Swallowtails / Whites and Yellows / Hairstreaks and Blues / Metalmarks / Brushfoots /Skippers

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Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)1.Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)2.Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)3.Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)4.Ornythion Swallowtail (Papilio ornythion)5.Broad-banded Swallowtail (Papilio astyalus)6.Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades)7.

Whites and Yellows (Sulphurs) Family Pieridae

Whites Subfamily Pierinae

Florida White (Appias drusilla)1.Checkered White (Pontia protodice)2.Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)3.Giant White (Ganyra josephina)4.Common Melwhite (Melete lycimnia isandra)5.Cross-barred White (Itaballia demophile) - 1st U.S. Record - December 7, 20046.

Sulphurs Subfamily Coliadinae

Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)1.Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia)2.White Angled-Sulphur (Anteos clorinde)3.Yellow Angled-Sulphur (Anteos maerula)4.Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)5.Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)6.Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)7.Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)8.Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)9.Boisduval's Yellow (Eurema boisduvaliana)10.Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)11.Tailed Orange (Eurema proterpia)12.Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)13.Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise)14.Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)15.Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)16.

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae)

Hairstreaks Subfamily Theclinae

Strophius Hairstreak (Allosmaitia strophius) 12/04/051.Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)2.Smudged Hairstreak (Rekoa stagira) 1st U.S. Record - December 28, 20053.Marius Hairstreak (Rekoa marius)4.Silver-banded Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis)5.

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Tropical Greenstreak (Cyanophrys herodotus)6.Xami Hairstreak (Callophrys xami)7.Aquamarine Hairstreak (Oenomaus ortygnus)8.Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)9.Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon rufofusca)10.Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bebrycia) 11/28/0411.Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon yojoa)12.White Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon albata)13.Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon alea)14.Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)15.Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bazochii)16.Ruddy Hairstreak (Electrostrymon sangala)17.Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)18.Pearly-gray Hairstreak (Siderus tephraeus)19.Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie)20.Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia)21.

Blues Subfamily Polyommatinae

Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exile)1.Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)2.Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)3.Cyna Blue (Zizula cyna)4.Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)5.Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola)6.Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas)7.

Metalmarks (Family Riodinidae)Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)1.Rawson's Metalmark (Calephelis rawsoni) 7/07/072.Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis)3.Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino)4.Red-bordered Pixie(Melanis pixe)5.Curve-winged Metalmark (Emesis emesia) 11/13/066.

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

Snouts Subfamily Libytheinae

American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)1.

Heliconians and Fritillaries Subfamily Heliconiinae

Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)1.Mexican Silverspot (Dione moneta)2.Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)3.Isabella's Heliconian (Eueides isabella)4.Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)5.Erato Heliconian (Heliconius erato) 11/17/076.Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)7.Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)8.

True Brushfoots Subfamily Nymphalinae

Theona Checkerspot (Chlosyne theona)1.Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)2.Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais)3.Red-spotted Patch (Chlosyne marina) 11/13/064.Tiny Checkerspot (Dymasia dymas)5.Elada Checkerspot (Texola elada)6.Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana)7.Pale-banded Crescent (Phyciodes tulcis))8.Chestnut Crescent (Phyciodes argentea)9.Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes vesta)10.Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)11.Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)12.Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis))13.American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)14.Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)15.Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)16.Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia))17.Tropical Buckeye (Junonia genoveva)18.White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)19.Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima)20.Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)21.

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Admirals and Relatives Subfamily Limenitidinae

Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) 10/25/071.Band-celled Sister (Adelpha fessonia)2.Spot-celled Sister (Adelpha basiloides)3.Common Banner (Epiphile adrasta) 12/27/064.Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa)5.Dingy Purplewing (Eunica monima) 06/30/076.Blue-eyed Sailor (Dynamine dyonis)7.Four-spotted Sailor (Dynamine postverta) 1st U.S. Record - December 3, 20058.Common Mestra (Mestra amymone)9.Red Rim (Biblis hyperia)10.Gray Cracker (Hamadryas februa)11.Guatemalan Cracker (Hamadryas guatemalena)12.Blomfild's Beauty (Smyrna blomfildia)13.Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron)14.Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)15.

