Field Checklist of the Butterflies of Northeast Mexico

Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi & Tamaulipas

Michael D. Overton - mdoverton@stx.rr.com

August 2006

NE Mexico Butterfly Trip List compiled over four days in Oct. 2006

Contact Mike Overton for information on future butterfly tours

Scientific Name	Common Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Hesperiidae	Skippers
Pyrrhopginae	Firetips & Allies
Passovini
Myscelus amystis hages	Northern Widespread Myscelus
Myscelus perissodora	Dyar’s Myscelus
Pyrrhopygini
Apyrrothrix araxes arizonae	Arizonan Araxes Skipper
Melanopyge hoffmanni	Hoffmann's Skipper
Elbella scylla	Scylla Firetip
Pyrginae	Spreadwing-Skippers
Eudamini
Phocides polybius lilea	Guava Skipper
Phocides belus	Belus Skipper
Phocides u. urania	Urania Skipper
Proteides m. mercurius	Mercurial Skipper
Epargyreus c. clarus	Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus socus orizaba	Mexican Round-spotted Silverdrop
Epargyreus exadeus cruza	Mexican Broken Silverdrop
Epargyreus s. spina	Spined Silverdrop
Epargyreus clavicornis gaumeri	Honduran Small-spotted Silverdrop
Polygonus leo arizonensis	Arizonan Hammock Skipper
Polygonus s. savigny	Savigny’s Skipper
Chioides albofasciatus	White-striped Longtail
Chioides zilpa	Zilpa Longtail
Aguna a. asander	Gold-spotted Aguna
Aguna claxon	Emerald Aguna
Aguna metophis	Long-tailed Aguna
Typhedanus undulatus	Mottled Longtail
Typhedanus ampyx	Gold-tufted Skipper
Polythrix octomaculata	Eight-spotted Longtail
Polythrix mexicanus	Mexican Longtail
Polythrix asine	Asine Longtail
Polythrix caunus	Four-spotted Longtail
Zestusa dorus	Northern Zestusa
Zestusa elwesi	Mexican Zestusa
Codatractus c. carlos	Carlos' Mottled-Skipper
Codatractus a. alcaeus	White-crescent Mottled-Skipper
Codatractus arizonensis	Arizonan Mottled-Skipper
Codatractus melon	Melon Mottled-Skipper
Codatractus bryaxis	Golden Mottled-Skipper
“Codatractus” hyster	Hyster Skipper
Urbanus p. proteus	Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus viterboana	Bluish Longtail
Urbanus belli	Bell's Longtail
Urbanus pronta	Spot-banded Longtail
Urbanus esmeraldus	Esmeralda Longtail
Urbanus evona	Turquoise Longtail
Urbanus esta	Esta Longtail
Urbanus d. dorantes	Dorantes Longtail
Urbanus procne	Brown Longtail
Urbanus simplicius	Plain Longtail
Urbanus teleus	Teleus Longtail
Urbanus tanna	Tanna Longtail
Urbanus doryssus ssp.	Northern White-tailed Longtail
Urbanus a. albimargo	White-edged Longtail
Astraptes fulgerator *complex*	Two-barred Flasher *complex*
Astraptes brevicauda	Short-tailed Flasher
Astraptes e. egregius	Small-spotted Flasher
Astraptes megalurus	Long-tailed Flasher
Astraptes alardus latia	Northern Frosted Flasher
Astraptes alector hopfferi	Hopffer’s Flasher
Astraptes c. chiriquensis	Chiriqui Flasher
Astraptes talus	Green Flasher
Astraptes anaphus annetta	Annette’s Yellow-tipped Flasher
Autochton cellus	Golden Banded-Skipper
Autochton siermadror	East-Mexican Banded-Skipper
Autochton pseudocellus	Sonoran Banded-Skipper
Autochton cincta	Chisos Banded-Skipper
Autochton neis	Broad Banded-Skipper
Autochton longipennis	Spike Banded-Skipper
Autochton zarex	Sharp Banded-Skipper
*Achalarus lyciades	Hoary Edge - *hypothetical
Achalarus casica	Desert Cloudywing
Achalarus tehuacana	Tehuacan Cloudywing
Achalarus a. albociliatus	White-edged Cloudywing
Achalarus toxeus	Coyote Cloudywing
Thessia jalapus	Jalapus Cloudywing
Thorybes p. pylades	Northern Cloudywing
Thorybes p. pylades f. albosuffusa	White-margined Northern Cloudywing
Thorybes m. mexicana	Mexican Cloudywing
Thorybes drusius	Drusius Cloudywing
Thorybes sp.	East-Mexican Cloudywing
Cabares p. potrillo	Potrillo Skipper
Cephise aelius	Long-tailed Scarlet-eye
