List of butterflies of Texas facts for kids

This is a list of Texas butterflies, all species of butterfly found in the state of Texas.

Family Papilionidae (swallowtails)

Subfamily Papilioninae (swallowtails)

• Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail)
• Battus polydamas (Polydamas swallowtail)
• Eurytides marcellus (zebra swallowtail)
• Eurytides philolaus (dark kite-swallowtail)
• Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail)
• Papilio thoas (Thoas swallowtail)
• Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail)
• Papilio ornythion (ornythion swallowtail)
• Papilio astyalus (broad-banded swallowtail)
• Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail)
• Papilio rutulus (western tiger swallowtail)
• Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail)
• Papilio pilumnus (three-tailed swallowtail)
• Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail)
• Papilio garamus (magnificent swallowtail)
• Papilio palamedes (Palamedes swallowtail)
• Papilio victorinus (Victorine swallowtail)
• Papilio pharnaces (pink-spotted swallowtail)
• Papilio anchisiades (ruby-spotted swallowtail)
• Parides eurimedes (mylotes cattle heart)

Family Pieridae (whites and sulphurs)

Subfamily Pierinae (whites)

• Anthocharis cethura (desert orangetip)
• Anthocharis midea (falcate orangetip)
• Anthocharis thoosa (southwestern orangetip)
• Appias drusilla (Florida white)
• Ascia monuste (great southern white)
• Catasticta nimbice (Mexican dartwhite)
• Euchloe lotta (desert marble)
• Euchloe olympia (Olympia marble)
• Ganyra josephina (giant white)
• Leptophobia aripa (mountain white)
• Pieris rapae (cabbage white)
• Pontia protodice (checkered white)
• Pontia sisymbrii (spring white)

Subfamily Coliadinae (sulphurs)

• Anteos clorinde (white angled-sulphur)
• Anteos maerula (yellow angled-sulphur)
• Aphrissa statira (Statira sulphur)
• Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur)
• Colias philodice (clouded sulphur)
• Eurema albula (ghost yellow)
• Eurema boisduvaliana (Boisduval's yellow)
• Eurema daira (barred yellow)
• Eurema dina (dina yellow)
• Eurema lisa (little yellow)
• Eurema mexicana (Mexican yellow)
• Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange)
• Eurema nise (mimosa yellow)
• Eurema proterpia (tailed orange)
• Eurema salome (Salome yellow)
• Kricogonia lyside (lyside sulphur)
• Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur)
• Phoebis agarithe (large orange sulphur)
• Phoebis argante (apricot sulphur)
• Phoebis neocypris (tailed sulphur)
• Phoebis philea (orange-barred sulphur)
• Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur)
• Zerene cesonia (southern dogface)

Subfamily Dismorphiinae (mimic-whites)

• Enantia albania (costa-spotted mimic-white)

Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-wing butterflies)

Subfamily Miletinae (harvesters)

• Feniseca tarquinius (harvester)

Subfamily Lycaeninae (coppers)

• Lycaena dione (gray copper)

Subfamily Theclinae (hairstreaks)

• Allosmaitia strophius (Strophius hairstreak)
• Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak)
• Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak)
• Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin)
• Callophrys irus (frosted elfin)
• Callophrys mcfarlandi (sandia hairstreak)
• Callophrys niphon (eastern pine elfin)
• Callophrys spinetorum (thicket hairstreak)
• Callophrys xami (xami hairstreak)
• Calycopis cecrops (red-banded hairstreak)
• Calycopis isobeon (dusky-blue groundstreak)
• Chlorostrymon simaethis (silver-banded hairstreak)
• Chlorostrymon telea (Telea hairstreak)
• Cyanophrys goodsoni (Goodson's greenstreak)
• Cyanophrys herodotus (tropical greenstreak)
• Cyanophrys miserabilis (Clench's greenstreak)
• Electrostrymon canus (muted hairstreak)
• Electrostrymon sangala (ruddy hairstreak)
• Erora quaderna (Arizona hairstreak)
• Eumaeus toxea (Mexican cycadian)
• Fixsenia favonius (southern hairstreak)
• Fixsenia polingi (Poling's hairstreak)
• Hypaurotis crysalus (Colorado hairstreak)
• Ministrymon azia (gray ministreak)
• Ministrymon clytie (Clytie ministreak)
• Ministrymon echion (red-spotted hairstreak)
• Ministrymon janevicroy (Vicroy’s ministreak)
• Ministrymon leda (Leda ministreak)
• Ocaria ocrisia (black hairstreak)
• Oenomaus ortygnus (aquamarine hairstreak)
• Parrhasius m-album (white m hairstreak)
• Phaeostrymon alcestis (soapberry hairstreak)
• Rekoa marius (Marius hairstreak)
• Rekoa palegon (gold-bordered hairstreak)
• Rekoa zebina (zebina hairstreak)
• Satyrium behrii (Behr's hairstreak)
• Satyrium calanus (banded hairstreak)
• Satyrium edwardsii (Edwards' hairstreak)
• Satyrium kingi (King's hairstreak)
• Satyrium liparops (striped hairstreak)
• Satyrium titus (coral hairstreak)
• Siderus tephraeus (pearly-gray hairstreak)
• Strymon albata (white scrub-hairstreak)
• Strymon alea (Lacey's scrub-hairstreak)
• Strymon bazochii (lantana scrub-hairstreak)
• Strymon bebrycia (red-lined scrub-hairstreak)
• Strymon cestri (tailless scrub-hairstreak)
• Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak)
• Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak)
• Strymon rufofusca (red-crescent scrub-hairstreak)
• Strymon serapio (bromeliad scrub-hairstreak)
• Strymon yojoa (Yojoa scrub-hairstreak)

