Butterflies

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Monarch
Lifecycle

Click the crysalis on the left to see a timelapse of a Monarch caterpillar pupating.

Crimson
Patch

Lifecycle

Click the crysalis on the left to see a timelapse of a Crimson Patch caterpillar pupating.

 

Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
1,
Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae
White Angled-Sulphur Anteos clorinde
1, 2,
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
Oak Hairstreak ("Northern") Satyrium favonius ontario
1,
Juniper Hairstreak ("Olive") Callophrys gryneus gryneus
1,
Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus
1,
Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola
1,
Zebra Heliconian Heliconius charithonia
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae
Vesta Crescent Phyciodes vesta
Texan Crescent Phyciodes texana
1,
Bordered Patch Clocyne lacinia
Question Mark  Polygonia interrogationis
1,
American Lady Vanessa virginiensis
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Common Buckeye Hylephila phyleus
1,
Viceroy Danaus plexippus
1,
Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria
Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis
Tawny Emperor Asterocampa leilia
American Snout Libytheana carinenta

Monarch Danaus plexippus
Queen Danaus gilippus
Little Wood-Satyr ("Viola's") Megisto cymela
Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus
Sickle-winged Skipper Achylodes thraso
Funereal Duskywing Erynnis zarucco
Checkered Skipper
1,
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
1,
Sachem Atalopedes campestris
Clouded Skipper Lerema accius
Southern Broken-dash Wallengrenia otho
Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris
     Photographed 8-23-05 in Circle C, south Austin
     possibly an aberrant male   
Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius

 

Interesting Records

Northern Cloudywing Thorybes albosuffusa
     Photographed 8-11-05 in Circle C, south Austin   
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon istapa
     Photographed 1/7/06 by Ashley Young, Lady Bird Wildflower
     Center
White M Hairstreak Parrhasius m-album
     Photographed 6-8-05 at Zilker Garden, Austin

 

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