Checklist of Lepidoptera
(Butterflies)
of Brackenridge Field Laboratory
and Adjacent Areas
(Redbud Cliffs, Little Bee Creek)
along the Colorado River, Austin, Texas

Chris Durden
Texas Memorial Museum
Active Edition, April 1992

PYRGIDAE

• URBANINAE
  • 1. Epargyreus clarus (Silver Flash Skipper)
  • 2. Thorybes pulades (Northern Cloudy-Wing)
  • 3. Staphylus hayhurstii (Southern Sooty-Wing)
  • 4. Systasea pulverulenta (Eastern Powdered Skipper)
  • 5. Erynnis horatius (Horace's Dusky-Wing)
  • 6. Erynnis meridianus (Midwestern Dusky-Wing)
  • 7. Erynnis juvenalis (Juvenal's Dusky-Wing)
  • 8. Erynnis funeralis (Funereal Dusky-Wing)
  • 9. Syrichtus communis (Common Checkered-Skipper)
  • 10. Syrichtus philetas (Desert Checkered-Skipper)
  • 11. Celotes nessus (Streaky Skipper)
• HESPERIINAE
  • 12. Copaeodes aurantiaca (Orange Skipperling)
  • 13. Atalopedes campestris (Sachem Skipper)
  • 14. Hesperia viridis (Green Skipper)
  • 15. Polites vibex (Whirlabout Skipper)
  • 16. Polites otho (Southern Broken-Dash Skipper)
  • 17. Hylephila phyleas (Fiery Skipper)
  • 18. Atrytone delaware (Plains Delaware Skipper)
  • 19. Euphyes vestris (Gulf Dun Skipper)
  • 20. Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's Least Skipper)
  • 21. Amblyscirtes aenus (Bronze Least Skipper)
  • 22. Amblyscirtes erna (Erna's Least Skipper)
  • 23. Lerodea eufala (Eufala Skipper)
• APAUSTINAE
  • 24. Nastra julia (Julia's Skipper)
  • 25. Lerema accius (Gulf Clouded-Skipper)

RIODINIDAE

• RIODININAE
  • 26. Calephelis nemesis (Eastern Fatal Metalmark)
  • 27. Calephelis guadalupe (Guadalupe Metalmark)
  • 28. Calephelis neuvoleon (Balcones Metalmark)

LYCAENIDAE

• STRYMONINAE
  • 29. Phaeostrymon alcestis (Alcestis Hairstreak)
  • 30. Satyrium calanus (Banded Hairstreak)
  • 31. Calycopis isobeon (Poison Ivy Hairstreak)
  • 32. Callophrys gryneus (Yellow & Green Hairstreak)
  • 33. Callophrys sweadneri (Fulvous & Green Hairstreak)
  • 34. Callophrys henrici (Redbud Elfin)
  • 35. Callophrys solatus (Balcones Elfin)
  • 36. Atlides halesus (Western Great-Blue Hairstreak)
  • 37. Eurystrymon ontario (Southern Oak-Hairstreak)
  • 38. Panthiades m-albun (White-M Hairstreak)
  • 39. Strymon melinus (Plains Gray-Hairstreak)
• LYCAENINAE
  • 40. Echinargus isola (Mesquite Blue)
  • 41. Brephidium exilis (Desert Pigmy-Blue)
  • 42. Everes herri (Balcones Tailed-Blue)

PAPILIONIDAE

• PAPILIONINAE
  • 43. Papilio polyxenes (Plains Black Swallowtail)
  • 44. Pterourus multicaudatus (Two-Tailed Tiger Swallowtail)
  • 45. Heraclides cresphontes (Giant Swallowtail)
• TROIDINAE
  • 46. Battus philenor (Pipe-Vine Swallowtail)

NYMPHALIDAE

• NYMPHALINAE
  • 47. Euptoieta claudia (Variegated Fritillary)
  • 48. Polygonia comma (Eastern Comma)
  • 49. Vanessa atalanta (American Red Admiral)
  • 50. Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady)
  • 51. Vanessa virginiensis (American Painted Lady)
  • 52. Precis coenia (Buckeye)
• LIMENITIDINAE
  • 53. Limenitis bredowii (Southwestern Orange-Tip)
• MELITAEINAE
  • 54. Chlosyne lacinia (Scudder's Patched Butterfly)
  • 55. Phyciodes phaon (Gulf Crescent)
  • 56. Phyciodes tharos (Mexican Pearl Crescent)
  • 57. Phyciodes vesta (Vesta Crescent)
  • 58. Anthanassa texana (Texan Crescent)
• EPICALIINAE
  • 59. Mestra amymone (Handkerchief)
• HELICONIINAE
  • 60. Heliconius charitonius (Zebra)
  • 61. Agraulis vanillae (Gulf Fritillary)
  • 62. Dryas julia (Julia)

APATURIDAE

• APATURINAE
  • 63. Asterocampa celtis (Hackberry Emperor)
• CHARAXINAE
  • 64. Anaea andria (American Leaf)

DANAIDAE

• DANAINAE
  • 65. Danaus plexippus (Monarch)
  • 66. Danaus glippus (Queen)

SATYRIDAE

• ELYMNIINAE
  • 67. Cercyonis pegala (Texas Blue-Eyed Grayling)
  • 68. Cercyonis pegala (Texas Blue-Eyed Grayling)
  • 69. Neonympha sosybius (Carolina Ringlet)
  • 70. Megisto cymela (Balcones Wood-Ringlet)
  • 71. Megisto rubricata (Red Wood-Ringlet)

LIBYTHEIDAE

• LIBYTHEINAE
  • 72. Libytheana bachmanii (Eastern Snout Butterfly)

PIERIDAE

• PIERINAE
  • 73. Anthocharis midea (Falcate Orange-Tip)
  • 74. Pontia protodice (Plains Checkered White)
• RHODOCERINAE
  • 75. Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur)
  • 76. Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur)
  • 77. Zerene cesonia (Dog-Face Sulphur)
  • 78. Zerene cesonia (Dog-Face Sulphur)
  • 79. Eurema mexicana (Mexican Sulphur)
  • 80. Eurema lisa (Little Sulphur)
  • 81. Eurema nicippe (Sleepy Orange)
  • 82. Phoebis sennae (Eastern Cloudless Sulphur)
  • 83. Phoebis agarithe (Cloudless Orange)
  • 84. Nathalis iole (Dainty Sulphur)