U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service of Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge

Established in 1994, the 25,000-acre Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Gossamer-winged Butterflies Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Pipevine Swallowtail () is a remnant of what was once a much Battus philenor Juniper Hairstreak larger, frequently flooded, bottomland Black Swallowtail Callophrys gryneus hardwood forest. You are still able to Papilio polyxenes White-M Hairstreak view vast expanses of ridge and swale Giant Swallowtail Parrhasius melinus floodplain features, numerous bayous, Papilio cresphontes Gray Hairstreak oxbow lakes, and cypress/tupelo swamps Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Strymon melinus along the Trinity River. It is one of only 14 Papilio glaucus Red-banded Hairstreak priority-one bottomland sites identified Spicebush Swallowtail Calycopis cecrops for protection in the Texas Bottomland Papilio troilus Dusky-blue Groundstreak Protection Plan. This type of Palamedes Swallowtail is used during migration or nesting by Papilio palamedes Ceraunus Blue nearly 50 percent of the migratory Hemiargus ceraunus listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Whites and Sulphurs () Reakirt’s Blue Service. Over 275 species of occur Checkered White Hemiargus isola in the hardwood forest and associated Pontia protodice Eastern Tailed-Blue wetlands in eastern Texas; while over 100 Great Southern White Everes comyntas bird species are known to breed there. Ascia monuste These forests also support a wide diversity Falcate Orangetip Brush-footed Butterflies() of , reptiles, amphibians, and fish Paramidea midea American Snout including the federally listed bald eagle Orange Sulphur carinenta and alligator. eurytheme Gulf Fritillary Southern Dogface Agraulis vanillae For more information, visit our website: Colias cesonia Julia Heliconian http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/ Cloudless Sulphur Dryus julia trinityriver Zebra Large Orange Sulphur Heliconius charitonius Contact the Refuge staff if you should Variegated Fritillary find an unlisted or rare species during Little Yellow Euptoieta claudia your visit and provide a description. lisa Phaon Crescent Sleepy Orange Phycoides phaon Pearl Crescent Creole Pearly-eye, (Enodia creola). Dainty Sulphur Phycoides tharos Photograph by Mike Blessington/USFWS Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa American Lady virginiensis Painted Lady Red Admiral Common Buckeye coenia Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax Viceroy Limenitis archippus Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria Hackberry Emperor Funereal , (). Photograph by Garry Tucker/USFWS

Brush-footed Butterflies,Cont. Skippers, Cont. Yehl Tawny Emperor Neamathla Skipper Poanes yehl Nastra neamathla Broad-winged Skipper Southern Pearly Eye Clouded Skipper Poanes viator Enodia portlandia Lerema accius Dukes’ Skipper Creole Pearly-eye Least Skipper Euphyes dukesi Enodia creola Ancyloxypha numitor Dun Skipper Gemmed Satyr Southern Skipperling Euphyes vestris Cyllopsis gemma Copaeodes minimus Lace-winged Roadside Skipper Carolina Satyr Fiery Skipper Amblyscirtes aesculapius Hermeuptychia sosybius Hylephila phyleus Eufala Skipper Little Wood-Satyr Whirabout Lerodea eufala Megisto cymela Polites vibex Ocola Skipper Monarch Southern Broken-Dash Panoquina ocola Danaus plexippus Wallengrenia otho Queen Northern Broken-Dash For further information Danaus gilippus Wallengrenia egeremei Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Little Glassywing P.O. Box 10015 Skippers (Hesperiidae) Pompeius verna Liberty, TX 77575 Silver-spotted Skipper Sachem 936/336-9786 Epargyreus clarus Atalopedes campestris 77 species as of November 2010 White-striped Longtail Chiodes catillus Long-tailed skipper Urbanus proteus Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades Horace’s Duskywing Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis Wild Indigo Duskywing Common Checkered-Skipper Pygrus communis Tropical Checkered-Skipper Pygrus oileus Swarthy Skipper Nastra lherminier

A Black Swallowtail , (Papilio polyxenes). Photograph by Garry Tucker/USFWS