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.
White-striped Longtail (Chioides albofasciatus) Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
Zilpa Longtail (Chioides zilpa) Lucy's Garden, Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
same individual |
Emerald Aguna (Aguna claxon) Lucy's Garden, Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
same individual |
Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004 |
Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004 |
Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) Frontera Audubon Sanctuary, Hidalgo Co., TX 18 Oct 2004 |
same individual |
Coyote Cloudywing (Achalarus toxeus) La Grulla, Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
same individual |
Fritzgaertner's Flat (Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004 |
Mimosa Skipper (Cogia calchas) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04 |
Mimosa Skipper (Cogia calchas) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04 |
Mimosa Skipper (Cogia calchas) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04 |
Mimosa Skipper (Cogia calchas) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04 |
Glazed Pellicia (Pellicia arina) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004 |
same individual |
Glazed Pellicia (Pellicia arina) NABA Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 19 Oct 2004 | |
Mazans Scallopwing (Staphylus mazans) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04 |
Sickle-winged Skipper (Eantis thraso) (formerly placed in Achylodes) Starr Co., TX 16 Oct 2004 |
Brown-banded Skipper (Timochares ruptifasciatus) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04 |
Brown-banded Skipper (Timochares ruptifasciatus) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04 |
White-patched Skipper (Chiomara asychis georgina), female (Note reduced amount of white compared to male) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
White-patched Skipper (Chiomara asychis georgina), male Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
These skippers (and others) often fold their forewings back over their hindwings. Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004 |
Entertaining view! Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatio Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 14 Oct 2004 |
Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 04 |
same individual Note the white marks inward from the margin. These marks separate this from similar Funereal Duskywing. |
Probably Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis tatius) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) La Grulla, Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), male La Grulla, Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), female Sabal Palm, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004 |
Desert Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus philetas) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 19 Oct 2004 |
Desert Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus philetas) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004 |
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 19 Oct 04 |
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 04 |
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 04 |
Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira) Sabal Palms, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004 |
Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 15 Oct 2004 |
Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus) La Grulla, Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
Created on ... Mar 2, 2005 | Updated on ... Mar 26, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com