Table 1.
Typical nocturnal roosting sites of different butterfly species
| Species | Roosting substrate | Sources |
| Hesperiidae | ||
| Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri | in a small cave | (DeVries et al. 1987) |
| Pyrgus malvae | at the top of dead flower-heads | (Hoskins 2018) |
| Erynnis tages | at the top of dead flower-heads | (Hoskins 2018) |
| Nymphalidae | ||
| Clossiana euphrosyne | on bracken fronds or on the flowers of rushes | (Hoskins 2018) |
| Coenonympha pamphilus | in a head-downwards posture at the top of grass heads | (Hoskins 2018) |
| Danaus plexippus | gregariously on various types of trees or shrubs (with a general preference for maples and conifers, pecans and oaks) | (Davis et al. 2012) |
| Heliconius charitonia | gregariously on leafless twigs of Anguria trees | (Waller and Gilbert 1982) |
| Heliconius erato | gregariously on leafless fine twigs or tendrils of dead vines | (Finkbeiner et al. 2012; Mallet 1986) |
| Heliconius ethilla | gregariously on leafless twigs | (Turner 1975) |
| Heliconius sara | shaded areas with plenty of thin dry vines and branches under relatively dense vegetation mats | (Salcedo 2010b) |
| Lasiommata megera | under leaves, under the lower boughs of trees or crevices in banks and walls, on fences | (Dennis 1986) |
| Manataria maculata | in shaded embankments, tree holes, and other dark hiding places | (Hanson 2000) |
| Maniola jurtina | in a head-downwards posture at the top of grass heads | (Hoskins 2018) |
| Marpesia berania | on the underside of the leaves of rubiaceous trees or other small trees | (Benson and Emmel 1973) |
| Melanargia galathea | in a head-downwards posture at the top of grass heads | (Hoskins 2018) |
| Smyrna karwinskii | gregariously in cavities of lava walls, tree trunks and on the underside of concrete slabs roofing alleys between sheds | (Muyshondt and Muyshondt 1974) |
| Papilionidae | ||
| Papilio polyxenes asterius | primarily on inflorescences, or apices, but also on stems, scapes or culms of daisies, other herbs and grasses, roost singly | (Rawlins and Lederhouse 1978) |
| Pieridae | ||
| Colias eurytherne | singly or gregariously in dense grass, in dense crown vetch, on the leaves of emergent forbs | (Clench 1970) |
| Phoobis sennae eubule | gregariously on the yellow-green leaves of vines | (Clench 1970) |
| Pieris rapae | gregariously on leaves or stems of the upper branches of Pittosporurn undulatum Vent. Var. val’iegatum | (McFarland 1971) |
| Lycaenidae | ||
| Lycaenidae icarus | on the flower-heads and stems of grasses and other plants | (Frohawk 1914) |
| Lysandra bellargus | in small groups on tall vegetation | (Thomas 1983) |
| Plebejus argus | on shrubs (bramble, gorse) and tall herbs (rank bunched grasses such as Dactylis glomerata, bracken and flowering herbs) | (Dennis 2004) |
| Pseudophilotes sinaicus | on the tips of dead stalks/dry flower heads of Jasonia montana | (James 2006) |
| Zizina otis | on low vegetation or on bushes | (Hoskins 2018) |