Butterflies of Texas

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Jeff's Butterfly Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

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.

Texas Butterflies

Swallowtails | Whites & Sulphurs | Hairstreaks & Blues | Metalmarks

Brushfoots 1 | Brushfoots 2 | Spread-winged Skippers | Grass Skippers

Whites & Sulphurs (Pieridae)

Whites (Subfamily Pierinae)

Florida White (Appias drusilla)
Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004


Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Starr Co., TX 16 Oct 2004	same individual

Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004


Giant White (Ganyra josephina) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004	same individual

Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae)


Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia cesonia) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004	Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia cesonia) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004

Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia cesonia), mated pair
Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004


Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea), female Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004	Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea), female Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004


Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe), mated pair Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04	Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe), female Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04

Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe), female Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 14 Oct 04	Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe), male Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04


Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 04	Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 04

Note two black dots near the base of the hindwing

Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa lisa)
[formerly Eureme lisa lisa]
Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 19 Oct 04

Note no black dots near base of hindwing

Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise nelphe)
[formerly Eureme nise nelphe]
Lucy's Garden, Mission, Hidalgo Co, TX
13 Oct 2004

Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
La Grulla, Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004

Texas Butterflies

Swallowtails | Whites & Sulphurs | Hairstreaks & Blues | Metalmarks

Brushfoots 1 | Brushfoots 2 | Spread-winged Skippers | Grass Skippers

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Created on ... Feb 26, 2005 | Updated on ... Mar 24, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com