Types of Butterflies in Texas

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• ‘Astyanax‘ Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
• Brownish Cracker (Hamadryas iphthime)
• California Sister (Adelpha bredowii)
• Common Banner (Epiphile adrasta)
• Common Mestra (Mestra amymone)
• Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
• Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
• Spot-celled Sister (Adelpha basiloides)
• Tailed Cecropian (Historis acheronta)
• Tithian Sailor (Dynamine tithia)
• Variable Cracker (Hamadryas feronia)
• Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
• Waiter Daggerwing (Marpesia coresia)
• Weidemeyer’s Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
• Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia)
• Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
• Pavon Emperor (Doxocopa pavon)
• Silver Emperor (Doxocopa laure)
• Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
• Banded Orange Heliconian (Dryadula phaetusa)
• Erato Heliconian (Heliconius erato)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Isabella’s Heliconian (Eueides isabella)
• Julia Heliconian (Dryas julia)
• Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)
• Mexican Silverspot (Dione moneta)
• Scarce Bamboo Page (Philaethria dido)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonius)
• Klug’s Clearwing (Dircenna klugii)
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Queen (Danaus gilippus)
• Soldier (Danaus eresimus)
• Tiger Mimic-Queen (Lycorea cleobaea)
• American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
• Orange Banner (Temenis laothoe)
• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Black Crescent (Phyciodes ptolyca)
• Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)
• Painted Crescent (Phyciodes picta)
• Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
• Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
• Chestnut Crescent (Phyciodes argentea)
• Graphic Crescent (Phyciodes graphica)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
• Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
• Banded Patch (Chlosyne endeis)
• Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais)
• Definite Patch (Chlosyne definita)
• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
• Elada Checkerspot (Texola elada)
• Elf (Microtia elva)
• Fulvia Checkerspot (Thessalia fulvia)
• Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)
• Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Dotted Checkerspot (Poladryas minuta)
• Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima)
• Baltimore (Euphydryas phaeton)
• Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
• White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
• Gray Copper (Lycaena dione)
• Colorado Hairstreak (Hypaurotis crysalus)
• Mexican Cycadian (Eumaeus childrenae)
• Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
• Olive (Juniper) Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
• Thicket Hairstreak (Callophrys spinetorum)
• Xami Hairstreak (Callophrys xami)
• Sandia Hairstreak (Callophrys mcfarlandi)
• Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus)
• Henry’s Elfin (Callophrys henrici)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)
• Goodson’s Greenstreak (Cyanophrys goodsoni)
• Tropical Greenstreak (Cyanophrys herodotus)
• Clench’s Greenstreak (Cyanophrys miserabilis)
• Gold-bordered Hairstreak (Rekoa palegon)
• Marius Hairstreak (Rekoa marius)
• Sky-blue Groundstreak (Kisutam sillus)
• Oak Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius)
• Northern’ Southern Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius ontario)
• Poling’s Hairstreak (Satyrium polingi)
• Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)
• Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
• King’s Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
• Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
• Behr’s Hairstreak (Satyrium behrii)
• Soapberry Hairstreak (Phaeostrymon alcestis)
• Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
• Silver-banded Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis)
• Telea Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon telea)
• Strophius Hairstreak (Allosmaitia strophius)
• Orange-crescent Groundstreak (Ziegleria guzanta)
• Ruddy Hairstreak (Electrostrymon sangala)
• Muted Hairstreak (Electrostrymon joya)
• Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
• Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)
• Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon rufofusca)
• White Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon albata)
• Lacey’s Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon alea)
• Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bebrycia)
• Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon yojoa)
• Tailless Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon cestri)
• Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
• Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bazochii)
• Bromeliad Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon serapio)
• Big Bend Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon solitario)
• Megarus Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon megarus)
• Red-spotted Hairstreak (Tmolus echion)
• Leda Ministreak (Ministrymon leda)
• Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Pearly-gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Zebra-striped Hairstreak (Panthiades bathildis)
• Aquamarine Hairstreak (Oenomaus ortygnus)
• White-M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)
• Arizona Hairstreak (Erora quaderna)
• Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)
• Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
• Cyna Blue (Zizula cyna)
• Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exilis)
• Western Tailed-Blue (Cupido amyntula)
• Eastern Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium pseudofea)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)
• Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
• Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
• Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
• Rita Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes rita)
• Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
