Types of Butterflies in New Mexico

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• ‘Astyanax‘ Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
• Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
• Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
• Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
• Weidemeyer’s Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
• Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia)
• Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
• Silver Emperor (Doxocopa laure)
• Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
• Arctic Fritillary (Boloria chariclea)
• Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)
• Callippe Fritillary (Speyeria callippe)
• Edwards’ Fritillary (Speyeria edwardsii)
• Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Isabella’s Heliconian (Eueides isabella)
• Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)
• Mexican Silverspot (Dione moneta)
• Mormon Fritillary (Speyeria mormonia)
• Nokomis Fritillary (Speyeria nokomis)
• Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Banded Orange Heliconian (Dryadula phaetusa)
• Isabella’s Heliconian (Eueides isabella)
• Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonius)
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Queen (Danaus gilippus)
• Soldier (Danaus eresimus)
• American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
• California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)
• Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
• Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais)
• Definite Patch (Chlosyne definita)
• Dotted Checkerspot (Poladryas minuta)
• Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
• Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)
• Hoary Comma (Polygonia gracilis)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)
• Northern Checkerspot (Chlosyne palla)
• Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)
• Painted Crescent (Phyciodes picta)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
• Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
• White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
• Arizona Sister (Adelpha eulalia)
• Nabokov’s Satyr (Cyllopsis pyracmon)
• Canyonland Satyr (Cyllopsis pertepida)
• Red Satyr (Megisto rubricata)
• Magdalena Alpine (Erebia magdalena)
• Common Alpine (Erebia epipsodea)
• Ridings’ Satyr (Neominois ridingsii)
• Polixenes Arctic (Oeneis polixenes)
• Melissa Arctic (Oeneis melissa)
• Chryxus Arctic (Oeneis chryxus)
• Alberta Arctic (Oeneis alberta)
• Uhler’s Arctic (Oeneis uhleri)
• Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
• Mead’s Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis meadii)
• Great Basin Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis sthenele)
• Small Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis oetus)
• Red-bordered Satyr (Gyrocheilus patrobas)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)
• Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)
• Lustrous Copper (Lycaena cuprea)
• Gray Copper (Lycaena dione)
• Ruddy Copper (Lycaena rubidus)
• Tailed Copper (Lycaena arota)
• Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea)
• Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
• Olive (Juniper) Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
• Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
• Poling’s Hairstreak (Satyrium polingi)
• Hedgerow Hairstreak (Satyrium saepium)
• Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
• Sylvan Hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinum)
• Behr’s Hairstreak (Satyrium behrii)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
• Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
• Oak Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius)
• Ilavia Hairstreak (Satyrium ilavia)
• Sheridan’s Green Hairstreak (Callophrys sheridanii)
• Apama Western Green (Callophrys apama)
• Xami Hairstreak (Callophrys xami)
• Sandia Hairstreak (Callophrys mcfarlandi)
• Thicket Hairstreak (Callophrys spinetorum)
• Western Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis)
• Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bebrycia)
• Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
• Arizona Hairstreak (Erora quaderna)
• Leda Ministreak (Ministrymon leda)
• Soapberry Hairstreak (Phaeostrymon alcestis)
• Silver-banded Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis)
• Colorado Hairstreak (Hypaurotis crysalus)
• Henry’s Elfin (Callophrys henrici)
• Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus)
• Desert Elfin (Callophrys fotis)
• Hoary Elfin (Callophrys polios)
• Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
• Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
• Cyna Blue (Zizula cyna)
• Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exilis)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)
• Western Tailed-Blue (Cupido amyntula)
• Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
• Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus)
• Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
• Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
• Western Square-dotted Blue (Euphilotes battoides)
• Rocky Mountain Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes ancilla)
• Rita Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes rita)
• Spalding’s Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes spaldingi)
• Melissa Blue (Plebejus melissa)
• Reakirt’s Blue (Echinargus isola)
• Greenish Blue (Icaricia saepiolus)
• Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)
• Boisduval’s Blue (Aricia icarioides)
• Lupine Blue (Plebejus lupini)
