# List of butterflies of Texas

This is a list of Texas butterflies, all species of butterfly found in the state of Texas.

## Family Papilionidae (swallowtails)
### Subfamily Papilioninae (swallowtails)

* Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail)
* Battus polydamas (Polydamas swallowtail)
* Eurytides marcellus (zebra swallowtail)
* Eurytides philolaus (dark kite-swallowtail)
* Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail)
* Papilio thoas (Thoas swallowtail)
* Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail)
* Papilio ornythion (ornythion swallowtail)
* Papilio astyalus (broad-banded swallowtail)
* Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail)
* Papilio rutulus (western tiger swallowtail)
* Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail)
* Papilio pilumnus (three-tailed swallowtail)
* Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail)
* Papilio garamus (magnificent swallowtail)
* Papilio palamedes (Palamedes swallowtail)
* Papilio victorinus (Victorine swallowtail)
* Papilio pharnaces (pink-spotted swallowtail)
* Papilio anchisiades (ruby-spotted swallowtail)
* Parides eurimedes (mylotes cattle heart)

## Family Pieridae (whites and sulphurs)
### Subfamily Pierinae (whites)

* Anthocharis cethura (desert orangetip)
* Anthocharis midea (falcate orangetip)
* Anthocharis thoosa (southwestern orangetip)
* Appias drusilla (Florida white)
* Ascia monuste (great southern white)
* Catasticta nimbice (Mexican dartwhite)
* Euchloe lotta (desert marble)
* Euchloe olympia (Olympia marble)
* Ganyra josephina (giant white)
* Leptophobia aripa (mountain white)
* Pieris rapae (cabbage white)
* Pontia protodice (checkered white)
* Pontia sisymbrii (spring white)

### Subfamily Coliadinae (sulphurs)

* Anteos clorinde (white angled-sulphur)
* Anteos maerula (yellow angled-sulphur)
* Aphrissa statira (Statira sulphur)
* Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur)
* Colias philodice (clouded sulphur)
* Eurema albula (ghost yellow)
* Eurema boisduvaliana (Boisduval's yellow)
* Eurema daira (barred yellow)
* Eurema dina (dina yellow)
* Eurema lisa (little yellow)
* Eurema mexicana (Mexican yellow)
* Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange)
* Eurema nise (mimosa yellow)
* Eurema proterpia (tailed orange)
* Eurema salome (Salome yellow)
* Kricogonia lyside (lyside sulphur)
* Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur)
* Phoebis agarithe (large orange sulphur)
* Phoebis argante (apricot sulphur)
* Phoebis neocypris (tailed sulphur)
* Phoebis philea (orange-barred sulphur)
* Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur)
* Zerene cesonia (southern dogface)

### Subfamily Dismorphiinae (mimic-whites)

* Enantia albania (costa-spotted mimic-white)

## Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-wing butterflies)
### Subfamily Miletinae (harvesters)

* Feniseca tarquinius (harvester)

### Subfamily Lycaeninae (coppers)

* Lycaena dione (gray copper)

