A List of 

Butterflies 
in TEXAS


Compiled by Armas Hill






IN TEXAS, MORE BUTTERFLY SPECIES HAVE BEEN RECORDED THAN IN ANY OTHER U.S. STATE. 
432 species are in the following list.  
 


Codes relating to illustrations in various books:
 
Numbers noted as (PE:xx) refer to plates in the "Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies", by Paul Opler & Vichai Malikul, 1998 edition. Those noted as (PEp:xx) refer to a page with a photograph.

Numbers noted as (PW:xx) refer to plates in the "Peterson Field Guide to Western Butterflies", by Paul Opler & illustrated by Amy Bartlett Wright, 1999 edition. Those noted as (PWp:xx) refer to a page with a photograph.

Numbers noted as (K:xx) refer to pages in the "Kaufman Focus Guide to Butterflies of North America", by Jim Brock & Kenn Kaufman

Numbers noted as (RG:xx) refer to pages with photos in "Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley", by Roland Wauer.
 

Another good book relating to Butterflies in Texas:
"Butterflies of Houston & Southeast Texas", by John & Gloria Tveten.

Additional Codes:

(i/E): introduced from Europe

(In LRGV:):  in the Lower Rio Grande Valley  


THOSE BUTTERFLIES NOTED WITH AN (*) SEEN DURING FONT TEXAS TOURS 



Links:

Upcoming Texas Tour Itineraries

List of Texas Birds

Lists of Texas Mammals

List of Texas Reptiles & Amphibians

A Photo Gallery of Some 
Butterflies of Texas

These photographs #1 thru #5 by Howard Eskin,
Photograph #6 & #7 by Douglas Johnson.

Photo #1

Photo #2

Photo #3

Photo #4

Photo #5

Photo #6

Photo #7

List of Butterflies:


         Family PAPILIONIDAE: SWALLOWTAILS
 
         Genus PARIDES: 

1. Cattle Heart ______ (PE:text) (has strayed from Mexico to Texas) 
   Parides eurimedes
   
   
   Genus  BATTUS: PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAILS 
   
   
2. Pipevine Swallowtail (*) ______ (PE:5)(PW:2) (K:27) (RG:22,23)
   Battus philendor
   (In LRGV: common & widespread year-round)
   
   
3. Polydamas Swallowtail ______ (PE:5)(PW:2) (K:37) (RG:24)
   Battus polydamus
   (In LRGV: widespread, but occasional March to January)
   
   
   Genus EURYTIDES: KITE SWALLOWTAILS 
   
   
4. Zebra Swallowtail ______ (PE:5)(PW:2) (K:25)
   Eurytides marcellus
   
   
5. Dark Kite-Swallowtail ______ (PE:text) (RG:25)
   Eurytides philolaus
   (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only a few times in July & October)
   
   
   Genus PAPILIO: FLUTED SWALLOWTAILS
   
   
6. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ______ (PE:2,5,7)(PW:5) (K:21)
   Papilo glaucus
   
   
7. Two-tailed Swallowtail ______ (PE:7)(PW:6) (K:23)
   Papilio multicaudatus
   
   
8. Spicebush Swallowtail ______ (PE:14) (K:27)
   Papilo troilus
   
   
9. Black Swallowtail (*) ______ (PE:2,4,5)(PW:3) (K:29) (RG:26,27)
   Papilio polyxenes  
   (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, year-round)
   
   
10. Palamedes Swallowtail ______ (PE:7)(PW:6) (K:37)
    Papilo palamedes
    
    
11. Giant Swallowtail (*) ______ (PE:2,4,6)(PW:4) (K:39) (RG:30,31)
    Papilio cresphontes
    (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
    
    
12. Thoas Swallowtail ______ (PE:6) (K:39) (RG:28)
    Papilo thoas
    (In LRGV: very rare, from April to July & September-October)
    
    
13. Ornythion Swallowtail ______ (PE:6)(PW:4) (K:39) (RG:32)
    Papilo ornythion
    (In LRGV: widespread, but rare, from March to June & August to November)
    
    
14. Pink-spotted Swallowtail ______ (PE:text) (RG:36)
    Papilo pharnaces
    (In LRGV: very rare, with 1 record in April. Uncommon in nearby Mexico.)   
    
    
15. Ruby-spotted Swallowtail ______ (PE:text)(PW:5) (K:43) (RG:37)
    Papilo anchisiades
    (In LRGV: rare & local, from April to July & September to December)
    
    
16. Broad-banded Swallowtail ______ (PE:6)(PW:4) (K:43) (RG:33)
    Papilo astyalus
    (In LRGV: very rare, in April & from August to October)
    
    
17. Three-tailed Swallowtail ______ (PE:text)(PW:6) (K:43) (RG:34)
    Papilo pilumnus
    (In LRGV: very rare, with a single historical sighting in May) 
    
    
18. Magnificent Swallowtail ______ (RG:35)
    Papilo garamas abderus
    (In LRGV: very rare, with historical records only from September & October following a hurricane in the 1960's) (Sometimes this species referred to as Abderus Swallowtail, after its subscientific name.)
    
    
19. Victorine Swallowtail ______ (PE:text) 
    Papilio victorinus
    (Range: Mexico to El Salvador. Has strayed to south Texas at least once.)  
     
    
    Family PIERIDAE: WHITES & SULPHURS
    
    Subfamily DISMORPHIINAE: MIMIC-WHITES - Primarily a neotropical group of about 100 species.
    
    Genus ENANTIA
    
    
20. Costa-spotted Mimic-White ______ (PE:text) (RG:68)
    Enantia albania
    (In LRGV: very rare, with historical records only in September)
    
    
    Subfamily PIERINAE: WHITES, MARBLES, ORANGETIPS - In this worldwide group, there are some 1,200 species. 
    
    Genus APPIAS
    
    
21. Florida White (also called Tropical White) ______ (PE:7)(PW:7) (K:53) (RG:39)
    Appias drusilla
    (In LRGV: occasional, from March to May & July to November)
    
    
    Genus PONTIA: CHECKERED WHITES 
    
    
22. Checkered White (*) ______ (PE:7)(PW:7) (K:49) (RG:41)
    Pontia protodice
    (In LRGV: common in open areas year-round) 
    
    
23. Spring White ______ (PW:7) (In TX, only in far-west)
    Pontia sisymbrii
    
    
    
    Genus PIERIS: MUSTARD WHITES
    
    
24. Cabbage White (or Cabbage Butterfly) (i/E) (*) ______ (PE:2,4,7)(PW:8) (K:47) (RG:42)
    Pieris rapae
    (In LRGV: very rare from October to December. Common throughout most of the US.)
    
    
    Genus ASCIA
    
    
25. Great Southern White (*)______ (PE:8)(PW:8) (K:53) (RG:43) 
    Ascia monuste
    (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
    
    
    Genus GANYRA
    
    
26. Giant White ______ (PE:8)(PW:8) (K:53) (RG:44) (strays from Mexico to southern Texas)
    Ganyra josephina
    (In LRGV: widespread but occasional from March to January, with most sightings September-December)
    
    
    Genus LEPTOPHOBIA
    
    
27. Mountain White ______  (RG:40)
    Leptophobia aripa
    (In LRGV: very rare, with a single October record. Common in nearby Mexico.) 
    
    
    Genus  CATASTICTA
    
    
28. Mexican Dartwhite ______ (PW:7) (K:51) (strays from Mexico to Chisos Mtns of west Texas)
    Catasticta nimbice 
    
    
    Genus EUCHLOE: MARBLES
    
    
29. Desert Marble ______ (PW:9) (In TX, only in far-west)
    Euchloe lotta
    
    
    Genus ANTHOCHARIS
    
    
30. Falcate Orangetip ______ (PE:8)(PW:9) (K:57) (RG:45)
    Anthocharis midea
    (In LRGV: occasional, from February to April) 
    
    
31. Desert Orangetip ______ (PW:9) (K:59) (color varies to yellow in eastern (Texan) portion of range) 
    Anthocharis cethura
    
    
32. Southwestern Orangetip ______ (PW:9) (In TX, only in far-west)
    Anthocharis thoosa
    
    
    Subfamily COLIADINAE: SULPHURS - There are about 300 species worldwide.
    
