Butterflies of the

Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands

Compiled by Nick Grishin

June 3, 2003

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn

 



Key


s - stray

t - temporary colonist, may not be present every year

! - interesting find


Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)

 1    Pipevine Swallowtail -- Battus philenor

 2    Black Swallowtail -- Papilio polyxenes

 3    Giant Swallowtail -- Papilio cresphontes

 4    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -- Papilio glaucus

Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

 5    Checkered White -- Pontia protodice

 6    Cabbage White -- Pieris rapae

 7    Olympia Marble -- Euchloe olympia

 8    Falcate Orangetip -- Anthocharis midea

 9    Orange Sulphur -- Colias eurytheme

10    Southern Dogface -- Zerene cesonia

11    Cloudless Sulphur -- Phoebis sennae

12 s  Lyside Sulphur -- Kricogonia lyside

13 t  Mexican Yellow -- Eurema mexicana

14    Little Yellow -- Eurema lisa

15    Sleepy Orange -- Eurema nicippe

16    Dainty Sulphur -- Nathalis iole

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae)

17    Great Purple Hairstreak -- Atlides halesus

18    Soapberry Hairstreak -- Phaeostrymon alcestis

19    Coral Hairstreak -- Satyrium titus

20    Banded Hairstreak -- Satyrium calanus

21    Southern Hairstreak -- Satyrium favonius

22    Henry's Elfin -- Callophrys [Incisalia] henrici

23    Juniper Hairstreak -- Callophrys [Mitoura] gryneus

24 !  White M Hairstreak -- Parrhasius m-album

25    Gray Hairstreak -- Strymon melinus

26    Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon istapa

27    Red-banded Hairstreak -- Calycopis cecrops

28    Dusky-blue Groundstreak -- Calycopis isobeon

29 t  Marine Blue -- Leptotes marina

30    Reakirt's Blue -- Hemiargus isola

31    Eastern Tailed-Blue -- Everes comyntas

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

32    American Snout -- Libytheana carinenta

33    Gulf Fritillary -- Agraulis vanillae
34    Variegated Fritillary -- Euptoieta claudia

35    Gorgone Checkerspot -- Chlosyne gorgone

36    Silvery Checkerspot -- Chlosyne nycteis

37 t  Vesta Crescent -- Phyciodes vesta

38    Phaon Crescent -- Phyciodes phaon

39    Pearl Crescent -- Phyciodes tharos

40    Question Mark -- Polygonia interrogationis

41    Mourning Cloak -- Nymphalis antiopa

42    American Lady -- Vanessa virginiensis

43    Painted Lady -- Vanessa cardui

44    Red Admiral -- Vanessa atalanta

45    Common Buckeye -- Junonia coenia

46    'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple -- Limenitis arthemis astyanax

47    Viceroy -- Limenitis archippus

48 t  California Sister -- Adelpha bredowii

49 s  Common Mestra -- Mestra amymone

50    Goatweed Leafwing -- Anaea andria

51    Hackberry Emperor -- Asterocampa celtis

52    Tawny Emperor -- Asterocampa clyton


53 s! Northern Pearly Eye -- Enodia anthedon

54 !  Gemmed Satyr -- Cyllopsis gemma

55    Carolina Satyr -- Hermeuptychia sosybius

56    Little Wood Satyr -- Megisto cymela

57    Red Satyr -- Megisto rubricata

58    Common Wood Nymph -- Cercyonis pegala


59    Monarch -- Danaus plexippus

60    Queen -- Danaus gilippus

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

61    Silver-spotted Skipper -- Epargyreus clarus

62 t  Long-tailed Skipper -- Urbanus proteus

63    Hoary Edge -- Achalarus lyciades

64    Southern Cloudywing -- Thorybes bathyllus

65    Northern Cloudywing -- Thorybes pylades

66    Confusing Cloudywing -- Thorybes confusis

67 !  Outis Skipper -- Cogia outis

68    Hayhurst's Scallopwing -- Staphylus hayhurstii

69    Sleepy Duskywing -- Erynnis brizo

70    Juvenal's Duskywing -- Erynnis juvenalis

71    Horace's Duskywing -- Erynnis horatius

72    Funereal Duskywing -- Erynnis funeralis

73    Common Checkered-Skipper -- Pyrgus communis


74    Clouded Skipper -- Lerema accius

75    Fiery Skipper -- Hylephila phyleus

76 !  Cobweb Skipper -- Hesperia metea

77 !  Green Skipper -- Hesperia viridis

78    Crossline Skipper -- Polites origenes

79    Southern Broken-Dash -- Wallengrenia otho

80    Sachem -- Atalopedes campestris

81 !  Arogos Skipper -- Atrytone arogos

82    Zabulon Skipper -- Poanes zabulon

83    Dion Skipper -- Euphyes dion

84    Dun Skipper -- Euphyes vestris

85 !  Dusted Skipper -- Atrytonopsis hianna

86    Common Roadside-Skipper -- Amblyscirtes vialis

87    Bell's Roadside-Skipper -- Amblyscirtes belli

88 !  Dusky Roadside-Skipper -- Amblyscirtes alternata

89    Eufala Skipper -- Lerodea eufala


90    Yucca Giant-Skipper -- Megathymus yuccae


14 Dec 2004 - Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology