Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 1010 - ILLINOIS LIST OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED FAUNA
Section 1010.30 - List
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
All federally designated endangered or threatened animal species and subspecies have been automatically listed as endangered or threatened under the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act and placed on the Illinois List by the Board and are protected under the Act even though their names do not appear in this Section. Only those federally designated endangered or threatened animal species and subspecies known to occur in Illinois are designated as Illinois-endangered or Illinois-threatened by the Board and their names appear in this Section. Users should refer to the US Fish and Wildlife Service website at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/ for a complete listing of all federally designated endangered and threatened species and subspecies.
a) ENDANGERED FISHES OF ILLINOIS
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Lake Sturgeon |
Acipenser fulvescens |
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Western Sand Darter |
Ammocrypta clara |
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Cisco |
Coregonus artedi |
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Crystal Darter |
Crystallaria asprella |
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Bluebreast Darter |
Etheostoma camurum |
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Harlequin Darter |
Etheostoma histrio |
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Cypress Minnow |
Hybognathus hayi |
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Pallid Shiner |
Hybopsis amnis |
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Northern Brook Lamprey |
Ichthyomyzon fossor |
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Sturgeon Chub |
Macrhybopsis gelida |
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Greater Redhorse |
Moxostoma valenciennesi |
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River Chub |
Nocomis micropogon |
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Pugnose Shiner |
Notropis anogenus |
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Bigeye Shiner |
Notropis boops |
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Blacknose Shiner |
Notropis heterolepis |
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Taillight Shiner |
Notropis maculatus |
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Weed Shiner |
Notropis texanus |
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Northern Madtom |
Noturus stigmosus |
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Pallid Sturgeon** |
Scaphirhynchus albus |
b) THREATENED FISHES OF ILLINOIS
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Eastern Sand Darter |
Ammocrypta pellucida |
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Longnose Sucker |
Catostomus catostomus |
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Mottled Sculpin |
Cottus bairdii |
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Gravel Chub |
Erimystax x-punctatus |
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Spring Cavefish |
Forbesichthys agassizii |
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Western Banded Killifish |
Fundulus diaphanus subsp. menona |
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Starhead Topminnow |
Fundulus dispar |
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Brassy Minnow |
Hybognathus hankinsoni |
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Bigeye Chub |
Hybopsis amblops |
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Least Brook Lamprey |
Lampetra aepyptera |
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Redspotted Sunfish |
Lepomis miniatus |
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Bantam Sunfish |
Lepomis symmetricus |
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American Brook Lamprey |
Lethenteron appendix |
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River Redhorse |
Moxostoma carinatum |
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Ironcolor Shiner |
Notropis chalybaeus |
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Blackchin Shiner |
Notropis heterodon |
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Ozark Minnow |
Notropis nubilus |
c) ENDANGERED AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF ILLINOIS
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Salamanders |
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Silvery Salamander |
Ambystoma platineum |
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Hellbender |
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis |
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Spotted Dusky Salamander |
Desmognathus conanti |
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Turtles |
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Spotted Turtle |
Clemmys guttata |
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Blanding's Turtle |
Emydoidea blandingii |
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Yellow Mud Turtle |
Kinosternon flavescens |
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Alligator Snapping Turtle |
Macrochelys temminckii |
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River Cooter |
Pseudemys concinna |
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Snakes |
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Coachwhip |
Coluber flagellum |
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Southern Watersnake |
Nerodia fasciata |
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Great Plains Ratsnake |
Pantherophis emoryi |
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Eastern Massasauga* |
Sistrurus catenatus |
d) THREATENED AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF ILLINOIS
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Salamanders |
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Jefferson Salamander |
Ambystoma jeffersonianum |
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Four-toed Salamander |
Hemidactylium scutatum |
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Mudpuppy |
Necturus maculosus |
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Frogs and Toads |
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Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad |
Gastrophryne carolinensis |
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Bird-voiced Treefrog |
Hyla avivoca |
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Illinois Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris illinoensis |
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Turtles |
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Smooth Softshell |
Apalone mutica |
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Ornate Box Turtle |
Terrapene ornata |
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Snakes |
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Kirtland's Snake |
Clonophis kirtlandii |
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Timber Rattlesnake |
Crotalus horridus |
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Plains Hog-nosed Snake |
Heterodon nasicus |
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Mississippi Green Watersnake |
Nerodia cyclopion |
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Flat-headed Snake |
Tantilla gracilis |
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Eastern Ribbonsnake |
Thamnophis saurita |
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Lined Snake |
Tropidoclonion lineatum |
e) ENDANGERED BIRDS OF ILLINOIS
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Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
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Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia longicauda |
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American Bittern |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
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Swainson's Hawk |
Buteo swainsoni |
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Piping Plover** |
Charadrius melodus |
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Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
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Northern Harrier |
Circus hudsonius |
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Little Blue Heron |
Egretta caerulea |
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Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
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Common Gallinule |
Gallinula galeata |
