South Texas Butterfly Photos

by Will Cook

Here's a selection of images of 90 butterfly species from two trips to Texas, June 5-7 and October 13-19, 2004 (full trip list). South Texas is a butterflier's paradise! I also found some interesting dragonflies, too. All photos were taken using a Nikon CoolPix 995.

Papilionidae | Pieridae | Lycaenidae | Riodinidae | Nymphalidae 1 | Nymphalidae 2 | Hesperiidae 1 | Hesperiidae 2

Pieridae - Whites and Sulphurs

Pierinae - Whites

	Florida White (Appias drusilla) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/15/04. Rare - this is the only one we saw.
	Checkered White (Pontia protodice), female NABA Butterfly Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/19/04.
	Checkered White (Pontia protodice), female Starr Co., TX 10/16/04.
	Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/13/04.
	Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 10/14/04.
	Giant White (Ganyra josephina) Frontera Audubon, Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/18/04.
	Giant White (Ganyra josephina), female Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/15/04.

Coliadinae - Sulphurs

	Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/15/04.
	Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia), fresh NABA Butterfly Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/19/04.
	Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea), female Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/13/04.
	Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe), male Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/15/04. The most common sulphur; most are more heavily marked.
	Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe), female Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/13/04.
	Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/15/04. Highly variable, Lyside Sulphur is perhaps the second most common butterfly in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, after American Snout. The bulging vein in the middle of the hindwing is distinctive.
	Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 6/6/04. Looks like this one has a chunk bitten out of its hindwing.
	Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside), female Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/15/04. The rarely-seen dorsal (top) side, courtesy of a spider.
	Tailed Orange (Eurema proterpia), fall form Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/19/04.
	Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise) San Ygnacio, Zapata Co., TX 6/6/04. Much less common than the abundant Little Yellow.
	Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 6/7/04. Compare with Mimosa Yellow from Panama.

Papilionidae | Pieridae | Lycaenidae | Riodinidae | Nymphalidae 1 | Nymphalidae 2 | Hesperiidae 1 | Hesperiidae 2

Comments? Questions? E-mail me at cwcook@duke.edu

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