	Shortgrass
Tree Cricket	Subfamily: Oecanthinae
Broad-winged tree cricket	Oecanthus latipennis	X	X
Davis's tree cricket	Oecanthus exclamationis	X	X
Forbes's tree cricket	Oecanthus forbesi	X	X	X
Four-spotted tree cricket	Oecanthus quadripuncatus	X	X	X
Narrow-winged tree cricket	Oecanthus niveus	X	X
Prairie tree cricket	Oecanthus argentinus	X	X	X
Snowy tree cricket	Oecanthus fultoni	X	X	X
Kansas Tallgrass Prairie Species List
BUTTERFLIES	Order: Lepidoptera
Common Name	Scientific Name	Tallgrass	Mixed Prairie	Shortgrass
Brush-footed	Family: Heliconiidae
Gulf fritillary	Agraulis vanillae	X	X
	Family: Nymphalidae
American lady	Vanessa virginiensis	X	X	X
Baltimore checkerspot	Euphydryas phaeton	X
Buckeye	Junonia coenia	X	X	X
Comma	Polygonia comma	X	X	X
Eastern viceroy	Basilarchia archippus	X	X	X
Gorgone crescent	Charidryas gorgone	X	X	X
Gray comma	Polygonia progne	X	X
Great spangled fritillary	Speyeria cybele	X	X
Mourning cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	X	X	X
Painted lady	Vanessa cardui	X	X	X
Pearl crescent	Phyciodes tharos	X	X	X
Phaon crescent	Phyciodes phaon	X	X
Question-mark	Polygonia interrogationis	X	X	X
Red admiral	Vanessa atalanta	X	X	X
Red-spotted purple	Basilarchia arthemis	X	X
Regal fritillary	Speyeria idalia	X	X	X
Silvery crescent	Charidryas nycteis	X	X
Texas crescent	Anthanassa texana	X	X	X
Variegated fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	X	X	X
Emperors	Family: Apaturida
Goatweed butterfly	Anaea andria	X	X	X
Hackberry butterfly	Asterocampa celtis	X	X	X
Tawny emperor	Asterocampa clyton	X	X
Gossamer Wings	Family: Lycaenidae
Banded hairstreak	Satyrium calanus	X	X
Bronze copper	Hyllolycaena hyllus	X	X	X
Coral hairstreak	Harkenclenus titus	X	X
Eastern tailed blue	Everes comyntas	X	X	X
Gray hairstreak	Strymon melinus	X	X	X
Great copper	Gaeides xanthoides	X	X	X
Harvester	Feniseca tarquinius	X
Henry's elfin	Incisalia henrici	X
Isola blue	Hemiargus isola	X	X	X
Olive hairstreak	Mitoura grynea	X	X
Red-banded hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	X
Spring azure	Celastrina ladon	X	X	X
Striped hairstreak	Satyrium liparops	X
Summer azure	Celastrina neglecta	X	X	X
Milkweed	Family: Danaidae
Monarch	Danaus plexippus	X	X	X
Queen	Danaus gilippus	X	X	X
Satyrs, Browns, and Wood	Family: Satyridae
Gemmed satyr	Cyllopsis gemma	X
Large wood nymph	Cercyonis pegala	X	X	X
Little wood satyr	Megisto cymela	X	X	X
Northern pearly eye	Enodia anthedon	X	X
Skippers	Family: Hesperiidae
Arogos skipper	Atrytone arogos	X	X	X
Bell's skipper	Amblyscirtes belli	X
Byssus skipper	Problema byssus	X
Checkered skipper	Pyrgus communis	X	X	X
Common sootywing	Pholisora catullus	X	X	X
Crossline skipper	Polites origenes	X
Delaware skipper	Atrytone logan	X	X	X
Dotted skipper	Hesperia attalus	X	X
Dun skipper	Euphyes ruricola	X	X	X
Eufala skipper	Lerodea eufala	X	X	X
Fiery skipper	Hylephila phyleus	X	X	X
Green skipper	Hesperia viridis	X	X
Hoary-edged skipper	Achalarus lyciades	X
Horace's duskywing	Erynnis horatius	X	X
Juvenal duskywing	Erynnis juvenalis	X
Least skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	X	X	X
Mottled duskywing	Erynnis martialis	X
Mottled skipper	Amblyscirtes nysa	X	X
Northern broken-dash	Wallengrenia egeremet	X
Northern cloudywing	Thorybes pylades	X
Ottoe skipper	Hesperia ottoe	X	X	X
Roadside skipper	Amblyscirtes vialis	X	X
Sachem skipper	Atalopedes campestris	X	X	X
Scalloped sootywing	Staphylus hayhurstii	X	X
Sedge skipper	Euphyes dion	X
Silver-spotted skipper	Epargyreus clarus	X	X	X
Sleepy duskywing	Erynnis brizo	X
Southern broken-dash	Wallengrenia otho	X
Southern cloudywing	Thorybes bathyllus	X	X
Tawny-edged skipper	Polites thermistocles	X	X	X
Wild indigo duskywing	Erynnis baptisiae	X	X
Yellow-patch skipper	Polites coras	X
Zabulon skipper	Poanes zabulon	X	X
Snout	Family: Libytheida
Snout butterfly	Libytheana bachmanii	X	X	X