Nascus phocus	Common Scarlet-eye
Ocyba calathana calanus	Guatemalan Yellow-rimmed Scarlet-eye
Celaenorrhinus monartus	Dotted Flat
Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri	Fritzgaertner’s Flat
Celaenorrhinus stallingsi	Stallings’ Flat
Celaenorrhinus stola	Stola Flat
Pyrgini
Spathilepia clonius	Falcate Skipper
Cogia calchas	Mimosa Skipper
Cogia hippalus hiska	East-Mexican Acacia Skipper
Cogia outis	Outis Skipper
Cogia caicus moschus	Northern Gold-costa Skipper
Telemiades choricus	Mexican Telemiades
Arteurotia t. tractipennis	Starred Skipper
Polyctor cleta	Cleta Tufted-Skipper
Polyctor enops	Enops Tufted-Skipper
Nisoniades rubescens	Purplish Tufted-Skipper
Nisoniades godma	Godma Tufted-Skipper
Nisoniades ephora	Ephora Tufted-Skipper
Pellicia arina	Glazed Tufted-Skipper
Pellicia a. angra	Rare Tufted-Skipper
Pellicia dimidiata	Morning Glory Tufted-Skipper
Noctuana stator	Red-studded Skipper
Noctuana lactifera bipuncta	Two-spotted Cryptic Skipper
Cyclosemia anastomosis	Northern Eyed-Skipper
Bolla orsines	Hook-tipped Sootywing
Bolla cyclops	Cyclops Sootywing
Bolla cupreiceps	Copper-headed Sootywing
Bolla imbras	Rounded Sootywing
Bolla b. brennus	Obscure Sootywing
Bolla eusebius	Spatulate Sootywing
Bolla evippe	Rough-tipped Sootywing
Bolla clytius	Mottled Sootywing
Staphylus ceos	Golden-headed Sootywing
Staphylus vulgata	Golden-snouted Sootywing
Staphylus mazans	Mazans Sootywing
Staphylus azteca	Aztec Sootywing
Pholisora catullus	Common Sootywing
Pholisora mejicanus	Mexican Sootywing
Hesperopsis alpheus texana	Texan Saltbush Sootywing
Gorgythion begga pyralina	Northern Variegated Skipper
Gorgythion vox	Crab’s-claw Skipper
Zera h. hyacinthinus	Bruised Skipper
Quadrus cerialis	Common Blue-Skipper
Quadrus l. lugubris	Tanned Blue-Skipper
Sostrata nordica	Studded Blue-Skipper
Paches loxus gloriosus	Glorious Blue-Skipper
Paches polla	Polla Blue-Skipper
Atarnes sallei	Orange-spotted Skipper
Mylon lassia	Bold Mylon
Mylon maimon	Common Mylon
*Mylon salvia	Evans’ Mylon - *hypothetical
Mylon pelopidas	Pale Mylon
Carrhenes c. canescens	Hoary Skipper
Carrhenes f. fuscescens	Black-spotted Hoary-Skipper
Xenophanes tryxus	Glassy-winged Skipper
Onenses hyalophora	Crystal-winged Skipper
Antigonus nearchus	Large Spurwing
Antigonus erosus	Common Spurwing
Antigonus corrosus	Small Spurwing
Systasea pulverulenta	Texan Powdered-Skipper
Systasea zampa	Arizonan Powdered-Skipper
Zopyrion sandace	Sandy Skipper
Aethilla lavochrea	Yellow-rimmed Skipper
Achlyodes busirus heros	Giant Sicklewing
Achlyodes pallida	Pallid Sicklewing
Eantis tamenund	Northern Sicklewing
Grais s. stigmaticus	Hermit Skipper
Timochares ruptifasciata	Brown-banded Skipper
Timochares t. trifasciata	Many-banded Skipper
Anastrus s. sempiternus	Common Anastrus
Ebrietas a. anacreon	Common Bent-Skipper
Ebrietas sappho	Sappho Bent-Skipper
Ebrietas evanidus	Blurred Bent-Skipper
Cycloglypha t. thrasibulus	Widespread Bent-Skipper
Helias cama	Squared Bent-Skipper
Theagenes aegides	White-centered Bent-Skipper
Chiomara g. georgina	White-patched Skipper
Chiomara mithrax	Mithrax Duskywing
Gesta invisus	False Duskywing
Erynnis b. brizo	Sleepy Duskywing - hypothetical
Erynnis juvenalis clitus	Clitus Duskywing
Erynnis scudderi	Scudder’s Duskywing
Erynnis horatius	Horace's Duskywing
Erynnis tristis tatius	Tatius Duskywing
Erynnis funeralis	Funereal Duskywing
Pyrgus scriptura apertorum	Eastern Small Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus communis	Common Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus albescens	White Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus oileus	Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus philetas	Desert Checkered-Skipper