### Subfamily Theclinae (hairstreaks)

* Allosmaitia strophius (Strophius hairstreak)
* Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak)
* Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak)
* Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin)
* Callophrys irus (frosted elfin)
* Callophrys mcfarlandi (sandia hairstreak)
* Callophrys niphon (eastern pine elfin)
* Callophrys spinetorum (thicket hairstreak)
* Callophrys xami (xami hairstreak)
* Calycopis cecrops (red-banded hairstreak)
* Calycopis isobeon (dusky-blue groundstreak)
* Chlorostrymon simaethis (silver-banded hairstreak)
* Chlorostrymon telea (Telea hairstreak)
* Cyanophrys goodsoni (Goodson's greenstreak)
* Cyanophrys herodotus (tropical greenstreak)
* Cyanophrys miserabilis (Clench's greenstreak)
* Electrostrymon canus (muted hairstreak)
* Electrostrymon sangala (ruddy hairstreak)
* Erora quaderna (Arizona hairstreak)
* Eumaeus toxea (Mexican cycadian)
* Fixsenia favonius (southern hairstreak)
* Fixsenia polingi (Poling's hairstreak)
* Hypaurotis crysalus (Colorado hairstreak)
* Ministrymon azia (gray ministreak)
* Ministrymon clytie (Clytie ministreak)
* Ministrymon echion (red-spotted hairstreak)
* Ministrymon janevicroy (Vicroy’s ministreak)
* Ministrymon leda (Leda ministreak)
* Ocaria ocrisia (black hairstreak)
* Oenomaus ortygnus (aquamarine hairstreak)
* Parrhasius m-album (white m hairstreak)
* Phaeostrymon alcestis (soapberry hairstreak)
* Rekoa marius (Marius hairstreak)
* Rekoa palegon (gold-bordered hairstreak)
* Rekoa zebina (zebina hairstreak)
* Satyrium behrii (Behr's hairstreak)
* Satyrium calanus (banded hairstreak)
* Satyrium edwardsii (Edwards' hairstreak)
* Satyrium kingi (King's hairstreak)
* Satyrium liparops (striped hairstreak)
* Satyrium titus (coral hairstreak)
* Siderus tephraeus (pearly-gray hairstreak)
* Strymon albata (white scrub-hairstreak)
* Strymon alea (Lacey's scrub-hairstreak)
* Strymon bazochii (lantana scrub-hairstreak)
* Strymon bebrycia (red-lined scrub-hairstreak)
* Strymon cestri (tailless scrub-hairstreak)
* Strymon istapa (mallow scrub-hairstreak)
* Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak)
* Strymon rufofusca (red-crescent scrub-hairstreak)
* Strymon serapio (bromeliad scrub-hairstreak)
* Strymon yojoa (Yojoa scrub-hairstreak)

### Subfamily Polyommatinae (blues)

* Brephidium exile (western pygmy-blue)
* Brephidium isophthalma (eastern pygmy-blue)
* Celastrina ladon (spring azure)
* Celastrina neglecta (summer azure)
* Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed-blue)
* Echinargus isola (Reakirt's blue)
* Euphilotes rita (rita dotted-blue)
* Glaucopsyche lygdamus (silvery blue)
* Hemiargus ceraunus (Ceraunus blue)
* Icaricia lupini (lupine blue)
* Leptotes cassius (Cassius blue)
* Leptotes marina (marine blue)
* Plebejus melissa (Melissa blue)
* Zizula cyna (cyna blue)

## Family Riodinidae (metalmarks)

* Apodemia chisosensis (Chisos metalmark)
* Apodemia duryi (Mexican metalmark)
* Apodemia hepburni (Hepburn's metalmark)
* Apodemia multiplaga (narrow-winged metalmark)
* Apodemia palmeri (Palmer's metalmark)
* Apodemia phyciodoides (crescent metalmark)
* Apodemia walkeri (Walker's metalmark)
* Calephelis nemesis (fatal metalmark)
* Calephelis nilus (rounded metalmark)
* Calephelis rawsoni (Rawson's metalmark)
* Calephelis virginiensis (little metalmark)
* Caria ino (red-bordered metalmark)
* Emesis emesia (curve-winged metalmark)
* Emesis tenedia (falcate metalmark)
* Emesis zela (Zela metalmark)
* Lasaia sula (blue metalmark)
* Melanis pixe (red-bordered pixie)

## Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
### Subfamily Libytheinae (snouts)

* Libytheana carinenta (American snout)

### Subfamily Heliconiinae (heliconians and fritillaries)

* Agraulis vanillae (Gulf fritillary)
* Dione moneta (Mexican silverspot)
* Dryadula phaetusa (banded orange heliconian)
* Dryas julia (Julia heliconian)
* Eueides isabella (Isabella's heliconian)
* Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary)
* Euptoieta hegesia (Mexican fritillary)
* Heliconius charithonia (zebra heliconian)
* Heliconius erato (Erato heliconian)
* Philaethria dido (scarce bamboo page)
* Speyeria cybele (great spangled fritillary)

