NOTE: The butterflies labeled below in BLUE
are generally found ONLY in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas
SKIPPERS - HESPERIIDAE
SPREADWING SKIPPERS - EUDAMINAE
Guava Skipper - Phocides polybius lilea
Broken Silverdrop - Epargyreus exadeus
Mercurial Skipper - Proteides mercuius
Hammock Skipper - Polygonus leo arizonensis
Hammock Skipper - Polygonus leo arizonensis
Manuel's Skipper
- Polygonus savigny
Manuel's Skipper
- Polygonus savigny
White-striped Longtail - Chioides albofasciatus
Zilpa longtail - Chioides zilpa
Eight-spotted Longtail - Polythrix octomaculata
Gold-spotted Aguna - Aguna asander
Tailed Aguna - Aguna metophis
Tailed Aguna - Aguna metophis
Emerald Aguna - Aguna claxon
Arizona Mottled-Skipper - Codatractus arizonensis
Arizona Mottled-Skipper - Codatractus arizonensis
Long-tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus
Long-tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus
Turquoise Longtail - Urbanus evona
Turquoise Longtail - Urbanus evona
Dorantes Longtail - Urbanus dorantes
Teleus Longtail - Urbanus teleus
Teleus Longtail - Urbanus teleus
Brown Longtail - Urbanus procne
Brown Longtail - Urbanus procne
White-tailed Longtail - Urbanus doryssus
White-tailed Longtail - Urbanus doryssus
Two-barred Flasher - Astraptes fulgerator azul
Two-barred Flasher - Astraptes fulgerator azul
Gilbert's Flasher - Astraptes alector hopfferi
Yellow-tipped Flasher - Astraptes anaphus annetta
Yellow-tipped Flasher - Astraptes anaphus annetta
Green Flasher - Astraptes talus
Green Flasher - Astraptes talus
Coyote Cloudywing - Achalarus toxeus
Coyote Cloudywing - Achalarus toxeus
Jalapus Cloudywing - Thessia jalapus
Potrillo Skipper - Cabares potrillo
Potrillo Skipper - Cabares potrillo
Falcate Skipper - Spathilepia clonius
Falcate Skipper - Spathilepia clonius
Falcate Skipper - Spathilepia clonius
Acacia Skipper - Cogia hippalus
Mimosa Skipper - Cogia calchas
SPREADWING SKIPPERS - PYRGINAE
CELAENORRHININI
Fritzgaertner's Flat - Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri
CARCHARODINI
Starred Skipper - Arteurotia tractipennis
Glazed Pellicia - Pellicia arina
Golden-headed Sootywing - Staphylus ceos
Mazans Scallopwing (male) - Staphylus mazans
Mazans Scallopwing (female) - Staphylus mazans
Common Sootywing - Pholisora catullus
ERYNNINI
Variegated Skipper - Gorgythion begga pyralina
Hermit Skipper - Grais stigmatica
Brown-banded Skipper - Timochares ruptifasciatus
Tropical Duskywing/Common Bluevent/Common Anastrus - anastrus
sempiternus
Tropical Duskywing/Common Bluevent/Common Anastrus - anastrus
sempiternus
White-patched Skipper - Chiomara georgina
White-patched Skipper - Chiomara georgina
False Duskywing - Gesta invisius
Horace's Duskwing - Erynnis horatius
Horace's Duskwing - Erynnis horatius
Mournful Duskywing - Errynis tristis tatius
Mournful Duskywing - Errynis tristis tatius
Funereal Duskywing - Erynnis funeralis
Funereal Duskywing - Erynnis funeralis
ACHYLODIDINI
Pale Sicklewing - Achylodes pallida (3rd U.S. Record- in our yard)
Sickle-winged Skipper - Eantis tamenund
Sickle-winged Skipper - Eantis tamenund
PYRGINI
Hoary Skipper - Carrhenes canescens
Hoary Skipper - Carrhenes canescens
Glassy-winged Skipper - Xenophanes tryxus
Glassy-winged Skipper - Xenophanes tryxus
Texas Powdered-Skipper - Systasea pulverulenta
Common Streaky-Skipper - Celotes nessus
Common/White Checkered-Skipper (unable to separate) - Pyrgus
communis/P. albescens
Common/White Checkered-Skipper (unable to separate) - Pyrgus
communis/P. albescens
Desert Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus philetas
Desert Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus philetas
Tropical Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus oileus
Tropical Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus oileus
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (aberrant) - Pyrgus oileus
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (aberrant) - Pyrgus oileus
Erichson's White-Skipper - Heliopyrgus domicella
East-Mexican White-Skipper - Heliopyrgus sublinea
East-Mexican White-Skipper - Heliopyrgus sublinea
Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Heliopetes macaira
Turk's-Cap White-Skipper - Heliopetes macaira
Laviana White-Skipper - Heliopetes laviana
Laviana White-Skipper - Heliopetes laviana
Veined White-Skipper - Heliopetes arsalte
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