Central Texas Butterflies

Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)

Swallowtails (Subfamily Papilioninae)

• Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
• Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus)

Whites and Sulphurs – Family Pieridae

Whites (Subfamily Pierinae)

• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea)

Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae)

• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
• Little Yellow Sulphur (Eurema lisa)
• Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
• Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)

Gossamer-wing Butterflies – Family Lycaenidae

Hairstreaks (Subfamily Theclinae)

• Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calcycopis isobeon)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
• Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
• Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)

Blues (Subfamily Polyommatinae)

• Reakirt’s Blue (Hemiargus isola)

Brush-footed Butterflies – Family Nymphalidae

Snouts (Subfamily Libytheinae)

• American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)

Heliconians and Fritillaries (Subfamily Heliconiinae)

• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Julia Heliconian (Dryas julia)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonius)

True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae)

• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
• Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
• Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)
• Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
• Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
• Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana)
• Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes vesta)

Admirals and Relatives (Subfamily Limenitidinae)

• California Sister (Adelpha bredowii)
• Common Mestra (Mestra amymone)

Emperors (Subfamily Apaturinae)

• Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)

Satyrs (Subfamily Satyrinae)

• Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
• Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)

Monarchs (Subfamily Danainae)

• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Skippers – Family Hesperiidae

Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae)

• Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
• Horace’s Duskywing Skipper (Erynnis horatius)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
• Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus)

Grass Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae)

• Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
• Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
• Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
• Green Skipper (Hesperia viridis)
• Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiaca)
• Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)
• Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris)

Photo Identification Galleries

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