Subfamily Polyommatinae (blues)

• Brephidium exile (western pygmy-blue)
• Brephidium isophthalma (eastern pygmy-blue)
• Celastrina ladon (spring azure)
• Celastrina neglecta (summer azure)
• Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed-blue)
• Echinargus isola (Reakirt's blue)
• Euphilotes rita (rita dotted-blue)
• Glaucopsyche lygdamus (silvery blue)
• Hemiargus ceraunus (Ceraunus blue)
• Icaricia lupini (lupine blue)
• Leptotes cassius (Cassius blue)
• Leptotes marina (marine blue)
• Plebejus melissa (Melissa blue)
• Zizula cyna (cyna blue)

Family Riodinidae (metalmarks)

• Apodemia chisosensis (Chisos metalmark)
• Apodemia duryi (Mexican metalmark)
• Apodemia hepburni (Hepburn's metalmark)
• Apodemia multiplaga (narrow-winged metalmark)
• Apodemia palmeri (Palmer's metalmark)
• Apodemia phyciodoides (crescent metalmark)
• Apodemia walkeri (Walker's metalmark)
• Calephelis nemesis (fatal metalmark)
• Calephelis nilus (rounded metalmark)
• Calephelis rawsoni (Rawson's metalmark)
• Calephelis virginiensis (little metalmark)
• Caria ino (red-bordered metalmark)
• Emesis emesia (curve-winged metalmark)
• Emesis tenedia (falcate metalmark)
• Emesis zela (Zela metalmark)
• Lasaia sula (blue metalmark)
• Melanis pixe (red-bordered pixie)

Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)

Subfamily Libytheinae (snouts)

• Libytheana carinenta (American snout)

Subfamily Heliconiinae (heliconians and fritillaries)

• Agraulis vanillae (Gulf fritillary)
• Dione moneta (Mexican silverspot)
• Dryadula phaetusa (banded orange heliconian)
• Dryas julia (Julia heliconian)
• Eueides isabella (Isabella's heliconian)
• Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary)
• Euptoieta hegesia (Mexican fritillary)
• Heliconius charithonia (zebra heliconian)
• Heliconius erato (Erato heliconian)
• Philaethria dido (scarce bamboo page)

Philaethria dido

• Speyeria cybele (great spangled fritillary)

Subfamily Nymphalinae (true brush-foots)

• Anartia fatima (banded peacock)
• Anartia jatrophae (white peacock)
• Chlosyne acastus (sagebrush checkerspot)
• Chlosyne definita (definite patch)
• Chlosyne endeis (banded patch)
• Chlosyne gorgone (gorgone checkerspot)
• Chlosyne janais (crimson patch)
• Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch)
• Chlosyne marina (red-spotted patch)
• Chlosyne nycteis (silvery checkerspot)
• Chlosyne rosita (rosita patch)
• Dymasia dymas (tiny checkerspot)
• Euphydryas chalcedona (variable checkerspot)
• Euphydryas phaeton (Baltimore)
• Hypolimnas misippus (mimic)
• Junonia coenia (common buckeye)
• Junonia genoveva (tropical buckeye)
• Microtia elva (elf)
• Nymphalis antiopa (mourning cloak)
• Phyciodes argentea (chestnut crescent)
• Phyciodes graphica (graphic crescent)
• Phyciodes mylitta (Mylitta crescent)
• Phyciodes phaon (Phaon crescent)
• Phyciodes picta (painted crescent)
• Phyciodes ptolyca (black crescent)
• Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent)
• Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent)
• Phyciodes tulcis (Tulcis crescent)
• Poladryas minuta (dotted checkerspot)
• Polygonia comma (eastern comma)
• Polygonia interrogationis (question mark)
• Siproeta epaphus (rusty-tipped page)
• Siproeta stelenes (malachite)
• Texola elada (Elada checkerspot)
• Thessalia fulvia (Fulvia checkerspot)
• Thessalia theona (Theona checkerspot)
• Vanessa annabella (West Coast lady)
• Vanessa atalanta (red admiral)
• Vanessa cardui (painted lady)
• Vanessa virginiensis (American lady)