    Genus COLIAS: SULPHURS
    
    
33. Clouded Sulphur ______ (PE:9)(PW:10) (K:61)
    Colias (or Zerene) philodice
    
    
34. Orange Sulphur ______ (PE:2,9)(PW:10) (K:61) (RG:46,47)
    Colias eurytheme
    (In LRGV: widespread but uncommon year-round)
    
    
35. Southern Dogface ______ (PE:10)(PW:12) (K:69) (RG:48)
    Colias cesonia
    (In LRGV: widespread, usually common year-round)
    
    (In LRGV: widespread, usually common year-round)
    
    
    Genus ANTEOS: ANGLED SULPHURS
    
    
36. White-angled Sulphur ______ (PE:10)(PW:12) (K:77) (RG:49) (a mostly Mexican species that just reaches western & southern Texas; usually into western TX during monsoons)
    Anteos clorinde
    (In LRGV: occasional, with some sightings March-May, most sightings July-January)  
    
    
37. Yellow-angled Sulphur ______ (PE:10)(PW:12) (K:77) (RG:50) (a rare stray into Texas from Mexico, less often seen than the White-angled Sulphur)
    Anteos maerula
    (In LRGV: occasional, from February to December) 
    
    
    Genus PHOEBIS: GIANT SULPHURS
    
    
38. Cloudless Sulphur (*) ______ (PE:10)(PW:12) (K:75) (RG:51)
    Phoebis sennae
    (In LRGV: Widespread, often abundant year-round)
    
    
39. Large Orange Sulphur ______ (PE:10)(PW:13) (K:75) (RG:53)  
    Phoebis agarithe
    (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
    
    
40. Orange-barred Sulphur ______ (PE:10)(PW:12) (K:75) (RG:52)
    Phoebis philea
    (In LRGV: uncommon & local, in April & July to January)
    
    
41. Tailed Sulphur ______ (PE:text)(PWp:178) (RG:54)
    Phoebis neocypris
    (In LRGV: very rare, with records in October & November. In Mexico & Central America, mainly in premontane & montane forests and associated openings.) 
    
    
42. Statira Sulphur ______ (PE:10)(PW:13) (K:77) (RG:55)
    Phoebis statira
    (In LRGV: very rare, with records in February & June)
    
    
43. Apricot Sulphur ______ (PE:text) (Strays extremely rarely from Mexico to Texas. 3 records, June-October)
    Phoebis argante
    
    
    
    Genus KRICOGONIA
    
    
44. Lyside Sulphur (*) ______ (PE:8)(PW:13) (K:77) (RG:56)
    Kricogonia lyside
    (In LRGV: widespread & abundant year-round)
    
    
    Genus EUREMA: SMALL YELLOWS 
    
    
45. Sleepy Orange ______ (PE:11)(PW:13) (K:69) (RG:66)
    Eurema nicippe
    (In LRGV: widespread & usually abundant year-round) 
    
    
46. Tailed Orange ______ (PE:11)(PW:13) (K:69) (RG:62)
    Eurema proteria
    (In LRGV: widespread but uncommon & sporadic, from June to January)
    
    
47. Little Yellow (*) ______ (PE:11)(PW:13) (K:71) (RG:63)
    Eurema lisa
    (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
    
    
48. Mimosa Yellow (or Jamaican Sulphur) ______ (PE:11)(PW:13) (K:71) (RG:64)
    Eurema nise
    (In LRGV: uncommon & local, from August to January)
    
    
49. Barred Yellow ______ (PE:11)(PW:13) (K:71) (RG:57)
    Eurema daira
    (In LRGV: very rare, from August to November)
    
    
50. Ghost Yellow ______  (RG:58)
    Eurema albula
    (In LRGV: very rare, with a single November record) 
    
    
51. Mexican Yellow ______ (PE:11)(PW:13) (K:73) (RG:60)
    Eurema mexicana
    (In LRGV: widespread but rare, occurring year-round)
    
    
52. Boisduval's Yellow ______ (PE:11)(PW:13) (K:73) (RG:59) (strays from Mexico into west & south Texas)
    Eurema boisduvaliana
    (In LRGV: uncommon & local, from April to January)
    
    
53. Dina Yellow ______ (PE:11)(PW:13) (K:73) (RG:65) (strays rarely from Mexico)
    Eurema dina
    (In LRGV: very rare, with records only in April, July, and September)
    
    
54. Salome Yellow ______ (PE:text) (K:73) (RG:61)
    Eurema salome
    (In LRGV: very rare, with a single historical record in September)
    (Sometimes known as "Monkey Face Sulphur'.)
    
    
    Genus NATHALIS
    
     
55. Dainty Sulphur ______ (PE:10)(PW:13) (K:71) (RG:67)
    Nathalis iole
    (In LRGV: widespread & common, sometimes abundant, year-round)
    (Once known as "Dwarf Yellow".)
    
    
    Family LYCAENIDAE: GOSSAMER-WING BUTTERFLIES
    
    Subfamily MILETINAE: HARVESTERS - This group, of about 50 species, is mostly in Africa & Asia. One species occurs in North America. 
    
    Genus FENISECA 
    
    
56. Harvester ______ (PW:14) (K:81)
    Feniseca tarquinius
    
    
    Subfamily LYCAENINAE: COPPERS - There are about 50 species found in Eurasia & North America. One isolated species, Lycaena pyhrrias, lives on volcanoes in Guatemala. A few species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, and northern Africa. 
    
    Genus LYCAENA
    
    
57. Gray Copper ______ (PE:3,12) (PW:14) (K:83)
    Lycaena dione
    
    Subfamily THECLINAE: HAIRSTREAKS 
    
    Genus HYPAUROTIS
    
    
58. Colorado Hairstreak ______ (PW:15) (In TX, local in the west)
    Hypaurotis crysalus
    
    
    Genus ALLOSMAITIA
    
    
59. Strophius Hairstreak ______ (PE:text) (RG:text)
    Allomaitia strophius
    (In LRGV: very rare, in October & November)
    
    
    Genus ATLIDES
    
    
60. Great Purple Hairstreak ______ (PE:12) (PW:15) (K:109) (RG:70)
    Atlides halesus
    (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon year-round)
    
    (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon year-round)
    
    
    Genus REKOA 
    
    
61. Gold-bordered Hairstreak ______ (PE:text) (RG:71)
    Rekoa palegon
    (In LRGV: very rare with historical records in November)
    
    
62. Marius Hairstreak ______ (PE:text) (PW:18) (RG:72)
    Rekoa marius
    (In LRGV: very rare, from September to December)
    
    
    Genus OCARIA
    
    
63. Black Hairstreak ______  (RG:text)
    Ocaria ocrisia
    
    
    Genus CHLOROSTRYMON
    
    
64. Telea Hairstreak ______  (RG:73)
    Chlorostrymon telea
    (In LRGV: very rare, with a single sighting in June)
    
    
65. Silver-banded Hairstreak ______ (PE:13) (K:117) (RG:74)
    Chlorostrymon simaethis
    (In LRGV: uncommon & local year-round, on or near balloonvines)
    
    
    Genus ARAWACUS
    
    
66. Creamy Stripe Hairstreak ______ (K:109) (a rare stray to south Texas from Mexico)
    Arawacus jada  
    
    
    Genus PHAEOSTRYMON
    
    
67. Soapberry Hairstreak ______ (PW:16) (K:97)
    Phaeostrymon alcestis
    
    
    Genus FIXSENIA 
    
    
68. Southern (or Oak) Hairstreak ______ (PE:13)(PW:16) (K:97) (RG:75)
    Fixsenia (or Satyrium) favonius
    (The southern populations were previously considered to a species separate from the more northern and western butterflies, which were called Fixsenia (or Satyrium) favonius ontario, the Northern Hairstreak.)
    (In LRGV: very rare, in April & May) 
    
    
69. Poling's Hairstreak ______ (PW:17) (In TX, in the west. The Chisos Mtns in Big Bend NP is a good place to observe this species.) 
    Fixsenia polingi
    
    
    Genus SATYRIUM: BROWN HAIRSTREAKS  
    
    
70. Banded Hairstreak ______ (PE:14) (PW:16) (K:95)
    Satyrium calanus
    
    
71. Edward's Hairstreak ______ (PE:14) (PW:16) (K:95)
    Satyrium edwardsii
    
    
72. King's Hairstreak ______ (PE:14) (K:95)
    Satyrium kingi
    
    
73. Striped Hairstreak ______ (PE:14) (PW:16) (K:95)
    Satyrium liparops
    
    
74. Behr's Hairstreak ______ (PW:16) (In TX, local in the north)
    Satyrium behrii
    
    
75. Coral Hairstreak ______ (PE:14) (PW:16) (K:99)
    Satyrium titus
    
    
    Genus CYANOPHRYS: TROPICAL GREEN HAIRSTREAKS 
    
    
76. Amyntor Greenstreak ______ (PW:17) (In the US, known only from a single specimen collected in west TX in the Big Bend NP.)
    Cyanophrys amyntor
    