• Arctic Blue (Agriades glandon)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Desert Orangetip (Anthocharis cethura)
• Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip (Anthocharis julia)
• Southwestern Orangetip (Anthocharis sara thoosa)
• Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia)
• Large Marble (Euchloe ausonides)
• Desert Marble (Euchloe lotta)
• Florida White (Appias drusilla)
• Becker’s White (Pontia beckerii)
• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• Western White (Pontia occidentalis)
• Pine White (Neophasia menapia)
• Margined White (Pieris marginalis)
• Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
• Chiricahua White (Neophasia terlooii)
• Spring White (Pontia sisymbrii)
• Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
• Giant White (Ganyra josephina)
• Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
• Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia)
• Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
• Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
• Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur (Colias alexandra)
• Mead’s Sulphur (Colias meadii)
• Scudder’s Sulphur (Colias scudderi)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
• Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)
• Statira Sulphur (Aphrissa statira)
• Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
• Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
• Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)
• Boisduval’s Yellow (Eurema boisduvaliana)
• Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)
• Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
• Tailed Orange (Eurema proterpia)
• Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise)
• Yellow Angled-Sulphur (Anteos maerula)
• White Angled-Sulphur (Anteos clorinde)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
• Arizona Metalmark (Calephelis arizonensis)
• Zela Metalmark (Emesis zela)
• Ares Metalmark (Emesis ares)
• Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo)
• Mexican Metalmark (Apodemia duryi)
• Sonoran Metalmark (Apodemia mejicanus)
• Palmer’s Metalmark (Apodemia palmeri)
• Nais Metalmark (Apodemia nais)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae)

• Rocky Mountain Parnassian (Parnassius smintheus)
• Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)
• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
• Broad-banded Swallowtail (Papilio astyalus)
• Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
• Indra Swallowtail (Papilio indra)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Ornythion Swallowtail (Papilio ornythion)
• Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
• Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)
• Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
• Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)
• Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
• Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
• Short-tailed Skipper (Zestusa dorus)      
• Golden Banded-Skipper (Autochton cellus)        
• Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
• Mexican Cloudywing (Thorybes mexicana)         
• Acacia Skipper (Cogia hippalus)
• Golden-headed Scallopwing (Staphylus ceos)    
• Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
• Mexican Sootywing (Pholisora mejicanus)          
• Saltbush Sootywing (Hesperopsis alpheus)          
• Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)         
• Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
• Rocky Mtn. Duskywing (Erynnis telemachus)      
• Meridian Duskywing (Erynnis meridianus)           
• Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)  
• Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis)
• Pacuvius Duskywing (Erynnis pacuvius)
• Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
• Afranius Duskywing (Erynnis afranius)  
• Persius Duskywing (Erynnis persius)
• Common Streaky-Skipper (Celotes nessus)         
• Mountain Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus xanthus)               
• Small Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus scriptura)       
• Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
• Russet Skipperling (Piruna pirus)             
• Four-spotted Skipperling (Piruna polingii)           
• Yucca Giant-Skipper (Megathymus yuccae)        
• Strecker’s Giant-Skipper (Megathymus streckeri)
• Garita Skipperling (Oarisma garita)        
• Edward’s Skipperling (Oarisma edwardsii)           
• Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiaca)      
• Bronze Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aenus)
• Oslar’s Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes oslari)   
• Dotted Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes eos)      
• Common Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)               
• Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
• Uncas Skipper (Hesperia uncas)               
• Apache Skipper (Hesperia woodgatei)  
• Pahaska Skipper (Hesperia pahaska)     
• Green Skipper (Hesperia viridis)
• Nevada Skipper (Hesperia nevada)         
• Carus Skipper (Polites carus)      
• Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti)            
• Draco Skipper (Polites draco)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles)       
• Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok)   
• Taxiles Skipper (Poanes taxiles)
• Morrison’s Skipper (Stinga morrisoni)
• Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)          
• Snow’s Skipper (Paratrytone snowi)      
• Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)   
• Viereck’s Skipper (Atrytonopsis vierecki)
• Python Skipper (Atrytonopsis python)