Subfamily Limenitidinae (admirals and relatives)

• Adelpha basiloides (spot-celled sister)
• Adelpha bredowii (California sister)
• Adelpha fessonia (band-celled sister)
• Biblis hyperia (red rim)
• Diaethria anna (Anna's eighty-eight)
• Diaethria asteria (Mexican eighty-eight)
• Dynamine dyonis (blue-eyed sailor)
• Dynamine tithia (Tithian sailor)
• Epiphile adrasta (common banner)
• Eunica monima (dingy purplewing)
• Eunica tatila (Florida purplewing)
• Hamadryas amphinome (red cracker)
• Hamadryas februa (gray cracker)
• Hamadryas feronia (variable cracker)
• Hamadryas fornax
• Hamadryas guatemalena (Guatemalan cracker)
• Hamadryas iphthime (brownish cracker)
• Historis acheronta (tailed cecropian)
• Historis odius (Orion)
• Limenitis archippus (viceroy)
• Limenitis arthemis astyanax ('Astyanax' red-spotted purple)
• Limenitis arthemis (red-spotted purple)
• Limenitis weidemeyerii (Weidemeyer's admiral)
• Marpesia chiron (many-banded daggerwing)
• Marpesia coresia (waiter daggerwing)
• Marpesia petreus (ruddy daggerwing)
• Mestra amymone (common mestra)
• Myscelia cyananthe (blackened bluewing)
• Myscelia ethusa (Mexican bluewing)
• Smyrna blomfildia (Blomfild's beauty)
• Smyrna karwinskii (Karwinski's beauty)

Subfamily Charaxinae (leafwings)

• Anaea andria (goatweed leafwing)
• Anaea echemus (chestnut leafwing)
• Anaea glycerium (angled leafwing)
• Anaea pithyusa (pale-spotted leafwing)
• Anaea troglodyta (tropical leafwing)

Subfamily Apaturinae (emperors)

• Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor)
• Asterocampa clyton (tawny emperor)
• Asterocampa leilia (empress leilia)
• Doxocopa laure (silver emperor)
• Doxocopa pavon (Pavon emperor)

Subfamily Satyrinae (satyrs)

• Cercyonis meadii (Mead's wood nymph)
• Cercyonis pegala (common wood nymph)
• Cyllopsis gemma (gemmed satyr)
• Cyllopsis pertepida (canyonland satyr)
• Enodia anthedon (northern pearly eye)
• Enodia creola (Creole pearly eye)
• Enodia portlandia (southern pearly eye)
• Gyrocheilus patrobas (red-bordered satyr)
• Hermeuptychia sosybius (Carolina satyr)
• Megisto cymela (little wood satyr)
• Megisto rubricata (red satyr)
• Megisto viola (Viola's wood satyr)
• Neonympha areolata (Georgia satyr)

Subfamily Danainae (monarchs)

• Danaus eresimus (soldier)
• Danaus gilippus (queen)
• Danaus plexippus (monarch)
• Dircenna klugii (Klug's clearwing)
• Lycorea cleobaea (tiger mimic-queen)

Family Hesperiidae (skippers)

Subfamily Pyrrhopyginae (firetips)

• Pyrrhopyge araxes (dull firetip)

Subfamily Pyrginae (spread-wing skippers)

