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Butterflies of North America

Butterflies of Lavaca County, Texas

Species denoted with an asterisk (*) are unconfirmed or dubious records.

Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)

Swallowtails (Subfamily Papilioninae)

Pipevine Swallowtail -- (Battus philenor)
Black Swallowtail -- (Papilio polyxenes)
Giant Swallowtail -- (Papilio cresphontes)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -- (Papilio glaucus)

Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Whites (Subfamily Pierinae)

Checkered White -- (Pontia protodice)

Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae)

Orange Sulphur -- (Colias eurytheme)
Southern Dogface -- (Zerene cesonia)
Large Orange Sulphur -- (Phoebis agarithe)
Little Yellow -- (Eurema lisa)
Sleepy Orange -- (Eurema nicippe)
Dainty Sulphur -- (Nathalis iole)

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae)

Hairstreaks (Subfamily Theclinae)

Great Purple Hairstreak -- (Atlides halesus)
Gray Hairstreak -- (Strymon melinus)
Red-banded Hairstreak -- (Calycopis cecrops)
Dusky-blue Groundstreak -- (Calycopis isobeon)

Blues (Subfamily Polyommatinae)

Reakirt's Blue -- (Hemiargus isola)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

Snouts (Subfamily Libytheinae)

American Snout -- (Libytheana carinenta)

Heliconians and Fritillaries (Subfamily Heliconiinae)

Gulf Fritillary -- (Agraulis vanillae)
Banded Orange Heliconian -- (Dryadula phaetusa (incl. stupenda))
Variegated Fritillary -- (Euptoieta claudia)

True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae)

Bordered Patch -- (Chlosyne lacinia)
Texan Crescent -- (Phyciodes texana)
Pearl Crescent -- (Phyciodes tharos)
Question Mark -- (Polygonia interrogationis)
American Lady -- (Vanessa virginiensis)
Painted Lady -- (Vanessa cardui)
Common Buckeye -- (Junonia coenia)

Admirals and Relatives (Subfamily Limenitidinae)

Viceroy -- (Limenitis archippus)

Emperors (Subfamily Apaturinae)

Tawny Emperor -- (Asterocampa clyton)

Satyrs (Subfamily Satyrinae)

Carolina Satyr -- (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
Common Wood Nymph -- (Cercyonis pegala)

Monarchs (Subfamily Danainae)

Monarch -- (Danaus plexippus)
Queen -- (Danaus gilippus)

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae)

Silver-spotted Skipper -- (Epargyreus clarus (incl. huachuca))
Long-tailed Skipper -- (Urbanus proteus)
Southern Cloudywing -- (Thorybes bathyllus (=daunus))
Juvenal's Duskywing -- (Erynnis juvenalis)
Horace's Duskywing -- (Erynnis horatius)
Funereal Duskywing -- (Erynnis funeralis)
Wild Indigo Duskywing -- (Erynnis baptisiae)
Common Sootywing -- (Pholisora catullus)

Grass Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae)

Clouded Skipper -- (Lerema accius)
Least Skipper -- (Ancyloxypha numitor)
Southern Skipperling -- (Copaeodes minima)
Fiery Skipper -- (Hylephila phyleus)
Whirlabout -- (Polites vibex)
Sachem -- (Atalopedes campestris)
Texas Roadside-Skipper -- (Amblyscirtes texanae)
Eufala Skipper -- (Lerodea eufala)

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