Leafwings and Relatives Subfamily Charaxinae

One-spotted Prepona (Archaeoprepona demophon) - 1st U.S. Record - November 18, 20071.Tropical Leafwing (Anaea aidea)2.Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)3.Angled Leafwing (Anaea glycerium)4.Guatemalan Leafwing Anaea (Memphis) forreri - 2nd U.S. Record - February 8, 20085.Pale-spotted Leafwing (Anaea pithyusa)6.

Emperors Subfamily Apaturinae

Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)1.Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia)2.Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)3.Pavon Emperor (Doxocopa pavon)4.Silver Emperor (Doxocopa laure) 5.

Satyrs Subfamily Satyrinae

Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)1.Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)2.

Clearwings Subfamily Ithominae

Broad-tipped Clearwing (Pteronymia cotytto) - 1st U.S. Record - December 7, 20051.

Monarchs Subfamily Danainae

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)1.Queen (Danaus gilippus)2.Soldier (Danaus eresimus)3.

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Spread-wing Skippers Subfamily Pyrginae

Guava Skipper (Phocides polybius)1.Hammock Skipper (Polygonus leo) 07/15/062.White-striped Longtail (Chioides catillus)3.Zilpa Longtail (Chioides zilpa)4.Gold-spotted Aguna (Aguna asander) 09/10/065.Eight-spotted Longtail (Polythrix octomaculata) 11/14/076.White-crescent Longtail (Codatractus alcaeus)7.Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)8.Turquoise Longtail (Urbanus evona) 1st U.S. Record - December 6, 20039.Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)10.Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)11.White-tailed Longtail (Urbanus doryssus)12.Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator)13.Gilbert's Flasher (Astraptes gilberti)14.Yellow-tipped Flasher (Astraptes anaphus) 09/080715.Coyote Cloudywing (Achalarus toxeus)16.Potrillo Skipper (Cabares potrillo)17.Falcate Skipper (Spathilepia clonius)18.Mimosa Skipper (Cogia calchas)19.Glazed Pellicia (Pellicia arina)20.Golden-headed Scallopwing (Staphylus ceos)21.Mazans Scallopwing (Staphylus mazans)22.

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Variegated Skipper (Gorgythion begga)23.Hoary Skipper (Carrhenes canescens)24.Texas Powdered-Skipper (Systasea pulverulenta)25.Sickle-winged Skipper (Achlyodes thraso)26.Brown-banded Skipper (Timochares ruptifasciatus)27.White-patched Skipper (Chiomara asychis)28.Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) 11/18/0729.Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis)30.Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)31.White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)32.Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus)33.Desert Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus philetas)34.Erichson's White Skipper (Heliopetes domicella)35.Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana)36.Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira)37.Common Streaky-Skipper (Celotes nessus)38.East-Mexican White-Skipper (Heliopetes sublinea) 10/26/0739.Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)40.

Grass-Skippers Subfamily Hesperiinae

Malicious Skipper (Synapte malitiosa)1.Julia's Skipper (Nastra julia)2.Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes odilia)3.Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)4.Green-backed Ruby-eye (Perichares philetes)5.Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacus) 10/24/076.Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minimus)7.Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)8.Whirlabout (Polites vibex)9.Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)10.Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)11.Common Mellana (Quasimellana eulogius)12.Nysa Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes nysa)13.Celia's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes celia)14.Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)15.Olive-clouded Skipper (Lerodea dysaules)16.Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)17.Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)18.Purple-washed Skipper (Panoquina sylvicola)19.Evans' Skipper (Panoquina fusina)20.Violet-banded Skipper (Nyctelius nyctelius)21.

English and Scientific names follow:Cassie et al. NABA Checklist and English Namesof North American Butterflies. Second Edition. 2001

Compiled by Gil Quintanilla, NABASoTx Administrator

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