• Reakirt’s Blue (Echinargus isola)
• Melissa Blue (Plebejus melissa)
• Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)
• Lupine Blue (Plebejus lupini)

White and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Desert Orangetip (Anthocharis cethura)
• Southwestern Orangetip (Anthocharis sara thoosa)
• Costa-spotted Mimic-White (Enantia albania)
• Desert Marble (Euchloe lotta)
• Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia)
• Pine White (Neophasia menapia)
• Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• Florida White (Appias drusilla)
• Common Melwhite (Melete lycimnia)
• Pine White (Neophasia menapia)
• Mexican Dartwhite (Catasticta nimbice)
• Viardi White (Pieriballia viardi)
• Cross-barred White (Itaballia demophile)
• Mountain White (Oeneis melissa)
• Spring White (Pontia sisymbrii)
• Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
• Giant White (Ganyra josephina)
• Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
• Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
• Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia)
• White Angled-Sulphur (Anteos clorinde)
• Yellow Angled-Sulphur (Anteos maerula)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
• Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)
• Tailed Sulphur (Dercas verhuelli)
• Statira Sulphur (Aphrissa statira)
• Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
• Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)
• Boisduval’s Yellow (Eurema boisduvaliana)
• Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)
• Salome Yellow (Eurema salome)
• Ghost Yellow (Eurema albula)
• Tailed Orange (Eurema proterpia)
• Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
• Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise)
• Dina Yellow (Eurema dina)
• Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
• Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Rounded metalmark/ lost metalmark (Calephelis perditalis)
• Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe)
• Blue Metalmarks (Lasaia sula)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae)

• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
• Broad-banded Swallowtail (Papilio astyalus)
• Dark Kite-Swallowtail (Eurytides philolaus)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
• Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
• Magnificent Swallowtail (Papilio garamus)
• Mylotes Cattle Heart (Parides eurimedes)
• Ornythion Swallowtail (Papilio ornythion)
• Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
• Pink-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio pharnaces)
• Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades)
• Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
• Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas)
• Three-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio pilumnus)
• Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
• Victorine Swallowtail (Papilio victorinus)
• Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
• Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
• Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)
• Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Dull Firetip (Pyrrhopyge araxes)
• Skinner’s Cloudywing (Achalarus albociliatus)
• Desert cloudywing (Achalarus casica)
• Jalapus Cloudywing (Achalarus jalapus)
• Hoary Edge(Achalarus lyciades)
• Coyote Cloudywing (Achalarus toxeus)
• Gold-spotted Aguna (Aguna asander)
• Emerald Aguna (Aguna claxon)
• Tailed Aguna (Aguna metophis)
• Starred Skipper (Arteurotia tractipennis)
• Frosted Flasher (Astraptes alardus)
• Gilbert’s Flasher (Astraptes alector)
• Yellow-tipped Flasher (Astraptes anaphus)
• Small-spotted Flasher (Astraptes egregius)
• Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator)
• Golden banded-Skipper (Autochton cellus) 
• Chisos banded-Skipper (Autochton cincta)
• Sonoran banded-Skipper (Autochton pseudocellus)
• Obscure Bolla (Bolla brennus)
• Mottled Bolla (Bolla clytius)
• Potrillo Skipper (Cabares potrillo)
• Hoary Skipper (Carrhenes canescens)
• Fritzgaertner’s flat (Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri)
• Stallings’ flat (Celaenorrhinus stallingsi)
• Scarce streaky-Skipper (Celotes limpia)
• Common streaky Skipper (Celotes nessus)
• White-striped Longtail (Chioides catillus)
• Zilpa Longtail (Chioides zilpa)
• White-patched Skipper (Chiomara georgina)
• White-crescent Longtail (Codatractus alcaeus)
• Arizona skipper (Codatractus arizonensis)
• Mimosa Skipper (Cogia calchas)
• Acacia Skipper (Cogia hippalus)
• Outis Skipper (Cogia outis)
• Sickle-winged Skipper (Eantis tamenund)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
• Broken Silverdrop (Epargyreus exadeus)
• Wild indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)
• Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
• Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
• Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
• Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis)
• Meridian Duskywing (Erynnis meridianus)
• Scudder’s Duskywing (Erynnis scudderi)
• Rocky Mountain Duskywing (Erynnis telemachus)
• Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis)
• Zarucco Duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
• False Duskywing (Gesta invisa)
• Variegated Skipper (Gorgythion begga)
• Hermit Skipper (Grais stigmatica)
• Veined white-Skipper (Heliopetes arsalte)
• Laviana white-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana)
• Turk’s-cap white-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira)
• Erichson’s white-Skipper (Heliopyrgus domicella)
• Saltbush Sootywing (Hesperopsis alpheus)
• Purplish-black Skipper (Nisoniades rubescens)
• Red-studded Skipper (Noctuana stator)
• Glazed Pellicia (Pellicia arina)
• Morning glory Pellicia (Pellicia dimidiata)
• Guava Skipper (Phocides palemon)
• Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
• Mexican Sootywing (Pholisora mejicana)
• Hammock Skipper (Polygonus leo)
• Manuel’s Skipper (Polygonus manueli)
• Mexican Longtail (Polythrix mexicanus)
• Eight-spotted Longtail (Polythrix octomaculata)
• Mercurial Skipper (Proteides mercurius)
• White checkered Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
