South Texas Butterfly Photos - Brushfoots
by Will Cook
Here's a selection butterfly images from three trips to Texas, June 5-7 and October 13-19, 2004 (full trip list) and April 29, 2011. South Texas is a butterflier's paradise!
Papilionidae | Pieridae | Lycaenidae | Riodinidae | Nymphalidae 1 | Nymphalidae 2 | Hesperiidae 1 | Hesperiidae 2
Nymphalidae - Brushfoots
Nymphalinae - True Brushfoots
| Theona Checkerspot (Thessalia theona) |
| Theona Checkerspot (Thessalia theona) |
| Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) |
| Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) Highly variable, as you can see from these two photos from a single garden. |
| Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) |
| Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais) |
| Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais) |
| Elada Checkerspot (Microtia elada) This species is often called Texola elada, but research by Niklas Wahlberg's group places it in Microtia, along with Elf (M. elva) and Tiny Checkerspot (M. dymas). |
| Elada Checkerspot (Microtia elada) |
| Elada Checkerspot (Microtia elada) |
| Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana) |
| Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana) |
| Pale-banded Crescent (Phyciodes tulcis) |
| Pale-banded Crescent (Phyciodes tulcis) |
| Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes vesta) |
| Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes vesta) |
| Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) |
| Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) Barton Creek greenbelt, Austin, Travis Co., TX 4/29/2011. |
| White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) |
Papilionidae | Pieridae | Lycaenidae | Riodinidae | Nymphalidae 1 | Nymphalidae 2 | Hesperiidae 1 | Hesperiidae 2
Comments? Questions? E-mail me at cwcook@duke.edu