    
77. Clench's Greenstreak ______ (PE:13) (K:117) (RG:76) (in the US, occurs only in south Texas)
    Cyanophrys miserabilis
    (In LRGV: rare & local, with records from April to December)
    
    
78. Goodson's Greenstreak ______ (PE:13) (K:117) (RG:77) (in the US, occurs only in south Texas) 
    Cyanophrys goodsoni
    (In LRGV: very rare, from May to December)
    
    
79. Tropical Greenstreak ______ (PE:13) (K:117) (RG:78) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
    Cyanophrys herodotus
    (In LRGV: very rare, in May, June, & October)
    
    
    Genus CALLOPHRYS: CEDAR HAIRSTREAKS & ELFINS
    
80. Sandia Hairstreak ______ (PW:17) (K:117)
    Callophrys mcfarlandi
    
    
81. Xami Hairstreak ______ (PE:13) (PW:17) (K:117) (RG:79)
    Callophrys xami
    (In LRGV: fairly common, but local year-round, occurring only in arid cactus-scrub sites with plenty of stonecrop and echeveria) 
    
    
82. Juniper Hairstreak ______ (PE:13) (PW:17) (K:111)
    Callophrys gryneus
    
    
83. Thicket Hairstreak ______ (PW:17) (K:115) (In TX, in the west)
    Callophrys spinetorum
    
    
84. Henry's Elfin ______ (PE:14) (PW:18) (K:105)
    Callophrys henrici
    
    
85. Frosted Elfin ______ (PE:14) (K:105)
    Callophrys irus
    
    
86. Eastern Pine Elfin ______ (PE:14) (PW:18) (K:107)
    Callophrys niphon
    
    
    Genus PARRHASIUS
    
    
87. White M Hairstreak ______ (PE:15)(PW:18) (K:93)
    Parrhasius m-album
    
    
    Genus OENOMAUS
    
    
88. Aquamarine Hairstreak ______ (PE:text) (RG:80)
    Oenomaus ortygnus
    (In LRGV: very rare in November & December. Occurs regularly in nearby Mexico)
    
    
    Genus TMOLUS
    
    
89. Red-spotted Hairstreak ______ (PE:13) (PW:18) (K:119) (RG:94) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
    Tmolus echion
    (In LRGV: very rare, with historical records only in May)
    
    
    Genus MINISTRYMON
    
    
90. Leda Ministreak ______ (PW:18) (K: 119) (RG:96) (in TX, in the far-west)
    Ministrymon leda
    
    
91. Clytie Ministreak ______ (PE:14) (K:119) (in the US, occurs only in south Texas)
    Ministrymon clytie 
    (In LRGV: common, but local, year-round. Can be abundant at certain locations, such as Laguna Atacosa NWR in the summer.)
    
    
92. Gray (or Azia) Ministreak ______ (PE:13)(PW:18) (K:119) (RG:97) (in the US, occurs only in south Texas)
    Ministrymon azia
    (In LRGV: occasional, from March to October)
    
    
    Genus SIDERUS
    
    
93. Pearly-gray (or Tephraeus) Hairstreak ______ (PE:text) (RG:95)
    Siderus tephraeus
    (In LRGV: very rare, from September to December)
    
    
    Genus ERORA
    
    
94. Arizona Hairstreak ______ (PW:18) (K:115) (In TX, in the west) 
    Erora quaderna
    
    
    Genus CALYCOPIS 
    
    
95. Red-banded Hairstreak ______ (PE:13) (PW:18) (K:103)
    Calycopis cecrops
    
    
96. Dusky-blue Hairstreak (or Groundstreak) ______ (PE:13) (PW:18) (K:103) (RG:92)
    Calycopis isobeon
    (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
    
    
    Genus ZIEGLERIA (said by some in be in KISUTAM)
    
    
97. Mountain Groundstreak ______  (RG:93) 
    Ziegleria guzanta
    (In LRGV: very rare, seen in January 2004. There are also a few records from west Texas.) 
    
    
    Genus ELECTROSTRYMON
    
    
98. Ruddy Hairstreak ______ (PE:13) (K:103) (RG:90) (in the US, occurs only in south Texas) 
    Electrostrymon sangala
    (In LRGV: very rare, in April & from October to December) 
    
    
99. Muted Hairstreak ______ (PE:text) (K:103) (RG:91) (in the US, occurs only in south Texas)
    Electrostrymon canus
    (In LRGV: very rare - info as to time of year not available)
    
    
    Genus STRYMON: SCRUB-HAIRSTREAKS - Primarily a tropical group, with a number of species along the US-Mexico border.
    
    
100. Gray Hairstreak ______ (PE:3,8,24) (PW:18) (K:93) (RG:81)
     Strymon melinus
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round) 
     
     
101. Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak ______ (PE:15) (PW:18) (K:121) (RG:87)
     Strymon istapa
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
102. Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak ______ (PE:15) (PW:18) (K:121) (RG:83) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Strymon bebrycia
     (In LRGV: occasional, in October & November) 
     
     
103. Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak (has been called Lacey's Hairstreak) (*) ______ (PE:15)(PW:18) (K:123) (RG:86) (rare & local in central & south Texas)
     Strymon alea
     (In LRGV: uncommon & local at scattered sites, in April & from October to December) 
     
     
104. Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak (has been called Reddish Hairstreak) ______ (PE:15) (K:123) (RG:82) (in the US, only in extreme southern Texas, where it is rare)
     Strymon rufofusca
     (In LRGV: occasional, from March to January)
     
     
105. Tailless Scrub-Hairstreak ______ (PE:15) (PW:18) (K:123) (RG:88) (strays rarely from Mexico)
     Strymon cestri
     (In LRGV: very rare, in March)
     
     
106. Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak ______ (PE:15) (PW:18) (K: 123) (RG:89) (in the US, only in south Texas; widespread in Central & South American Tropics)
     Strymon bazochii
     (In LRGV: occasional much of the year, with sightings from January to March, in May, and from October to November)
     
     
107. Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak (has been called Yojoa Hairstreak) ______ (PE:15)(PW:text) (K:123) (RG:84) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Strymon yojoa
     (In LRGV: occasional, in April &  from October to January)
     
     
108. White Scrub-Hairstreak (has been called White Hairstreak) ______ (PE:15) (K:123) (RG:85) (strays very rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Strymon albata 
     (In LRGV: rare, with records in April & from June to December)
     
     
     Subfamily POLYOMMATINAE: BLUES
     
     Genus COMYNTAS
     
     
109. Eastern Tailed-Blue ______ (PE:16)(PW:19) (K:125) (RG:104)
     Everes comyntas
     (In LRGV: rare & local, with records in July & August) 
     
     
     Genus LEPTOTES
     
     
110. Marine Blue ______ (PE:16)(PW:19) (K:127) (RG:100)
     Leptotes marina
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, year-round)
     
     
111. Cassius Blue ______ (PE:16)(PW:19) (K:127) (RG:99)
     Leptotes cassius
     (In LRGV: widespread, but occasional, year-round)
     
     
     Genus BREPHIDIUM
     
     
112. Western Pygmy-Blue ______ (PE:15) (PW:19) (K:127) (RG:98) (considered the world's smallest butterfly, with a wingspan of .5 to .75 inches) 
     Brephidium exile
     (In LRGV: common, but local, year-round) 
     
     
     Genus ZIZULA
     
     
113. Cyna Blue ______ (PE:15) (PW:19) (K:127) (RG:101)  (a rare stray from Mexico to southern & southwestern Texas)
     Zizula cyna
     (In LRGV: rare, with records from March to January) 
     
     
     Genus HEMIARGUS
     
     
114. Ceraunus Blue (*) ______ (PE:15) (PW:19) (K:129) (RG:102)
     Hemiargus ceraunus
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
115. Reakirt's Blue ______ (PE:15) (PW:19) (K:129) (RG:103)
     Hemiargus isola
     (In LRGV: widespread & fairly common year-round)
     
     
     Genus CELASTRINA: AZURES
     
     
116. Spring Azure ______ (PE:16)(PW:19) (K:131)
     Celastrina ladon
     
     
117. Summer Azure ______ (PW:19) (This has now been shown to a species separate from the Spring Azure.)
     Celastrina neglecta
     
     
     Genus EUPHILOTES
     
     
118. Rita Dotted-Blue ______ (PW:20)
     Euphilotes rita
     
     
     Genus ICARICIA
     
     
119. Lupine Blue ______ (PE:19) (K:133) (previously considered a subspecies of the Acmon Blue; that species is now restricted to the far-west US)  
     Icaricia lupinibejus 
     
     
     Genus LYCAEIDES
     
     
120. Melissa Blue ______ (PE:16) (PW:20) (K:135)
     Lycaeides melissa
     
     
     Family RIODINIDAE: METALMARKS - With a few exceptions, these butterflies are in the tropics, especially in the Americas. About 1,300 species are known.
     