• Achalarus albociliatus (Skinner's cloudywing)
• Achalarus casica (desert cloudywing)
• Achalarus jalapus (jalapus cloudywing)
• Achalarus lyciades (hoary edge)
• Achalarus toxeus (coyote cloudywing)
• Achlyodes pallida
• Aguna asander (gold-spotted aguna)
• Aguna claxon (emerald aguna)
• Aguna metophis (tailed aguna)
• Arteurotia tractipennis (starred skipper)
• Astraptes alardus (frosted flasher)
• Astraptes alector (Gilbert's flasher)
• Astraptes anaphus (yellow-tipped flasher)
• Astraptes egregius (small-spotted flasher)
• Astraptes fulgerator (two-barred flasher)
• Autochton cellus (golden banded-skipper)
• Autochton cincta (Chisos banded-skipper)
• Autochton pseudocellus (Sonoran banded-skipper)
• Bolla brennus (obscure bolla)
• Bolla clytius (mottled bolla)
• Cabares potrillo (potrillo skipper)
• Carrhenes canescens (hoary skipper)
• Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri (Fritzgaertner's flat)
• Celaenorrhinus stallingsi (Stallings' flat)
• Celotes limpia (scarce streaky-skipper)
• Celotes nessus (common streaky-skipper)
• Chioides catillus (white-striped longtail)
• Chioides zilpa (Zilpa longtail)
• Chiomara georgina (white-patched skipper)
• Codatractus alcaeus (white-crescent longtail)
• Codatractus arizonensis (Arizona skipper)
• Cogia calchas (mimosa skipper)
• Cogia hippalus (acacia skipper)
• Cogia outis (Outis skipper)
• Eantis tamenund (sickle-winged skipper)
• Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper)
• Epargyreus exadeus (broken silverdrop)
• Erynnis baptisiae (wild indigo duskywing)
• Erynnis brizo (sleepy duskywing)
• Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing)
• Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing)
• Erynnis juvenalis (Juvenal's duskywing)
• Erynnis martialis (mottled duskywing)
• Erynnis meridianus (meridian duskywing)
• Erynnis scudderi (Scudder's duskywing)
• Erynnis telemachus (Rocky Mountain duskywing)
• Erynnis tristis (mournful duskywing)
• Erynnis zarucco (zarucco duskywing)
• Gesta invisa (false duskywing)
• Gorgythion begga (variegated skipper)
• Grais stigmatica (hermit skipper)
• Heliopetes arsalte (veined white-skipper)
• Heliopetes laviana (Laviana white-skipper)
• Heliopetes macaira (Turk's-cap white-skipper)
• Heliopyrgus domicella (Erichson's white-skipper)
• Hesperopsis alpheus (saltbush sootywing)
• Nisoniades rubescens (purplish-black skipper)
• Noctuana stator (red-studded skipper)
• Pellicia arina (glazed pellicia)
• Pellicia dimidiata (morning glory pellicia)
• Phocides belus
• Phocides palemon (guava skipper)
• Pholisora catullus (common sootywing)
• Pholisora mejicana (Mexican sootywing)
• Polygonus leo (hammock skipper)
• Polygonus manueli (Manuel's skipper)
• Polythrix mexicanus (Mexican longtail)
• Polythrix octomaculata (eight-spotted longtail)
• Proteides mercurius (mercurial skipper)
• Pyrgus albescens (white checkered skipper)
• Pyrgus communis (common checkered-skipper)
• Pyrgus oileus (tropical checkered skipper)
• Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered skipper)
• Pyrgus scriptura (small checkered-skipper)
• Sostrata nordica (blue-studded skipper)
• Spathilepia clonius (falcate skipper)
• Staphylus azteca (Aztec scallopwing)
• Staphylus ceos (golden-headed scallopwing)
• Staphylus hayhurstii (Hayhurst's scallopwing)
• Staphylus mazans (Mazans scallopwing)
• Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered skipper)
• Systasea zampa (Arizona powdered skipper)
• Thorybes bathyllus (southern cloudywing)
• Thorybes confusis (confusing cloudywing)
• Thorybes drusius (Drusius cloudywing)
• Thorybes pylades (northern cloudywing)
• Timochares ruptifasciatus (brown-banded skipper)
• Typhedanus undulatus (mottled longtail)
• Urbanus belli (double-striped longtail)
• Urbanus dorantes (Dorantes longtail)
• Urbanus doryssus (white-tailed longtail)
• Urbanus esmeraldus (Esmeralda longtail)
• Urbanus procne (brown longtail)
• Urbanus pronus (pronus longtail)
• Urbanus proteus (long-tailed skipper)
• Urbanus simplicius (plain longtail)
• Urbanus tanna (Tanna longtail)
• Urbanus teleus (Teleus longtail)
• Xenophanes tryxus (glassy-winged skipper)
• Zestusa dorus (short-tailed skipper)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers)

