Native Butterflies in the Rio Grande Valley

The Rio Grande Valley is in a unique location with a variety of ecosystems that intersect to make a truly exceptional habitat for specialty butterflies - more than 300 species of butterflies can be found in the South Texas region.

Common Name	Scientific Name
Blue Metalmarks	Lasaia sula
Broad-tipped Clearwing	Pteronymia cotytto
Brown Longtails	Urbanus procne
Common Mestra	Mestra amymone
Crimson Patch	Chlosyne janais
Cross-barred White	Itaballia demophile
'Dark' Tropical Buckeye	Junonia genoveva
Desert Checkered-Skipper	Pyrgus philetas
Erickson's White-Skipper	Heleiopetes domicella
Fatal Metalmark	Calephelis nemesis
Four-spotted Sailor	Dynamine postverta
Gold-spotted Aguna	Aguna asander
Gray Cracker	Hamadryas februa
Guava Skipper	Phocides polybius
Laviana White-Skippers	Heliopetes laviana
Mexican Bluewing	Myscelia ethusa
One-spotted Prepona	Archaeoprepona demophon
Purple-washed Skipper	Panoquina lucas
Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak	Strymon rufofusca
Red Rim	Biblis hyperia
Ruby-spotted Swallowtail	Papilio anchisiades
Sickle-winged Skippers	Achlyodes thraso
Silver-banded Hairstreak	Chlorostrymon simaethis
Silver Emperor	Doxocopa laure
Theona Checkerspot	Chlosyne theona
Tropical Leafwing	Anaea aidea
Turquoise Longtail	Urbanus evona
White-striped Longtails	Chioides catillus
Zilpa Longtail	Chiodes zilpa

For more on Texas butterflies, visit TexasButterfly.com or any Texas nature park website.