     Genus CALEPHELIS: SCINTILLANT METALMARKS 
       
     
121. Little Metalmark ______ (PE:17) (K:143) (in TX, only in far-east)
     Calephelis virginiensis
     
     
122. Fatal Metalmark ______ (PE:17)(PW:22) (K:145) (RG:105)
     Calephelis nemesis
     (In LRGV: widspread & common year-round, but most numerous from May to December) 
     
     
123. Rounded Metalmark ______ (PE:17)(PW:22) (K:145) (RG:106) (in US, only in south Texas)
     Calephelis perditalis
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
124. Rawson's Metalmark ______ (PE:17)(PW:22) (K:145) (RG:107) (rare & local in southwestern & south Texas)
     Calephelis rawsoni
     (In LRGV: rare & local, with records from February to November)
     
     
     Genus APODEMIA
     
     
125. Narrow-winged Metalmark ______ (PE:17) (K:149) (RG:113) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas; in MX, flies most of the year, in south TX, recorded in the fall.)
     Apodemia multiplaga
     (In LRGV: very rare, in October & November)
     
     
126. Walker's Metalmark ______ (PE:17) (K:151) (RG:114) (In US, only in extreme south Texas)
     Apodemia walkeri
     (In LRGV: rare, with records from May to August & October to December. Most often seen at gardens in the fall.)
     
     
127. Sonoran Metalmark ______ (PW:22)  (In TX, in the far-west) 
     Apodemia mejicanus 
     
     
128. Chisos Metalmark ______ (PWp:265) (K:147) (a specialty of west Texas, mainly Big Bend. Has been considered a subspecies of the Nais Metalmark, of further west.)   
     Apodemia (nais) chisosensis
     
     
129. Mexican Metalmark ______ (PW:22) (K:149) (formerly considered to be part of the Mormon Metalmark, Apodemia mormo, now further west) 
     Apodemia duryi  
     
     
130. Palmer's Metalmark ______ (PW:22) (K:149) (in TX, only in west)
     Apodemia palmeri
     
     
131. Hepburn's Metalmark ______ (K:149) (in US, strays into western into west Texas, where it is sparse in the Big Bend region)  
     Apodemia hepburni
     
     
     Genus CARIA
     
     
132. Red-bordered Metalmark _______ (PE:17) (K:151) (RG:108) (in US, only in south Texas)
     Caria ino
     (In LRGV: widespread & often common year-round)
     
     
     Genus LASAIA
     
     
133. Blue Metalmark ______ (PE:17) (K:151) (RG:109) (in US, only in extreme south Texas) e)
     Lasaia sula
     (In LRGV: uncommon & local year-round, Can be quite common in gardens in & near Brownsville in late-summer & fall.)  
     
     
     Genus MELANIS
     
     
134. (Red-bordered) Pixie ______ (PE:17) (K:151) (RG:110) (in US, only in extreme south Texas)
     Melanis pixe
     (In LRGV: uncommon & local, in April-May & from July to January. Populations are in the eastern LRGV near Guamachil Trees.) 
     
     
     Genus EMESIS
     
     
135. Curve-winged Metalmark (or Curve-wing Emesia) ______ (PE:17) (K:151) (RG:111) (strays rarely from Mexico to extreme south Texas) 
     Emesis emesia
     (In LRGV: rare, in February & from May to December. Recorded most often in the fall.) 
     
     
136. Falcate Metalmark ______ (PE:text) (K:151) (RG:112) (strays very rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Emesis tenedia
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single record in October)
     
     
     
     Family NYMPHALIDAE: BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES
     
     Subfamily LIBYTHEINAE: SNOUTS
     
     Genus LIBYTHEANA
     
     
137. American Snout ______ (PE:18)(PW:22) (K:223) (RG:115)
     Libytheana carinenta
     (In LRGV: widespread & often the most abundant species year-round)
     
     
     Subfamily HELICONIINAE: HELICONIANS & FRITILLARIES 
     
     Genus HELICONIUS: LONGWINGS
     
     
138. Zebra (Heliconian) ______ (PE:19)(PW:23) (K:155) (RG:125)
     Heliconius charithonia
     (In LRGV: uncommon & local year-round, in woodlands) 
     
     
139. Erato Heliconian (or Crimson-patched Longwing) ______ (PE:19) (K:155) (RG:126)
     Heliconius erato
     (In LRGV: rare, with sightings in January, June, August, & December)
     
     
     Genus DIONE
     
      
140. Mexican Silverspot ______ (PE:19)(PW:23) (K:155) (RG:118,119)
     Dione moneta
     (In LRGV: occasional, from April to January)
     
     
     Genus DRYADULA
     
     
141. Banded Orange Heliconian ______ (PE:19) (K:155) (RG:120)
     Dryadula phaetusa
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in March, August, November)
     
     
     Genus EUEIDES
     
     
142. Isabella's Heliconian ______ (PE:20)(PW:23) (K:155) (RG:124)
     Eueides isabella 
     (In LRGV: rare, with records throughout much of the year. Most sightings are from October to December.) 
     
     
     Genus AGRAULIS
     
     
143. Gulf Fritillary ______ (PE:19)(PW:23) (K:157) (RG:116,117)
     Agraulis vanillae
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
     Genus DRYAS 
     
     
144. Julia (Heliconian) ______ (PE:19)(PW:23) (K:157) (RG:122,123)
     Dryas julia
     (In LRGV: uncommon & local year-round)
     
     
     Genus EUPTOIETA
     
     
145. Variegated Fritillary ______ (PE:3,20)(PW:23) (K:157) (RG:127)
     Euptoieta claudia
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
146. Mexican Fritillary ______ (PE:20)(PW:23) (K:157) (RG:128) (in US, regular only in south Texas)
     Euptoieta hegesia
     (In LRGV: uncommon & local most of the year, particularly in March & from July to December)  
     
     
     Subfamily NYMPHALINAE: BRUSHFOOTS (CRESCENTS, CHECKERSPOTS, & PATCHES)
     
     Genus PHYCIODES: CRESCENTS
     
     
147. Pearl Crescent ______ (PE:22)(PW:28) (K:177) (RG:146,147)
     Phyciodes tharos
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
148. Mylitta Crescent ______ (K:179) (in TX, in far-west)
     Phyciodes mylitta
     
     
149. Vesta Crescent (*) ______ (PE:21)(PW:27) (K:181) (RG:143)
     Phyciodes vesta
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
150. Phaon Crescent (*) ______ (PE:21)(PW:28) (K:181) (RG:144,145)
     Phyciodes phaon
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
151. Painted Crescent ______ (PE:21)(PW:28) (K:181)
     Phyciodes picta
     
     
152. Texan Crescent ______ (PE:21)(PW:27) (K:183) (RG:139)
     Phyciodes texana
     (In LRGV: common, but local, year-round)
     
     
153. Pale-banded (or Tulcis) Crescent ______ (PW:27) (K:183) (RG:140) (in US, resident in south Texas; strays to west Texas)
     Phyciodes tulcis
     (In LRGV: rare & local, in March, May, & from October to December. Most records in the fall.) 
     
     
154. Black Crescent ______ (PE:21) (K:183) (RG:141) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas) 
     Phyciodes ptolyca 
     (In LRGV: very rare, with records in March & December)
     
     
155. Chestnut Crescent ______ (K:text) (RG:142) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Phyciodes argentea
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in November & December. Fairly common in nearby Mexican mountains.)
     
