CHECKLIST OF
BUTTERFLIES OF BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK

Swallowtails - Papilionidae
Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor
Polydamas Swallowtail - Battus polydamas
Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes
Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus

White And Yellows - Pieridae
Checkered White - Pontia protodice
Cabbage White - Pieris rapae
Great Southern White - Ascia monuste
Falcate Orangetip – Paramidea midea
Clouded Sulfur - Colias philodice
Orange Sulphur - Colias eurytheme
Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae
Little Yellow - Eurema lisa
Dainty Sulphur - Nathalis iole

Gossamer-Wings - Lycaenidae
Great Purple Hairstreak - Atlides halesus
Soapberry Hairstreak - Phaeosrtymon alcestis
Southern Hairstreak - Fixsenia favonius
Red-banded Hairstreak - Calycopis cecrops
White M Hairstreak – Parrhasius m-album
Striped Hairstreak – Satyrium kingi
Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus
Dusky-blue Groundstreak - Calycopis isobeon
Western Pygmy-Blue - Brephidium exile
Ceraunnus Blue - Hemiargus ceranus

Snout Butterflies - Libytheidae
American Snout - Libytheana carinenta

Long Wings - Heliconiidae
Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae

Satyrs, Wood Nymphs and Browns - Satyridae
Gemmed Satyr - Cyllopsis gemma
Carolina Satyr - Hermeuptychia sosybius
Little Wood Saytr - Megisto cymela

Milkweed Butterflies - Danaidae
Monarch - Danaus plexippus
Queen - Danaus gilippus

Nymphalids - Nymphalidae
Variegated Fritillary - Euptoieta claudia
Silvery Checkerspot - Chlosyne nycteis
Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana
Phaon Crescent - Phyciodes phaon
Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos
Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis
Mourning Cloak – Nymphalis antiopa
Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta
American Painted Lady - Vanessa virginiensis
Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia
Viceroy - Limenitis archippus
Amymone - Mestra amymone
Goatweed Leafwing - Anaea andria
Hackberry Emperor - Asterocampa celtis
Tawny Emperor - Asterocampa clyton

Skippers - Hesperiidae
White-striped Longtail - Chiodes catillus
Long -tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus
Dorantes Longtail - Urbanus dorantes
Southern Cloudywing - Thorybes bathyllus
Northern Cloudy wing – Thorybes pylades
Juvenal’s Cloudywing - Erynnis juvenalis
Funereal Duskwing - Erynnis funeralis
Horace's Duskywing - Erynnis horatius
Common Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus communis
Tropical Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus oileus
Mazans Scallopwing – Staphylus mazans
Clouded Skipper - Lerema accius
Swarthy Skipper - Nastra iherminier
Southern Skipperling - Copaeodes minimus
Least Skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor
Southern Skipperling - Copaeodes minimus
Fiery Skipper - Hylephila phyleus
Whirlabout - Polites oileus
Southern Broken-Dash - Wallengrenia otho
Sachem - Atalopedes campestris
Broad winged Skipper - Poanes viator
Dun Skipper - Euphyes vestris
Eufala Skipper - Lerodea cufala
Ocola Skipper - Panoquina ocola

List compiled by David Heinicke, Brazos Bend State Park, 2000. This list taken from July 4th Butterfly Counts and other park sightings. Special thanks to P.D. Hulce for his work on these counts and compiling lists of species.

© 2000 Brazos Bend State Park Volunteer Organization

Updated: Tuesday, May 6, 2003