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Checklist of Specialty Butterflies
Occurring in Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas

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

 

 

 

There are about 300 species of butterflies that have been recorded in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of South Texas. Incredibly, about one half of these species are LRGV specialties that do not normally occur elsewhere in the United States. A phenomenal 50% of these specialties are unique and not found north of this region.

 

Total: 158 Specialty Butterflies

Unique specialties are in boldface.

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Swallowtails 

  1. Polydamas Swallowtail
  2. Dark Kite-Swallowtail
  3. Thoas Swallowtail
  4. Broad-banded Swallowtail
  5. Three-tailed Swallowtail
  6. Magnificent Swallowtail
  7. Pink-spotted Swallowtail
  8. Ruby-spotted Swallowtail

Whites and Yellows

  1. Florida White
  2. Common Greeneyed-White
  3. Painted White
  4. Giant White
  5. Common Melwhite
  6. Cross-barred White
  7. White Angled-Sulphur
  8. Yellow Angled-Sulphur
  9. Tailed Sulphur
  10. Statira Sulphur
  11. Ghost Yellow
  12. Salome Yellow
  13. Mimosa Yellow
  14. Costa-spotted Mimic-White

Hairstreaks

  1. Strophius Hairstreak
  2. Smudged Hairstreak
  3. Gold-bordered Hairstreak
  4. Marius Hairstreak
  5. Black Hairstreak
  6. Telea Hairstreak
  7. Silver-banded Hairstreak
  8. Clench's Greenstreak
  9. Goodson's Greenstreak
  10. Tropical Greenstreak
  11. Xami Hairstreak
  12. Aquamarine Hairstreak
  13. Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak
  14. Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak
  15. White Scrub-Hairstreak
  16. Tailless Scrub-Hairstreak
  17. Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak
  18. Ruddy Hairstreak
  19. Muted Hairstreak
  20. Red-spotted Hairstreak
  21. Pearly-gray Hairstreak
  22. Clytie Ministreak
  23. Gray Ministreak

Metalmarks

  1. Red-bordered Metalmark
  2. Blue Metalmark
  3. Red-bordered Pixie
  4. Curve-winged Metalmark
  5. Falcate Metalmark
  6. Narrow-winged Metalmark
  7. Walker's Metalmark

Brush-footed Butterflies

  1. Banded Patch
  2. Rosita Patch
  3. Red-spotted Patch
  4. Elf
  5. Pale-banded Crescent
  6. Black Crescent
  7. Chestnut Crescent
  8. White Peacock
  9. Banded Peacock
  10. Malachite
  11. Rusty-tipped Page
  12. Band-celled Sister
  13. Spot-celled Sister
  14. Common Banner
  15. Orange Banner
  16. Mexican Bluewing
  17. Dingy Purplewing
  18. Blue-eyed Sailor
  19. Four-spotted Sailor
  20. Red Rim
  21. Red Cracker
  22. Gray Cracker
  23. Variable Cracker
  24. Guatemalan Cracker
  25. Blomfild's Beauty 
  26. Waiter Daggerwing
  27. Many-banded Daggerwing
  28. Ruddy Daggerwing
  29. One-spotted Prepona
  30. Guatemalan Leafwing
  31. Pale-spotted Leafwing
  32. Pavon Emperor
  33. Silver Emperor
  34. Klug's Clearwing
  35. Thick-tipped Greta
  36. Broad-tipped Clearwing

Skippers

Spread-wing Skippers

  1. Beautiful Beamer 
  2. Guava Skipper
  3. Mercurial Skipper
  4. Broken Silverdrop
  5. Zilpa Longtail
  6. Gold-spotted Aguna
  7. Emerald Aguna
  8. Tailed Aguna
  9. Mottled Longtail
  10. Mexican Longtail
  11. Eight-spotted Longtail
  12. White-crescent Longtail
  13. Pronus Longtail
  14. Esmeralda Longtail
  15. Double-striped Longtail
  16. Turquoise Longtail
  17. Teleus Longtail
  18. Tanna Longtail
  19. Plain Longtail
  20. Brown Longtail
  21. White-tailed Longtail
  22. Two-barred Flasher
  23. Small-spotted Flasher
  24. Frosted Flasher
  25. Gilbert's Flasher
  26. Yellow-tipped Flasher
  27. Jalapus Cloudywing
  28. Potrillo Skipper
  29. Fritzgaertner's Flat
  30. Stallings' Flat
  31. Falcate Skipper
  32. Mimosa Skipper
  33. Starred Skipper
  34. Purplish-black Skipper
  35. Glazed Pellicia
  36. Morning Glory Pellicia
  37. Red-studded Skipper
  38. Mottled Bolla
  39. Obscure Bolla
  40. Mazans Scallopwing
  41. Variegated Skipper
  42. Blue-studded Skipper
  43. Hoary Skipper
  44. Glassy-winged Skipper 
  45. Pale Sicklewing
  46. Hermit Skipper
  47. Brown-banded Skipper
  48. Common Bluevent 
  49. East-Mexican White-Skipper
  50. Veined White-Skipper

Skipperlings  

  1. Small-spotted Skipperling

Grass Skippers

  1. Malicious Skipper
  2. Salenus Skipper
  3. Redundant Skipper
  4. Pale-rayed Skipper
  5. Violet-patched Skipper
  6. Fawn-spotted Skipper
  7. Liris Skipper
  8. Fantastic Skipper
  9. Green-backed Ruby-eye
  10. Osca Skipper
  11. Double-dotted Skipper
  12. Hidden-ray Skipper
  13. Common Mellana
  14. Olive-clouded Skipper
  15. Hecebolus Skipper
  16. Chestnut-marked Skipper
  17. Purple-washed Skipper
  18. Evan's Skipper
  19. Violet-banded Skipper

 

Compiled by Gil Quintanilla March 2007

 

References:

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

Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. 2006. Butterflies and Moths
of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Wauer, Roland H. 2004. Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Johnson Books, Boulder. 331 pp.

 

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