     
     Genus DYMASIA
     
     
156. Tiny Checkerspot ______ (PE:18)(PW:27) (K:181) (RG:137) (in TX, in southwest & south)
     Dymasia dymas
     (In LRGV: rare & local, in October & November)
     
     
     Genus TEXOLA
     
     
157. Elada Checkerspot ______ (PE:18)(PW:27) (K:181) (RG:138) (in TX, in west, south-central, & south) 
     Texola elada
     (In LRGV: common, but local, from February to December)
     
     
     Genus MICROTIA
     
     
158. Elf ______ (PE:21)(PW:27) (K:183) (RG:136) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Microtia elva
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in August) 
     
     
     Genus CHLOSYNE: PATCHES
     
     
159. Silvery Checkerspot ______ (PE:21) (PW:27) (K:185) (in TX, in the east)
     Chlosyne nycteis
     
     
160. Gorgone Checkerspot ______ (PE:21)(PW:27) (K:185)
     Chlosyne gorgone
     
     
161. Bordered Patch (*) ______ (PE:21) (PW:26) (K:189) (RG:130)
     Chlosyne lacinia
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
162. Crimson Patch ______ (PE:21) (PW:26) (K:189) (RG:133) (in US, only in south Texas)
     Chlosybe janais
     (In LRGV: occasional, most likely from October to December, but has also been seen in July) 
     
     
163. Rosita Patch ______ (PE:21) (PW:26) (K:189) (RG:134) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Chlosybe rosita
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single historical record in October)
     
     
164. Red-spotted Patch ______ (PE:21) (PW:26) (K:189) (RG:135) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Chlosyne melitaeoides
     (In LRGV: historical records only. There was a series of records in Starr County TX 1973-76, all in October.)
     
     
165. Definite Patch ______ (PE:21) (PW:26) (K:191) (RG:131) (rare & local in west & south Texas)
     Chlosyne definita
     (In LRGV: common, but local, with sporadic populations from July to January)
     
     
166. Banded Patch ______ (PE:21) (PW:text) (K:191) (RG:132) (in US, only in south Texas)
     Chlosybe endeis
     (In LRGV: very rare, in March & from October to December)
     
     
     Genus THESSALIA
     
     
167. Fulvia Checkerspot ______ (PE:19) (PW:26) (K:191)
     Thessalia fulvia
     
     
168. Theona Checkerspot ______ (PE:19)(PW:26) (K:193) (RG:129)
     Thessalia theona
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, from March to January. This is a butterfly of more arid areas. It can be abundant in areas dominated by ceniza.)  
     
     
169. Chinati Checkerspot ______ (K:193) (local in west Texas, in total, a limited range; some consider this to be a subspecies of the Theona Checkerspot)
     Thessalia chinatiensis
     
     
     Genus POLADRYAS
     
     
170. Dotted Checkerspot ______ (PE:18)(PW:26) (K:193)
     Poladryas arachne
     
     
     Genus EUPHYDDRYAS
     
     
171. Baltimore Checkerspot ______ (PE:22)(PWp:315) (In TX, in the east)
     Euphydryas phaeton   
     
     
     Subfamily NYMPHALINAE: ANGLEWINGS, LADIES, & BUCKEYES
     
     Genus POLYGONIA: ANGLEWINGS
     
     
172. Question Mark ______ (PE:4,22)(PW:29) (K:197) (RG:148,149)
     Polygonia interrogationis
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, year-round) 
     
     
173. Eastern Comma ______ (PE:22)(PW:29) (K:197)
     Polygonia comma
     
     
     Genus NYMPHALIS: TORTOISESHELLS
     
     
174. Mourning Cloak ______ (PE:23)(PW:29) (K:203) (RG:150)
     Nymphalis antiopa
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in April. Widespread throughout the US.)
     
     
     Genus VANESSA: LADY BUTTERFLIES
     
     
175. Red Admiral ______ (PE:23)(PW:29) (K:203) (RG:154)
     Vanessa atalania
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round, but most abundant  in fall & winter)
     
     
176. American (Painted) Lady ______ (PE:23)(PW:29) (K:205) (RG:151)
     Vanessa virginiensis
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
177. Painted Lady ______ (PE:3,23)(PW:29) (K:205) (RG:152)
     Vanessa cardui
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
178. West Coast Lady ______ (PE:23)(PW:29) (K:205) (RG:153) (in TX, generally in the far-west)
     Vanessa annabella
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in April & November)
     
     
     Genus HYPOLIMNAS
     
     
179. Mimic ______ (PE:27) (RG:text) (This species is African in origin, and it is thought that it was introduced into the Americas during the slave trade, or that it may have been brought to the West Indies and subsequently immigrated further into North America from Florida.)   
     Hypolimnas misippus
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single August record)
     
     
     Genus JUNONIA: BUCKEYES
     
      
180. Common Buckeye ______ (PE:23)(PW:30) (K:207) (RG:156,157)
     Junonia coenia
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round) 
     
     
181. Tropical Buckeye ______ (PE:23)(PW:30) (K:207) (RG:158) (a Mexican species, along the TX-MX border)  
     Junonia genoveva
     (In LRGV: widespread, but rare, year-round)
     
     
182. Mangrove Buckeye ______ (PE:23) (RG:159) (Like a melanistic, or "dark" Tropical Buckeye. The Buckeye complex is not fully understood.)
     Junonia evarete
     (In LRGV: rare & local, found only near the coast at scattered times of the year - March, April, October, & November. Limited to black mangroves.) 
     
     
     Genus ANARTIA
     
      
183. White Peacock ______ (PE:24) (PW:30) (K:209) (RG:160) (in TX in far-south; strays further north)
     Anartia jatrophae
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
184. Banded Peacock ______ (PE:24) (PW:30) (K:209) (RG:161) (in US, in far-southern Texas)
     Anartia fatima 
     (In LRGV: rare, from March to January)
     
     
     Genus SIPROETA
     
     
185. Malachite ______ (PE:26) (PW:30) (K:209) (RG:162) (strays from the tropics (Mexico) to southern Texas)
     Siproeta stelenes
     (In LRGV: widespread, but occasional, year-round. One of the Valley's most outstanding & easily recognized species.)  
     
     
186. Rusty-tipped Page ______ (PW:30) (K:209) (RG:163) (a relative of the Malachite that strays very rarely from the tropics (Mexico) to Texas)
     Siproeta epaphus
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single November record)
     
     
     Subfamily LIMENITIDINAE: ADMIRALS, BLUEWINGS, CRACKERS, & DAGGERWINGS - These butterflies are found on most continents. They are often characterized by their flap-and-glide flight.
     
     Genus LIMENITIS: ADMIRALS
     
       
187. Red-spotted Purple ______ (PE:24)(PW:30) (K:211) (RG:164,165)
     Limenitis arthemis astyanax (conspecific with more-northerly White Admiral)
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single November record. This lone record was of the western subspecies, Limenitis arthemis arizonensis.) 
     
     
188. Viceroy ______ (PE:3,24)(PW:30) (K:211) (RG:166)
     Limenitis archippus
     (In LRGV: very rare & local along the Rio Grande & at ponds, from April to November. Larval foodplants are limited to willows.)
     
     
     Genus ADELPHA
     
       
189. California Sister (*) ______ (PE:24)(PW:30) (K:213) (RG:168) (fairly common in oak woodlands in west & northwest TX. Larval foodplants are limited to oaks.)
     Adelpha bredowii 
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single November record)
     
     
190. Band-celled Sister ______ (PE:24) (K:213) (RG:167) (strays regularly from Mexico to Texas)(This species has also been called the "Mexican Sister", but in Mexico there are 20 species of sisters (in the genus Adelpha).  
     Adelpha lessonia
     (In LRGV: rare, but reported every month except May & June. Larval foodplants are limited to hackberries.)
     
     
191. Spot-celled Sister ______ (PE:24) (RG:169) (This species is sometimes called the Tropical Sister.)
     Adelpha basiloides
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single November record. Larval foodplants include members of the madder family, none of which are known in the US.)
     
     
     Genus EPIPHILE
     
     
192. Common Banner ______ (PE:25) (K:225) (RG:170)
     Epiphile adrasta
     (In LRGV: rare, from October to January. Occurs at overripe fruit.)
     
     
     Genus MYSCELIA
     
     
193. Mexican Bluewing ______ (PE:24)(PWp:336) (K:217) (RG:171) (This is a spectacular butterfly on the upperside.) (In TX, mainly in the south; a very rare stray to west Texas.)   
     Myscelia ethusa
     (In LRGV: uncommon & local year-round, less common in winter. Occurs in shaded areas.)
     