• Common checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
• Tropical checkered Skipper (Pyrgus oileus)
• Desert checkered Skipper (Pyrgus philetas)
• Small checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus scriptura)
• Blue-studded Skipper (Sostrata nordica)
• Falcate Skipper (Spathilepia clonius)
• Aztec Scallopwing (Staphylus azteca)
• Golden-headed Scallopwing (Staphylus ceos)
• Hayhurst’s Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
• Mazans Scallopwing (Staphylus mazans)
• Texas powdered Skipper (Systasea pulverulenta)
• Arizona powdered Skipper (Systasea zampa)
• Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
• Confusing Cloudywing (Thorybes confusis)
• Drusius Cloudywing (Thorybes drusius)
• Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
• Brown-banded Skipper (Timochares ruptifasciatus)
• Mottled Longtail (Typhedanus undulatus)
• Double-striped Longtail (Urbanus belli)
• Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
• White-tailed Longtail (Urbanus doryssus)
• Esmeralda Longtail (Urbanus esmeraldus)
• Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)
• Pronus Longtail (Urbanus pronus)
• Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
• Plain Longtail (Urbanus simplicius)
• Tanna Longtail (Urbanus tanna)
• Teleus Longtail (Urbanus teleus)
• Glassy-winged Skipper (Xenophanes tryxus)
• Short-tailed Skipper (Zestusa dorus)
• Sunrise Skipper (Adopaeoides prittwitzi)
• Bronze roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aenus)
• Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)
• Dusky roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes alternata)
• Bell’s roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes belli)
• Cassus roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes cassus)
• Celia’s roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes celia)
• Dotted roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes eos)
• Pepper and Salt Skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon)
• Slaty roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes nereus)
• Nysa roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes nysa)
• Oslar’s roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes oslari)
• Orange-headed roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes phylace)
• Simius roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes simius)
• Texas roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes texanae)
• Common roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
• Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan)
• Glowing Skipper (Anatrytone mazai)
• Tropical least Skipper (Ancyloxypha arene)
• Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
• Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
• Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos)
• Sheep Skipper (Atrytonopsis edwardsi)
• Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
• White-barred Skipper (Atrytonopsis pittacus)
• Python Skipper (Atrytonopsis python)
• Viereck’s Skipper (Atrytonopsis vierecki)
• Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
• Hidden-ray Skipper (Conga chydaea)
• Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacia)
• Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima)
• Redundant Skipper (Corticea corticea)
• ‘Trebius’ Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes odilia trebius)
• Double-dotted Skipper (Decinea percosius)
• Bay Skipper (Euphyes bayensis)
• Dion Skipper (Euphyes dion)
• Dukes’ Skipper (Euphyes dukesi)
• Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
• Dotted Skipper (Hesperia attalus)
• Juba Skipper (Hesperia juba)
• Meske’s Skipper (Hesperia meskei)
• Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea)
• Ottoe Skipper (Hesperia ottoe)
• Pahaska Skipper (Hesperia pahaska)
• Uncas Skipper (Hesperia uncas)
• Green Skipper (Hesperia viridis)
• Apache Skipper (Hesperia woodgatei)
• Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
• Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
• Liris Skipper (Lerema ancillaris)
• Olive-clouded Skipper (Lerodea arabus)
• Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
• ‘Tyrtaeus’ Violet-patched Skipper (Monca telata tyrtaeus)
• Julia’s Skipper (Nastra julia)
• Swarthy Skipper (Nastra lherminier)
• Neamathla Skipper (Nastra neamathla)
• Violet-banded Skipper (Nyctelius nyctelius)
• Edwards’ Skipperling (Oarisma edwardsii)
• Twin-spot Skipper (Oligoria maculata)
• Evans’ Skipper (Panoquina evansi)
• Hecebolus Skipper (Panoquina hecebola)
• Purple-washed Skipper (Panoquina leucas)
• Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)
• Salt marsh Skipper (Panoquina panoquin)
• Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)
• Green-backed Ruby-eye (Perichares philetes)
• Chisos Skipperling (Piruna hafernicki)
• Small-spotted Skipperling (Piruna microstictus)
• Russet Skipperling (Piruna pirus)
• Four-spotted Skipperling (Piruna polingi)
• Aaron’s Skipper (Poanes aaroni)
• Umber Skipper (Poanes melane)
• Taxiles Skipper (Poanes taxiles)
• Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator)
• Yehl Skipper (Poanes yehl)
• Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon)
• Carus Skipper (Polites carus)
• Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes)
• Peck’s Skipper (Polites peckius)
• Rhesus Skipper (Polites rhesus)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles)
• Whirlabout (Polites vibex)
• Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna)
• Byssus Skipper (Problema byssus)
• Common Mellana (Quasimellana eulogius)
• Osca Skipper (Rhinthon cubana osca)
• Morrison’s Skipper (Stinga morrisoni)
• Malicious Skipper (Synapte malitiosa)
• Salenus Skipper (Synapte salenus)
• Chestnut-marked Skipper (Thespieus macareus)
• Fantastic Skipper (Vettius fantasos)
• Pale-rayed Skipper (Vidius perigenes)
• Northern broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)
• Southern broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
• Mary’s giant-Skipper (Agathymus mariae)
• Orange giant-Skipper (Agathymus neumoegeni)
• Coahuila giant-Skipper (Agathymus remingtoni)
• Strecker’s giant-Skipper (Megathymus streckeri)
• Ursine giant-Skipper (Megathymus ursus)
• Yucca giant-Skipper (Megathymus yuccae)
• Manfreda giant-Skipper (Stallingsia maculosa)