South Texas Butterfly Photos - Whites and Sulphurs
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
Pieridae - Whites and Sulphurs
Pierinae - Whites
| Florida White (Appias drusilla) Rare - this is the only one we saw. |
| Checkered White (Pontia protodice), female |
| Checkered White (Pontia protodice), female |
| Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) |
| Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) |
| Giant White (Ganyra josephina) |
| Giant White (Ganyra josephina), female |
| Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia) |
| Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia), fresh |
| Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea), female |
| Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe), male The most common sulphur; most are more heavily marked. |
| Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe), female |
| Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Highly variable, Lyside Sulphur is perhaps the second most common butterfly in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, after American Snout. The bulging vein in the middle of the hindwing is distinctive. |
| Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Looks like this one has a chunk bitten out of its hindwing. |
| Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside), female The rarely-seen dorsal (top) side, courtesy of a spider. |
| Tailed Orange (Eurema proterpia), fall form |
| Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise) Much less common than the abundant Little Yellow. |
| Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise) Compare with Mimosa Yellow from Panama. |
Papilionidae | Pieridae | Lycaenidae | Riodinidae | Nymphalidae 1 | Nymphalidae 2 | Hesperiidae 1 | Hesperiidae 2
Comments? Questions? E-mail me at cwcook@duke.edu