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BUTTERFLIES - TRUE BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas
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NOTE:  The butterflies labeled below in BLUE are generally found ONLY in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas

BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES - NYMPHALIDAE

TRUE BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES -
NYMPHALINAE

CYRESTINI

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Many-banded Daggerwing - Marpesia chiron marius

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Many-banded Daggerwing - Marpesia chiron marius

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Ruddy Daggerwing - Marpesia petreus

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Ruddy Daggerwing - Marpesia petreus

NYMPHALINI

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Blomfild's Beauty - Smyrna blomfildia datis

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Blomfild's Beauty - Smyrna blomfildia datis

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Orion Cecropian - Historis odius

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Orion Cecropian - Historis odius

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Tailed Cecropian - Historis archeronta archeronta

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Tailed Cecropian - Historis archeronta archeronta

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Tailed Cecropian - Historis archeronta archeronta

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Tailed Cecropian - Historis archeronta archeronta

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American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis

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American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis

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Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui

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Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui

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West Coast Lady - Vanessa annabella

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West Coast Lady - Vanessa annabella

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Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta rubria

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Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta rubria

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Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa

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Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa

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Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis

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Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis

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Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis

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Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis

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Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis
(NOTE:  There is no "dot" under the question mark)

VICTORININI

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White Peacock - Anartia jatrophae luteipicta

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White Peacock - Anartia jatrophae luteipicta

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White Peacock - Anartia jatrophae luteipicta

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Banded Peacock - Anartia fatima

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Banded Peacock - Anartia fatima

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Malachite - Siproeta stelenes biplagiata

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Malachite - Siproeta stelenes biplagiata

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Malachite - Siproeta stelenes biplagiata

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Malachite - Siproeta stelenes biplagiata

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Rusty-tipped Page - Siproeta epaphus

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Rusty-tipped Page - Siproeta epaphus

JUNONIINI

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Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia

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Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia

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Dark Tropical Buckeye - Junonia evarete nigrosuffusa

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Dark Tropical Buckeye - Junonia evarete nigrosuffusa

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Tropical Buckeye - Junonia evarete ssp.

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Tropical Buckeye - Junonia evarete ssp.

MELITAEINI

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Crimson Patch - Chlosyne janais

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Crimson Patch - Chlosyne janais

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Definite Patch - Chlosyne definita

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Definite Patch - Chlosyne definita

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Red-spotted Patch - Chlosyne melitiaeoides

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Red-spotted Patch - Chlosyne melitiaeoides

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Rosita Patch - Chlosyne rosita browni

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Rosita Patch - Chlosyne rosita browni

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Theona Checkerspot - Chlosyne theona bolli

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Theona Checkerspot - Chlosyne theona bolli

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Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix

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Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix

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Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix

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Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix

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Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix

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Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix

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Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix

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Tiny Checkerspot - Dymasia dymas

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Tiny Checkerspot - Dymasia dymas

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Elada Checkerspot - Texola elada ulrica

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Elada Checkerspot - Texola elada ulrica

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Elada Checkerspot - Texola elada ulrica

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Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis

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Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis

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Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana

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Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana

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Chestnut Crescent - Anthanassa argentea

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Chestnut Crescent - Anthanassa argentea

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Chestnut Crescent - Anthanassa argentea

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Vesta Crescent - Phyciodes graphica vesta

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Vesta Crescent - Phyciodes graphica vesta

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Phaon Crescent - Phyciodes phaon

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Phaon Crescent - Phyciodes phaon

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Phaon Crescent - Phyciodes phaon

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Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos

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