• Adopaeoides prittwitzi (sunrise skipper)
• Amblyscirtes aenus (bronze roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes aesculapius (lace-winged roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes alternata (dusky roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes belli (Bell's roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes cassus (cassus roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's roadside skipper)
• Amblyscirtes eos (dotted roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes hegon (pepper and salt skipper)
• Amblyscirtes nereus (slaty roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes nysa (Nysa roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes oslari (Oslar's roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes phylace (orange-headed roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes simius (simius roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes texanae (Texas roadside-skipper)
• Amblyscirtes vialis (common roadside-skipper)
• Anatrytone logan (Delaware skipper)
• Anatrytone mazai (glowing skipper)
• Ancyloxypha arene (tropical least skipper)
• Ancyloxypha numitor (least skipper)
• Atalopedes campestris (sachem)
• Atrytone arogos (arogos skipper)
• Atrytonopsis edwardsii (sheep skipper)
• Atrytonopsis hianna (dusted skipper)
• Atrytonopsis pittacus (white-barred skipper)
• Atrytonopsis python (python skipper)
• Atrytonopsis vierecki (Viereck's skipper)
• Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper)
• Conga chydaea (hidden-ray skipper)
• Copaeodes aurantiacia (orange skipperling)
• Copaeodes minima (southern skipperling)
• Corticea corticea (redundant skipper)
• Cymaenes odilia trebius ('Trebius' fawn-spotted skipper)
• Decinea percosius (double-dotted skipper)
• Euphyes bayensis (bay skipper)
• Euphyes dion (Dion skipper)
• Euphyes dukesi (Dukes' skipper)
• Euphyes vestris (dun skipper)
• Hesperia attalus (dotted skipper)
• Hesperia juba (Juba skipper)
• Hesperia meskei (Meske's skipper)
• Hesperia metea (cobweb skipper)
• Hesperia ottoe (ottoe skipper)
• Hesperia pahaska (Pahaska skipper)
• Hesperia uncas (Uncas skipper)
• Hesperia viridis (green skipper)
• Hesperia woodgatei (Apache skipper)
• Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper)
• Lerema accius (clouded skipper)
• Lerema ancillaris (Liris skipper)
• Lerodea arabus (olive-clouded skipper)
• Lerodea eufala (Eufala skipper)
• Monca telata tyrtaeus ('Tyrtaeus' violet-patched skipper)
• Nastra julia (Julia's skipper)
• Nastra lherminier (swarthy skipper)
• Nastra neamathla (Neamathla skipper)
• Nyctelius nyctelius (violet-banded skipper)
• Oarisma edwardsii (Edwards' skipperling)
• Oligoria maculata (twin-spot skipper)
• Panoquina evansi (Evans' skipper)
• Panoquina hecebola (Hecebolus skipper)
• Panoquina leucas (purple-washed skipper)
• Panoquina ocola (ocola skipper)
• Panoquina panoquin (salt marsh skipper)
• Panoquina panoquinoides (obscure skipper)
• Perichares philetes (green-backed ruby-eye)
• Piruna hafernicki (Chisos skipperling)
• Piruna microstictus (small-spotted skipperling)
• Piruna pirus (russet skipperling)
• Piruna polingi (four-spotted skipperling)
• Poanes aaroni (Aaron's skipper)
• Poanes melane (umber skipper)
• Poanes taxiles (Taxiles skipper)
• Poanes viator (broad-winged skipper)
• Poanes yehl (Yehl skipper)
• Poanes zabulon (Zabulon skipper)
• Polites carus (Carus skipper)
• Polites origenes (crossline skipper)
• Polites peckius (Peck's skipper)
• Polites rhesus (rhesus skipper)
• Polites themistocles (tawny-edged skipper)
• Polites vibex (whirlabout)
• Pompeius verna (little glassywing)
• Problema byssus (byssus skipper)
• Quasimellana eulogius (common mellana)
• Quasimellana mexicana
• Rhinthon cubana osca (osca skipper)
• Stinga morrisoni (Morrison's skipper)
• Synapte malitiosa (malicious skipper)
• Synapte salenus (salenus skipper)
• Thespieus macareus (chestnut-marked skipper)
• Vettius fantasos (fantastic skipper)
• Vidius perigenes (pale-rayed skipper)
• Wallengrenia egeremet (northern broken-dash)
• Wallengrenia otho (southern broken-dash)

Subfamily Megathyminae (giant-skippers)

• Agathymus mariae (Mary's giant-skipper)
• Agathymus neumoegeni (orange giant-skipper)
• Agathymus remingtoni (Coahuila giant-skipper)
• Megathymus streckeri (Strecker's giant-skipper)
• Megathymus ursus (ursine giant-skipper)
• Megathymus yuccae (yucca giant-skipper)
• Stallingsia maculosa (manfreda giant-skipper)