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Loggerhead Shrike |
Lanius ludovicianus |
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Black Rail |
Laterallus jamaicensis |
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Swainson's Warbler |
Limnothlypis swainsonii |
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
Nyctanassa violacea |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
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Wilson's Phalarope |
Phalaropus tricolor |
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King Rail |
Rallus elegans |
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Forster's Tern |
Sterna forsteri |
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Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
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Least Tern** |
Sternula antillarum |
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Bewick's Wren |
Thryomanes bewickii |
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Greater Prairie-Chicken |
Tympanuchus cupido |
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Yellow-headed Blackbird |
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
f) THREATENED BIRDS OF ILLINOIS
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Chuck-will's-widow |
Antrostomus carolinensis |
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Rufa Red Knot* |
Calidris canutus rufa |
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Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
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Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus exilis |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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Cerulean Warbler |
Setophaga cerulea |
g) ENDANGERED MAMMALS OF ILLINOIS
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Gray/Timber Wolf** |
Canis lupus |
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Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat |
Corynorhinus rafinesquii |
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Southeastern Myotis |
Myotis austroriparius |
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Gray Bat** |
Myotis grisescens |
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Indiana Bat** |
Myotis sodalis |
h) THREATENED MAMMALS OF ILLINOIS
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Eastern Small-footed Bat |
Myotis leibii |
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Northern Long-eared Bat* |
Myotis septentrionalis |
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Franklin's Ground Squirrel |
Poliocitellus franklinii |
i) ENDANGERED INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF ILLINOIS
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Snails |
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Iowa Pleistocene Snail** |
Discus macclintocki |
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Hydrobiid Cave Snail |
Fontigens antroecetes |
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Onyx Rocksnail |
Leptoxis praerosa |
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Shawnee Rocksnail |
Lithasia obovata |
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Mussels |
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Fanshell** |
Cyprogenia stegaria |
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Elephant-ear |
Elliptio crassidens |
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Northern Riffleshell** |
Epioblasma rangiana |
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Snuffbox** |
Epioblasma triquetra |
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Spike |
Eurynia dilatata |
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Pink Mucket** |
Lampsilis abrupta |
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Wavy-rayed Lampmussel |
Lampsilis fasciola |
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Higgins Eye** |
Lampsilis higginsii |
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Scaleshell** |
Leptodea leptodon |
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Spectaclecase** |
Margaritifera monodonta |
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Orangefoot Pimpleback** |
Plethobasus cooperianus |
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Sheepnose** |
Plethobasus cyphyus |
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Clubshell** |
Pleurobema clava |
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Ohio Pigtoe |
Pleurobema cordatum |
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Fat Pocketbook** |
Potamilus capax |
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Kidneyshell |
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris |
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Ebonyshell |
Reginaia ebenus |
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Salamander Mussel |
Simpsonaias ambigua |
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Rabbitsfoot* |
Theliderma cylindrica |
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Purple Lilliput |
Toxolasma lividum |
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Rainbow |
Villosa iris |
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Crustaceans |
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Isopod |
Caecidotea lesliei |
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Anomalous Spring Amphipod |
Crangonyx anomalus |
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Packard's Cave Amphipod |
Crangonyx packardi |
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Indiana Crayfish |
Faxonius indianensis |
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Kentucky Crayfish |
Faxonius kentuckiensis |
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Shrimp Crayfish |
Faxonius lancifer |
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Bigclaw Crayfish |
Faxonius placidus |
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Illinois Cave Amphipod** |
Gammarus acherondytes |
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Iowa Amphipod |
Stygobromus iowae |
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Scorpions |
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Common Striped Scorpion |
Centruroides vittatus |
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Dragonflies |
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Elfin Skimmer |
Nannothemis bella |
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Hine's Emerald Dragonfly** |
Somatochlora hineana |
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Springtails |
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Madonna Cave Springtail |
Pygmarrhopalites madonnensis |
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Stoneflies |
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Robust Springfly |
Diploperla robusta |
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Central Forestfly |
Prostoia ozarkensis |
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Bees |
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Rusty Patched Bumble Bee** |
Bombus affinis |
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Leafhoppers |
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Leafhopper |
Athysanella incongrua |
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Butterflies and Moths |
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Swamp Metalmark |
Calephelis muticum |
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Cobweb Skipper |
Hesperia metea |
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Ottoe Skipper |
Hesperia ottoe |
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Hoary Elfin |
Incisalia polios |
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Karner Blue Butterfly** |
Lycaeides melissa samuelis |
j) THREATENED INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF ILLINOIS
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Mussels |
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Purple Wartyback |
Cyclonaias tuberculata |
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Butterfly |
Ellipsaria lineolata |
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Monkeyface |
Quadrula metanevra |
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Leafhoppers |
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Redveined Prairie Leafhopper |
Aflexia rubranura |
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Butterflies and Moths |
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Eryngium Stem Borer |
Papaipema eryngii |
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Regal Fritillary |
Speyeria idalia |
* Federally designated threatened species
** Federally designated endangered species
