Butterflies of Texas

The Lower Rio Grande Valley is one of the best butterflying locations in the entire United States. Here are pictures of butterflies from that region, taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500, nearly all using natural lighting. Click here for some of the psychotic butterfliers and other wildlife from the LRGV with whom I went butterflying.

Metalmarks (Riodinidae)

Fatal Metalmark, male (Calephelis nemesis australis), #803 Starr Co., TX 16 Oct 04	same individual

Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis), #447 NABA Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004	Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis), #277 Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004

Rounded Metalmark, male (Calephelis perditalis perditalis) Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 14 Oct 2004	Rounded Metalmark, male (Calephelis perditalis perditalis) Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 14 Oct 2004
	Metalmarks often perch with their heads down. Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis perditalis) Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 14 Oct 2004

(Calephelis perditalis perditalis), female Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 04

Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) Laguna Atascosa NWR, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004	Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004

	Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula) Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004
	Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula) Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004

Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe) Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., TX 17 Oct 2004	Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe) Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., TX 17 Oct 2004

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Created on ... Mar 2, 2005 | Updated on ... Mar 26, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com