SWALLOWTAILS Family Papilionidae ___Little Yellow Eurema lisa ___Eastern Tailed Blue Cupido comytas ___Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon ___Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor ___Mimosa Yellow * Eurema nise METALMARKS Family Riodinidae ___Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos ___Polydamas Swallowtail * Battus polydamas ___Dina Yellow Eurema dina ___Fatal Metalmark Calephelis nemesis ___American Lady Vanessa virginiensis ___Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes ___Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe ___Rounded Metalmark Calephelis perditalis ___Painted Lady Vanessa carfui ___Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes ___Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole ___Rawson’s Metalmark Calephelis rawsoni ___Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta ___Ornythion Swallowtail Papilio ornythion HAIRSTREAKS Subfamily Theclinae ___Red-bordered Metalmark * Caria ino ___Common Buckeye Junonia coenia ___Thoas Swallowtail Papilio thoas ___Strophius Hairstreak * Allosmaitia strophius ___Blue Metalmark * Lasaia sula ___Tropical Buckeye Junonia genoveva ___Three-tailed Swallowtail Papilio pilumnus ___Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus ___Red-bordered Pixie * Melanis pixe ___White Peacock * Anartia jatrophae ___Dark Kite-Swallowtail Eurytides philolaus ___Aquamarine Hairstreak Oenomaus ortygnus ___Curved-winged Metalmark * Emesis emesia ___Banded Peacock * Anartia Fatima ___Ruby-spotted Swallowtail * Papilio anchisiades ___Marius Hairstreak * Rekoa marius ___Narrow-winged Metalmark * Apodemia multiplaga ___Malachite * Siproeta stelenes WHITES Subfamily Pierinae ___Telea Hairstreak * Chlorostrymon telea SNOUTS Subfamily Libytheinae ADMIRALS & RELATIVES Subfamily Limenitidinae ___Florida White * Appias drusilla ___Silver-banded Hairstreak * Chlorostrymon simamaethis ___American Snout Libytheana carinenta ___Blomfild’s Beauty Smyrna blomfildia ___Checkered White Pontia protodice ___Clench’s Greenstreak * Cyanophrys miserabilis HELICONIANS & FRITILLARIES Subfamily Heliconiinae ___Band-celled Sister * Adelpha fessonia ___Common Melwhite Pieris rapae ___Dusky-blue Groundstreak Calycopis isobeon ___Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanilla ___Mexican Bluewing * Myscelia ethusa ___Great Southern White Ascia monuste ___Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus ___Mexican Silverspot * Dione moneta ___Blue-eyed Sailor Dynamine dyonis ___Giant White * Ganyra Josephina ___Tailless Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon cestri ___Julia Heliconian * Dryas Julia ___Common Mestra Mestra amymone SULPHURS Coliadinae ___Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak * Strymon yojoa ___Banded Orange Heliconian Dryadula phaetusa ___Red Rim * Biblis hyperia ___ Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice ___White Scrub-Hairstreak * Strymon albata ___Zebra Heliconian * Heliconius charithonia ___Gray Cracker * Hamadryas februa ___Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme ___Lacey’s Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon alea ___Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta Claudia ___Guatemalan Cracker * Hamadryas guatemalena ___Southern Dogface Colias cesonia ___Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon istapa ___Mexican Fritillary * Euptoieta hegesia ___ Many-banded Daggerwing * Marpesia Chiron ___White Angled-Sulphur * Anteos clorinde ___Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak * Strymon bazochii TRUE BRUSHFOOTS Subfamily Nymphalinae ___Ruddy Daggerwing * Marpesia petreus ___Yellow Angled-Sulphur * Anteos maerula ___Ruddy Hairstreak * Electrostrymon sangala ___Theona Checkerspot Chlosyne chinatiensis LEAFWINGS Subfamily Charaxinae ___Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae ___Muted Hairstreak * Electrostrymon canus ___Bordered Patch Chlosyne lacinia ___Tropical Leafwing Anaea aidea ___Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea ___Clytie Ministreak * Ministrymon clytie ___Definite Patch Chlosyne definite ___Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria ___Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe ___Gray Ministreak * Ministrymon azia ___Banded Patch * Chlosyne endeis ___Pale-spotted Leafwing * Anaea pithyusa ___Statira Sulphur * Aphrissa statira BLUES Subfamily Polyommatinae ___Crimson Patch Chlosyne janais EMPERORS Subfamily Apaturinae ___Lyside Sulphur Kircogonia lyside ___Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exile ___Red-spotted Patch * Chlosyne melitaeoides ___Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis ___Barred Yellow Eurema daira ___Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius ___Elf * Microtia elva ___Empress Leilia Asterocampa leilia ___Mexican Yellow Eurema mexicana ___Marine Blue Leptotes marina ___Elada Checkerspot Texola elada ___Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton ___Boisduval’s Yellow Eurema boisduvaliana ___Cyna Blue Zizula cyna ___Texan Crescent Phyciodes texana ___Pavon Emperor * Doxocopa pavon ___Mexican Yellow Eurema Mexicana ___Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus ___Painted Crescent * Phyciodes picta ___Silver Emperor * Doxocopa laure ___Tailed Orange Eurema proterpia ___Reakirt’s Blue Hemiargus isola ___Vesta Crescent Phyciodes vesta SATYRS Subfamily Satyrinae ___White Checkered Skipper Pyrgus albescens ___Purple-washed Skipper * Panoquina sylvicola ___Gemmed Satyr Cyllopsis gemma ___Tropical Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus oileus ___Evans’ Skipper * Panoquina fusina ___Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius ___Desert Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus philetas ___Violet-banded Skipper * Nyctelius nyctelius ___ Hermes Satyr ___Erichson’s White-Skipper Heliopetes domicella GIANT-SKIPPERS Subfamily Megathyminae MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES Subfamily Danainae ___Laviana White-Skipper Heliopetes laviana ___Yucca Giant-Skipper Megathymus yuccae ___Monarch Danaus plexippus ___Turk’s Cap White-Skipper Heliopetes macaira Mexican Bluewing ___Queen Danaus gilippus ___Veined White-Skipper * Heliopetes arsalte ___Soldier * Danaus eresimus ___Common Streaky Skipper Celotes nessus NOTES SPREAD-WING SKIPPERS Subfamily Pyrginae ___Common Sootywing Pholisora Catullus _______________________________________________________ ___Hammock Skipper Polygonus leo GRASS-SKIPPERS Subfamily Hesperiinae _______________________________________________________ ___White-striped Longtail Chioides catillus ___Malicious Skipper * Synapte malitiosa _______________________________________________________ ___Zilpa Longtail * Chioides zilpa ___Pale-rayed Skipper Vidius perigenes _______________________________________________________ ___Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus ___Violet-patched Skipper * Monca tyrtaeus _______________________________________________________ ___Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes ___Julia’s Skipper Nastra Julia _______________________________________________________ ___Teleus Longtail * Urbanus teleus ___Fawn-spotted Skipper * Cymaenes odilia _______________________________________________________ ___Brown Longtail * Urbanus procne ___Clouded Skipper Lerema accius _______________________________________________________ ___Coyote Cloudywing Achalarus toxeus ___Double-dotted Skipper Decina percosius _______________________________________________________ ___Potrillo Skipper Cabares potrillo ___Orange Skipperliing Copaeodes aurantiaca _______________________________________________________ ___Stallings’ Flat * Celaenorrhinus stallingsi ___Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minimus _______________________________________________________ ___Falcate Skipper * Spathilepia clonius ___Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus _______________________________________________________ ___Mimosa Skipper * Cogia calchas ___Whirlabout Polites vibex _______________________________________________________ ___Purplish-black Skipper * Nisoniades rubescens ___Sachem Atalopedes campestris _______________________________________________________ ___Mazans Scallopwing * Staphylus mazans ___Southern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia otho _______________________________________________________ ___Hayhurst’s Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii ___Common Mellana * Quasimellana eulogius ___Texas Powdered-Skipper Systasea pulverulenta ___Nysa Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa ___Sickle-winged Skipper Achylodes thraso ___Celia’s Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes celia ___Hermit Skipper Grais stigmaticus ___Eufala Skipper* Leodea eufala Blue Metalmark ___Brown-banded Skipper * Timochares ruptifasciatus ___Olive-clouded Skipper * Lerodea dysaules RESACA DE LA PALMA STATE PARK Photos ©2009 Fran Bartle ___White-patched Skipper * Chiomara asychis ___Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius P. O. Box 714 ___Horace’s Duskywing Erynnis horatius ___Obscure Skipper Panoquina panoquinoides Olmito, Texas 78575 Specialty butterflies of the LRGV are ___Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis ___Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola 956) 350-2920 marked with an asterisk . ___ Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis ___Hecebolus Skipper * Panoquina hecebolus Compiled March, 2009 by Fran Bartle ( .