     
194. Blackened Bluewing ______ (PW:text) (RG:172)
     Myscelia cyananthe
     (In LRGV: very rare, with only a single historical record in October)
     
     
     Genus EUNICA 
     
        
195. Dingy Purplewing ______ (PE:25) (PW:30) (K:215) (RG:173) (strays rarely from Mexico to Texas)
     Eunica monima
     (In LRGV: occasional, from June to November)
     
     
196. Large Purplewing ______ (PE:25)(PW:30) (K:215) (RG:174,175) (strays from Mexico to south Texas) (Some refer to this species as the "Mexican Purplewing" & the "Florida Purplewing, as it is a resident in south Florida.) 
     Eunica tatila
     (In LRGV: very rare, from August to October)
     
     
     Genus DYNAMINE 
     
     
197. Blue-eyed Sailor ______ (PE:25) (K:225) (RG:176,177) (periodic colonist and occasional resident to north-central Texas)
     Dynamine dyonis
     (In LRGV: rare & local, in June & from September to December. It is most likely to be found at or near Noseburn.)
     (Range: from central Mexico south through Central America to Colombia)
     
     
198. Tithian Sailor ______ (PW:text) (strayed from Mexico once to west Texas)
     Dynamine tithia
     
     
     Genus DIAETHRIA 
     
     
199. Mexican Eighty-Eight ______ (PE:25) (has strayed very rarely from Mexico to south Texas, one such record) 
     Diaethria asteria
     (Range: resident in southern Mexico & northern Central America,) 
     
     
200. Anna's Eighty-Eight ______ (PW:text) (stray from Mexico found once at Big Bend NP)
     Diaethria anna
     
     
     
     Genus MESTRA
     
     
201. Common Mestra (has also been called Amymone) ______ (PE:25)(PW:31) (K:215) (RG:178) (A resident in most of south-central Texas, it wanders northward in the late-summer & fall.)  
     Mestra amymone
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round) 
     
     
     Genus BIBLIS
     
     
202. Red Rim ______ (PE:25)(PW:31) (K:215) (RG:179) (from the tropics, occurs in Texas)
     Biblis hyperia
     (In LRGV: occasional & local, with records in March, May, & from July to December. Most records in the fall. Occurs in woodlands.)
     
     
     Genus HAMADRYAS: CRACKERS - Found in the American tropics. They habitually perch with wings outspread and head down on tree trunks. The "cracker" name comes from the crackling sounds made by the wings in flight. Perched individuals have a tendency to walk in short spurts.)
     
         
203. Red Cracker ______ (PE:26) (RG:180,181)
     Hamadryas amphinome
     (In LRGV: very rare, with records in January & September)
     
     
204. Gray Cracker ______ (PE:26)(PW:31) (K:217) (RG:182) (in TX, in far-south)
     Hamadryas februa
     (In LRGV: occasional, from July to December. Recorded most years.) 
     
     
205. Variable Cracker ______ (PE:26) (K:217) (RG:184) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas; recorded in TX, July to December.)  
     Hamadryas feronia
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded from October to December)
     
     
206. Guatemalan Cracker ______ (PE:26) (RG:186,187) (This species has also been called the "South American Cracker".)
     Hamadryas guatemalena
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded in August & from October to February)
     (Range: resident from Mexico south to Costa Rica.) 
     
     
207. Brownish Cracker ______ (PE:26) (has strayed very rarely from Mexico to central Texas, one such record)
     Hamadryas iphthime
     (Range: from central Mexico south to Brazil.)
     
     
     Genus HISTORIS
     
     
208. Orion Cecropian ______ (PE:text) (RG:188)
     Historis odius
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single historical record in July)
     
     
209. Acheronta ______ (PW:31) (strays rarely to west Texas)
     Historis acheronta 
     
     
     Genus MARPESIA: DAGGERWINGS - These butterflies have a long thin "dagger" projecting from the rear portion of each hindwing. They roost under large leaves, often in small groups. 
     
     
210. Ruddy Daggerwing ______ (PE:25)(PW:31) (K:219) (RG:194) (strays north from Mexico into Texas & beyond to the nw) 
     Marpesia petreus 
     (In LRGV: occasional, in February, April, & from July to November, most often in the summer & fall)
     
     
211. Waiter (Daggerwing) ______ (PE:25) (PW:text) (K:219) (RG:text) (strays rarely from the tropics (Mexico) to south Texas) 
     Marpesia zerynthia 
     (In LRGV: very rare, in July)
     
     
212. Many-banded Daggerwing ______ (PE:25)(PW:31) (K:219) (RG:192,193) (strays regularly from the tropics (Mexico) to Texas)
     Marpesia chiron
     (In LRGV: occasional, in February, April, & from July to October)
     
     
     Subfamily CHARAXINAE: LEAF BUTTERFLIES
     
     Genus ANAEA: LEAFWINGS
     
       
213. Goatweed Leafwing ______ (PE:25)(PW:31) (K:221) (RG:196)
     Anaea andria
     (In LRGV: uncommon & local from March to December. occurs in & adjacent to wooded areas.) 
     
     
214. Tropical Leafwing ______ (PE:25)(PW:31) (K:221) (RG:195) (strays regularly from Mexico to Texas)
     Anaea aidea
     (In LRGV: common, but local, year-round. Occurs in wooded, shady areas.)
     
     
215. Angled Leafwing  (sometimes called the Crinkled Leafwing) ______ (PE:25) (PWp:343) (RG:197)
     Anaea glycerium
     (In LRGV: very rare, with single records in July & August) 
     
     
216. Pale-spotted Leafwing (sometimes called the Blue Leafwing) ______ (PE:25) (K:221) (RG:198) (a Mexican species that's an uncommon periodic resident in south Texas)
     Anaea pithyusa
     (In LRGV: rare, in March & from July to January)
     
     
     Subfamily APATURINAE: HACKBERRY BUTTERFLIES
     
     Genus ASTEROCAMPA: EMPERORS
     
     
217. Hackberry Emperor ______ (PE:26)(PW:31) (K:223) (RG:199)
     Asterocampa celtis
     (In LRGV: common, but local, from March to December)
     
     
218. Empress Leilia ______ (PE:26)(PW:31) (K:223) (RG:200)
     Asterocampa leilia
     (In LRGV: common, but local, from February to December)  
     
     
219. Tawny Emperor ______ (PE:26)(PW:31) (K:223) (RG:201)
     Asterocampa clyton
     (In LRGV: common, but local, from April to February)
     
     
     Genus SMYRNA
     
     
220. Blomfild's Beauty ______ (PE:26)(PW:31) (K:225) (RG:190)
     Smyrna blomfildia 
     (In LRGV: Very rare, from November to January)
     
     
     Genus DOXOCOPA
     
     
221. Pavon Emperor ______ (PE:24) (K:225) (RG:202,203) (The striking difference in color & pattern between males & females is extraordinary.)
     Doxocopa pavon
     (In LRGV: rare, in May & from August to December)
     
     
222. Silver Emperor ______ (PE:24) (K:225) (RG:204,205)
     Doxocopa laure
     (In LRGV: rare, from July to November) 
     
     
     Subfamily DANAINAE: MONARCHS
     
     Genus DANAUS: ROYALTY
     
     
223. Monarch ______ (PE:3,4,27)(PW:34) (K:227) (RG:210,211)
     Danaus plexippus
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round. Although recorded every month, it is most numerous during migrations, from February to April & in November-December. Most sightings are the butterflies passing in flight.) 
     
     
224. Queen (*) ______ (PE:27)(PW:34) (K:229) (RG:212,213)
     Danaus gilippus
     (In LRGV: widespread & abundant year-round)
     
     
225. Soldier ______ (PE:27)(PW:34) (K:229) (RG:214,215) (strays regularly from Mexico)
     Danaus eresimus
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, from April to January) 
     
     
     Genus: LYCOREA
     
     
226. Tiger Mimic-Queen ______ (PW:text) (K:155) (similar (a mimic) to the Longwings, or Heliconians)
     Lycorea cleobaea
     (a rare stray from Mexico to Texas in Big Bend) 
     
     
     Subfamily ITHOMIINAE: CLEARWINGS
     
     Genus DIRCENNA
     
     
227. Klug's Clearwing (has also been called Klug's Dircenna) ______ (RG:208)
     Dircenna klugii
     (In LRGV: only very old, historical, records, in 1877 & 1902, in Cameron County only, in April) (Several other clearwings occur in nearby Mexico. This species is in Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz.)      
     