Heliopetes ericetorum	Northern White-Skipper
Heliopetes l. laviana	Laviana White-Skipper
Heliopetes m. macaira	Turk’s-cap White-Skipper
Heliopetes arsalte	Veined White-Skipper
Heliopetes alana	Alana White-Skipper
Heliopyrgus d. domicella	Erichson’s White-Skipper
Heliopyrgus sublinea	East-Mexican White-Skipper
Celotes nessus	Common Streaky-Skipper
Heteropterinae	True Skipperlings
Piruna aea mexicana	Northern Many-spotted Skipperling
Piruna haferniki	Chisos Skipperling
Piruna microsticta	Southwest-Mexican Skipperling
Piruna penaea	Dyar’s Skipperling
Piruna polingii *complex*	Four-spotted Skipperling *complex*
Dalla sp.	East-Mexican Dalla
Hesperiinae	Grass-Skippers
Hesperiini
Synapte pecta	Northern Faceted-Skipper
Synapte salenus	Salenus Faceted-Skipper
Zariaspes mys	Mys Skipper
Anthoptus epictetus	Trailside Skipper
Corticea corticea	Redundant Skipper
Vinius t. tryhana	Gold-washed Skipper
Vinpeius tinga	Freeman's Skipper
Pheraeus c. covadonga	Covadonga Skipper
Callimormus r. radiola	Radiant Skipper
Callimormus juventus	Juventus Skipper
Callimormus saturnus	Saturnus Skipper
Eutocus facilis	Facile Skipper
Virga clenchi	Clench's Skipper
Eprius v. veleda	Veleda Skipper
Mnasicles geta	Violet-frosted Skipper
Amblyscirtes folia	Larger Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes patriciae	Patricia’s Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes exoteria	Large Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes cassus	Cassus Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes texanae	Texan Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes aenus erna	Erna Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes fluonia	Brassy Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes oslari	Oslar’s Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes elissa arizonae	Northern Elissa’s Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes t. tolteca	Toltec Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes nereus	Slaty Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes nysa	Nysa Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes eos	Dotted Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes celia	Celia’s Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes phylace	Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes f. fimbriata	Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes anubis	Half-edged Roadside-Skipper
Methionopsis ina	Ina Skipper
Methionopsis typhon	Typhon Skipper
Phanes aletes	Jeweled Skipper
Vidius perigenes	Pale-rayed Skipper
Monca crispinus	Violet-patched Skipper
Lerodea e. eufala	Eufala Skipper
Lerodea arabus	Violet-clouded Skipper
Nastra l. leucone	Leucone Skipper
Nastra julia	Julia’s Skipper
Cymaenes trebius	Fawn-spotted Skipper
Cymaenes fraus	Frosty-banded Skipper
Vehilius inca	Inca Skipper
Vehilius stictomenes illudens	Honduran Pasture Skipper
Mnasilus allubita	Butler's Skipper
Mnasinous patage	Black-veined Skipper
Moeris striga stroma	Mexican Flag Skipper
Moeris h. hyagnis	Hyagnis Skipper
Remella remus	Black-spotted Remella
Remella rita	Rita’s Remella
Remella duena	Guatemalan Remella
Remella vopiscus	Cryptic Remella
Papias subcostulata	Jungle Skipper
Lerema a. accius	Clouded Skipper
Lerema liris	Liris Skipper
Morys valda	Valda Skipper
Morys lyde	Violet-studded Skipper
Vettius fantasos	Fantastic Skipper
Vettius tertianus	Blurry Skipper
Thoon modius	Modius Skipper
Eutychide subcordata ochus	Ochus Skipper
Naevolus orius	Orius Skipper
Tromba xanthura	Yellow-washed Ruby-eye
Synale cynaxa	Black-veined Ruby-eye
Carystus p. phorcus	White-patched Ruby-eye
Carystoides lila	Lila Ruby-eye
Carystoides floresi	Freeman’s Ruby-eye
Carystoides mexicana	Mexican Ruby-eye
Lychnuchoides saptine	Golden-banded Ruby-eye