     
     Subfamily SATYRINAE: SATYRS & WOOD-NYMPHS
     
     Genus MEGISTO
     
     
228. Red Satyr ______ (PE:27)(PW:32)(PWp:350) (K:231)
     Megisto rubricata
     
     
229. Little Wood-Satyr ______ (PE:27)(PW:32) (K:231)
     Megisto cymela 
     
     
     Genus HERMEUPTYCHIA
     
     
230. Carolina Satyr ______ (PE:28) (K:231) (RG:207)
     Hermeuptychia sosybius
     (In LRGV: abundant, but local, year-round)
     
     
     Genus NEONYMPHA
     
     
231. Georgia Satyr ______ (PE:28) (K:233) (This species & the Helicta Satyr, Neonympha helicta, are indistinguishable in the field. The ranges overlap.) (In TX, either, or both, in the east.)   
     Neonympha areolata  
     
     
     Genus CYLLOPSIS
     
     
232. Gemmed Satyr ______ (PE:28) (K:235) (RG:206)
     Cyllopsis gemma
     (In LRGV: common, but local, year-round)
     
     
233. Canyonland Satyr ______ (PW:32) (K:235)
     Cyllopsis pertepida
     
     
     Genus GYROCHEILUS
     
     
234. Red-bordered Satyr ______  (PW:33)  (in TX, in far-west only)
     Gyrocheilus patrobas
     (in mountain forests)
     
     
     Genus CERCYONIS
     
     
235. Common Wood-Nymph ______ (PE:28)(PW:32)(PWp:352) (K:237)
     Cercyonis pegala
     
     
236. Mead's Wood-Nymph ______  (PW:32) (K:237) (in TX, in far-west)
     Cercyonis meadii 
     
     
     Genus ENODIA: PEARLY-EYES
     
     
237. Northern Pearly-Eye ______ (PE:27)(PW:32)  (in TX, in the northeast)
     Enodia anthedon
     
      
238. Southern Pearly-Eye ______ (PE:27) (K:239) (in TX, in the east)
     Enodia portlandia 
     
     
239. Creole Pearly-eye ______ (PE:27) (K:239) (in TX, in the east)
     Enodia creola
     
     
     Family HESPERIDAE: SKIPPERS
     
     Subfamily PYRRHOPYGINAE
     
     Genus PYRRHOPYGE
     
     
240. Dull Firetip ______  (PW:35)  (in TX, only in far-west in area of Big Bend) 
     Pyrrhopyge araxes
     
     
     Subfamily PYRGINAE: SPREAD-WING SKIPPERS (Adults typically rest with their wings spread.)   
     
     Genus EPARGYREUS
     
     
241. Silver-spotted Skipper ______ (PE:3,30)(PW:35) (K:257)
     Epargyreus clarus
     
     
242. Broken Silverdrop ______ (PE:text) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Epargyreus exadeus
     
     
     Genus AUTOCHTON: BANDED SKIPPERS
     
     
243. Golden-banded Skipper ______ (PE:31)(PW:36) (K:257)
     Autochton cellus
     
     
244. Chisos Banded-Skipper ______  (PW:36) (K:257) (rare, found only in the oak woodlands of Big Bend National Park in west Texas)
     Autochton cincta 
     
     
     Genus ACHALARUS: HOARY EDGES
     
     
245. Hoary Edge ______ (PE:31) (K:259)
     Achalarus lyciades
     
     
246. Desert Cloudywing ______ (PE:text)(PW:36) (K:259) (a mostly Mexican species; in TX locally in the Big Bend area)  
     Achalarus casica
     
     
247. Coyote Cloudywing ______ (PE:31)(PW:36) (K:265)
     Achalarus toxeus
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, year-round)
     
     
248. Jalapus Cloudywing ______ (PE:text) (K:265) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas) 
     Achalarus jalapus
     (In LRGV: very rare from July to November)
     
     
249. Skinner's Cloudywing ______  (PW:36)  (rare stray from Mexico to south Texas)
     Achalarus albociliatus
     
     
     Genus CODATRACTUS 
     
     
250. Arizona Skipper ______  (PW:35) (K:259) (a mostly Mexican species, in TX locally in the  Big Bend area)
     Codatractus arizonensis  
     
     
251. White-crescent Longtail ______ (PE:text)(PW:35) (K:273) (a Mexican species occasionally reported in western & southern Texas in the summer and fall.)
     Codatractus alcaeus
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in October)
     
     
     Genus COGIA
     
     
252. Acacia Skipper ______ (PE:text)(PW:37) (K:259) (mostly Mexican species, in TX in the southwest)
     Cogia hippalus 
     (In LRGV: very rare, in April, August & September) 
     
     
253. Mimosa Skipper ______ (PE:31)(PW:37) (K:265) (in US, only in far-south Texas)
     Cogia calchas
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
      
254. Outis Skipper ______ (PE:31)(PW:37) (K:265) (rare throughout its central Texas range)
     Cogia outis
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded in April)
     
     
     Genus THORYBES: CLOUDYWINGS
     
     
255. Southern Cloudywing ______ (PE:31)(PW:36) (K:261)
     Thorybes bathylius
     
     
256. Northern Cloudywing ______ (PE:31)(PW:36) (K:261)
     Thorybes pylades
     (In LRGV: very rare, probably a stray from the north in the spring)
     
     
257. Confused Cloudywing ______ (PE:31) (K:261)
     Thorybes confusis
     
     
258. Drusius Cloudywing ______ (PW:37)(PWp:386) (K:263) (a mostly Mexican species, in TX locally in the Big Bend area)
     Thorybes drusius
     
     
     Genus PHOCIDES
     
     
259. Beautiful Beamer ______
     Phocides belus
     (In LRGV: very rare, with a single April 2003 record)
     
     
260. Guava Skipper ______ (PE:30) (K:267) (in US, only in south Texas, where it is uncommon)
     Phocides palemon
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, year-round, more common in the fall) 
     
     
     Genus URBANUS: LONG-TAILED SKIPPERS
     
      
261. Long-tailed Skipper ______ (PE:30)(PW:35) (K:269)
     Urbanus proteus
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, year-round)
     
     
262. Pronus Longtail (has been called Short-tailed Green Longtail) ______ (PE:text)
     Urbanus pronus
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only once in October)
     
     
263. Double-striped Longtail ______ (as info: "the most frequently encountered green-bodied Urbanus species in most of Mexico")
     Urbanus belli
     (In LRGV: one historical sighting only in June 1968 in Brownsville)
     
     
264. Esmeralda Longtail ______ (PE:text)
     Urbanus esmeraldus
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in August)  
     
     
265. Dorantes Longtail ______ (PE:30)(PW:36) (K:269) 
     Urbanus dorantes
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, year-round)  
     
     
266. Brown Longtail ______ (PE:30)(PW:36) (K:269) (in US, only resident in south Texas, has strayed from Mexico to s. California, s. Arizona & s. New Mexico.) 
     Urbanus procne
     (In LRGV: widespread & common year-round)
     
     
267. Teleus Longtail ______ (K:269) (in US, only in far-south Texas, where it is common)
     Urbanus teleus
     (In LRGV: rare, from May to January)
     
     
268. Tanna Longtail ______ (PE:text)
     Urbanus tanna
     (In LRGV: very rare in June & December)
     
     
269. Plain Longtail ______ (PE:text)(PW:36) 
     Urbanus simplicius 
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded on in April)
     
     
270. White-tailed Longtail ______ (PE:30) (K:271) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas; in TX reported spring and fall.)
     Urbanus doryssus
     (In LRGV: very rare, from March to July & in October -November)
     
     
     Genus CHIOIDES 
     
     
271. White-striped Longtail ______ (PE:30) (PW:35) (K:271) (in TX, in the south, where it is regular)
     Chioides catillus
     (In LRGV: widespread, but uncommon, year-round)
     
     
272. Zilpa Longtail ______ (PE:30)(PW:35) (K:271) (strays regularly from Mexico to south Texas)
     Chioides zilpa
     (In LRGV: widespread, but occasional, in March-April & from September to November)  
     
     
     Genus TYPHEDANUS
     
     
273. Mottled Longtail ______ (PE:30) (K:271) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Typhedanus undulatus
     (In LRGV: very rare, with only historical records from August to November) 
     
     
     Genus POLYTHRIX
     
     
274. Eight-spotted Longtail ______ (PE:30) (K:271) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas; in TX recorded spring to fall.)  
     Polythrix octomaculata
     (In LRGV: very rare, in March, & September-October)
     
     
275. Mexican Longtail ______ (PE:text)(PW:35) (K:271) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)  
     Polythrix mexicanus
     (In LRGV: very rare, in July & October)
     
     
     Genus ZESTUSA
     
     
276. Short-tailed Skipper ______  (PW:35) (in TX, only in the west)
     Zestusa dorus
     
     
     Genus AGUNA
     
     
277. Gold-spotted Aguna _____ (PE:30)(PW:35) (K:273) (strays occasionally from Mexico to south Texas)
     Aguna asander
     (In LRGV: rare, from April to January)
     
     
278. Emerald Aguna ______ (PE:text)
     Aguna claxon
     (In LRGV: rare, recorded in January & October-November) 
     
     
279. Tailed Aguna ______ (PE:30) (K:273) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas) 
     Aguna metophis
     (In LRGV: occasional, from August to January) 
     
     
     Genus PROTEIDES
     
     
280. Mercurial Skipper ______ (PE:30)(PW:text) (K:273) (strays rarely from the tropics)
     Proteides mercurius
     (In LRGV: rare, recorded in April & October) 
     
     
     Genus EPARGYREUS
     
     
281. Broken Silverdrop ______ (K:273) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Epargyreus exadeus
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in October)
     
     
     Genus POLYGONUS
     
     
282. Hammock Skipper ______ (PE:30)(PW:35) (K:267) (strays regularly from Mexico)
     Polygonus leo
     (In LRGV: very rare, in March, April, & from September to November)
     
     
283. Manuel's Skipper ______ (PE:text)
     Polygonus manueli
     (In LRGV: historical sightings only, from August to October)
     
     
     Genus SYSTASEA
     
     
284. Arizona Powdered-Skipper ______  (PW:37) (K:275)
     Systasea zampa
     
     
285. Texas Powdered-Skipper ______  (PW:37) (K:275) 
     Systasea pulverulenta 
     
     
     Genus ACHYLODES
     
     
286. Sickle-winged Skipper ______ (K:275) 
     Achylodes thraso
     
     
     Genus GORGYTHION
     
     
287. Variegated Skipper ______ (PE:text) (K:275) (strays rarely from Mexico to far-southern Texas)
     Gorgythion begga
     
     
     Genus PELLICIA
     
     
288. Glazed Skipper ______ (PE:31) (K:275) (a periodic stray from Mexico to south Texas; in TX reported March to December.)
     Pellicia arina
     
     
289. Confused Pellicia ______ (PE:text) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Pellicia angra
     
     
290. Morning Glory Pellica ______ (PE:text) (strays very rarely from Mexico to south Texas)
     Pellicia dimidiata
     
     
     Genus NISONIADES
     
     
291. Purplish-black Skipper ______ (PE:text) (K:275) (strays rarely from Mexico to south Texas; in TX recorded in the fall.)
     Nisoniades rubescens
     
     
     Genus TIMOCHARES
     
     
292. Brown-banded Skipper ______ (PE:32)(PW:37) (K:277) (a mostly Mexican species, in TX resident in the south, strays further north.)
     Timochares ruptifasciatus
     
     
     Genus CABARES
     
     
293. Potrillo Skipper ______ (PE:31) (K:277) (a mostly Mexican species, in TX resident in the south, strays further north.)
     Cabares potrillo
     (In LRGV: uncommon, from April to February) 
     
     
     Genus GRAIS
     
     
294. Hermit Skipper _____ (PE:32)(PW:37) (K:277) (a Mexican species that strays to south Texas; in TX reported spring to fall.)
     Grais stigmatica
     
     
     Genus SPATHILEPIA
     
     
295. Falcate Skipper ______ (PE:31) (K:277) (a Mexican species, periodically found in far-south Texas)
     Spathilepia clonius
     (In LRGV: rare, from May to July & October to December)
     
     
     Genus CELAENORRHINUS 
     
     
296. Fritgaertner's Flat ______ (PE:text)(PW:37) (K:277) (strays rarely from Mexico to far-south TX) 
     Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri
     (In LRGV: very rare, in February, July, September, & November)
     
     
297. Stalling's Flat ______ (PE:31) (K:277) (a stray from Mexico to south Texas; in TX recorded spring to fall.)    
     Calaenorrhinus stallingsi
     (In LRGV: very rare, in June, August, & from October to December) 
     
     
     Genus ASTRAPTES: FLASHERS
     
     
298. Two-barred Flasher ______ (PE:30)(PW:36) (K:279) (a mostly Mexican species, regular at times in south Texas) 
     Astraptes fulgerator
     (In LRGV: widespread, but occasional and somewhat sporadic. Records exist for every month except February. In some years, present in good numbers, but rare or absent in others.)   
     
     
299. Frosted Flasher (has been called White Flasher) _______ (PE:text) (K:279)
     Astraptes alardus
     (In LRGV: very rare, in June, and September-October)
     
     
300. Gilbert's Flasher (Other names include Hopffer's Flasher and Mad Flasher) ______ (PE:text) (K:279)
     Astraptes gilberti
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in March & October)
     
     
301. Small-spotted Flasher ______ (PE:text) (K:279)
     Astraptes egregius
     (In LRGV: very rare, recorded only in October)
     
     
302. Yellow-tipped Flasher (Other names include Yellow Flasher and Dull Astraptes) ______ (PE:text) (K:279)
     Astraptes anaphus
     (In LRGV: rare, recorded in April & from September to November) 
     
     
     Genus ERYNNIS: TRUE DUSKYWINGS
     
     
303. Juvenal's Duskywing ______ (PE:32)(PW:38) (K:281) 
     Erynnis juvenalis
     
     
304. Horace's Duskywing ______ (PE:32)(PW:38) (K:281)
     Erynnis horatius
     
     
305. Zarucco Duskywing ______ (PE:32) (K:281)
     Erynnis zarucco
     
     
306. Funereal Duskywing ______ (PE:32)(PW:38) (K:281)
     Erynnis funeralis
     
     
307. Meridian Duskywing ______ (PE:32)(PW:38) (K:283) 
     Erynnis meridianus
     
     
308. Mournful Duskywing ______ (PE:text)(PW:38) (K:283)
     Erynnis tristis
     
     
309. Sleepy Duskywing ______ (PE:32)(PW:38) (K:285) (in the spring, not the summer)
     Erynnis briza
     
     
310. Rocky Mountain Duskywing ______  (PW:38) (K:285) (in TX, in the far-west)
     Erynnis telemachus
     
     
311. Wild Indigo Duskywing ______ (PE:32)(PW:38) (K:287)
     Erynnis baptisiae
     
     
312. Mottled Duskywing ______ (PE:32)(PW:38) (K:287) (in TX, in the northeast) 
     Erynnis martialis  
     
     
313. Scudder's Duskywing ______  (PW:38)  (in TX, in the west)
     Erynnis scudderi
     
     
     Genus GESTA
     
     
314. False Duskywing ______ (PE:32)(PW:37) (K:287)
     Gesta gesta
     
     
     Genus PYRGUS: CHECKERED-SKIPPERS
     
     
315. Common Checkered-Skipper ______ (PE:33)(PW:39) (K:289) (can not be distinguished in the field from the White Checkered-Skipper)
     Pyrgus communis 
     
     
316. White-checkered Skipper ______  (PW:39) (K:289) (recently determined to be species distinct from the Common Checkered-Skipper) 
     Pyrgus albescens
     
     
317. Tropical Checkered-Skipper ______ (PE:33)(PW:39) (K:289) 
     Pyrgus oileus
     
     
318. Desert Checkered-Skipper ______ (PE:33)(PW:39) (K:289) (along TX-MX border)
     Pyrgus philetas
     
     
319. Small Checkered-Skipper ______  (PW:39) (K:291) (in TX, in far-west)
     Pyrgus scriptura
     
     
     Genus HELIOPETES: WHITE-SKIPPERS
     
     
320. Erichson's White-Skipper ______ (PE:33)(PW:39) (K:293) 
     Heliopyrgus domicella
     
     
321. Laviana White-Skipper ______ (PE:33)(PW:39) (K:293) (a mostly Mexican species; in TX, in the south)
     Heliopetes laviana 
     
     
322. Turk's-Cap White-Skipper ______ (PE:33) (K:293)  
     Heliopetes macaira