### Subfamily Nymphalinae (true brush-foots)

* Anartia fatima (banded peacock)
* Anartia jatrophae (white peacock)
* Chlosyne acastus (sagebrush checkerspot)
* Chlosyne definita (definite patch)
* Chlosyne endeis (banded patch)
* Chlosyne gorgone (gorgone checkerspot)
* Chlosyne janais (crimson patch)
* Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch)
* Chlosyne marina (red-spotted patch)
* Chlosyne nycteis (silvery checkerspot)
* Chlosyne rosita (rosita patch)
* Dymasia dymas (tiny checkerspot)
* Euphydryas chalcedona (variable checkerspot)
* Euphydryas phaeton (Baltimore)
* Hypolimnas misippus (mimic)
* Junonia coenia (common buckeye)
* Junonia genoveva (tropical buckeye)
* Microtia elva (elf)
* Nymphalis antiopa (mourning cloak)
* Phyciodes argentea (chestnut crescent)
* Phyciodes graphica (graphic crescent)
* Phyciodes mylitta (Mylitta crescent)
* Phyciodes phaon (Phaon crescent)
* Phyciodes picta (painted crescent)
* Phyciodes ptolyca (black crescent)
* Phyciodes texana (Texan crescent)
* Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent)
* Phyciodes tulcis (Tulcis crescent)
* Poladryas minuta (dotted checkerspot)
* Polygonia comma (eastern comma)
* Polygonia interrogationis (question mark)
* Siproeta epaphus (rusty-tipped page)
* Siproeta stelenes (malachite)
* Texola elada (Elada checkerspot)
* Thessalia fulvia (Fulvia checkerspot)
* Thessalia theona (Theona checkerspot)
* Vanessa annabella (West Coast lady)
* Vanessa atalanta (red admiral)
* Vanessa cardui (painted lady)
* Vanessa virginiensis (American lady)

### Subfamily Limenitidinae (admirals and relatives)

* Adelpha basiloides (spot-celled sister)
* Adelpha bredowii (California sister)
* Adelpha fessonia (band-celled sister)
* Biblis hyperia (red rim)
* Diaethria anna (Anna's eighty-eight)
* Diaethria asteria (Mexican eighty-eight)
* Dynamine dyonis (blue-eyed sailor)
* Dynamine tithia (Tithian sailor)
* Epiphile adrasta (common banner)
* Eunica monima (dingy purplewing)
* Eunica tatila (Florida purplewing)
* Hamadryas amphinome (red cracker)
* Hamadryas februa (gray cracker)
* Hamadryas feronia (variable cracker)
* Hamadryas fornax
* Hamadryas guatemalena (Guatemalan cracker)
* Hamadryas iphthime (brownish cracker)
* Historis acheronta (tailed cecropian)
* Historis odius (Orion)
* Limenitis archippus (viceroy)
* Limenitis arthemis astyanax ('Astyanax' red-spotted purple)
* Limenitis arthemis (red-spotted purple)
* Limenitis weidemeyerii (Weidemeyer's admiral)
* Marpesia chiron (many-banded daggerwing)
* Marpesia coresia (waiter daggerwing)
* Marpesia petreus (ruddy daggerwing)
* Mestra amymone (common mestra)
* Myscelia cyananthe (blackened bluewing)
* Myscelia ethusa (Mexican bluewing)
* Smyrna blomfildia (Blomfild's beauty)
* Smyrna karwinskii (Karwinski's beauty)

### Subfamily Charaxinae (leafwings)

* Anaea andria (goatweed leafwing)
* Anaea echemus (chestnut leafwing)
* Anaea glycerium (angled leafwing)
* Anaea pithyusa (pale-spotted leafwing)
* Anaea troglodyta (tropical leafwing)

### Subfamily Apaturinae (emperors)

* Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor)
* Asterocampa clyton (tawny emperor)
* Asterocampa leilia (empress leilia)
* Doxocopa laure (silver emperor)
* Doxocopa pavon (Pavon emperor)

### Subfamily Satyrinae (satyrs)

* Cercyonis meadii (Mead's wood nymph)
* Cercyonis pegala (common wood nymph)
* Cyllopsis gemma (gemmed satyr)
* Cyllopsis pertepida (canyonland satyr)
* Enodia anthedon (northern pearly eye)
* Enodia creola (Creole pearly eye)
* Enodia portlandia (southern pearly eye)
* Gyrocheilus patrobas (red-bordered satyr)
* Hermeuptychia sosybius (Carolina satyr)
* Megisto cymela (little wood satyr)
* Megisto rubricata (red satyr)
* Megisto viola (Viola's wood satyr)
* Neonympha areolata (Georgia satyr)

### Subfamily Danainae (monarchs)

* Danaus eresimus (soldier)
* Danaus gilippus (queen)
* Danaus plexippus (monarch)
* Dircenna klugii (Klug's clearwing)
* Lycorea cleobaea (tiger mimic-queen)

## Family Hesperiidae (skippers)
### Subfamily Pyrrhopyginae (firetips)

* Pyrrhopyge araxes (dull firetip)

### Subfamily Pyrginae (spread-wing skippers)

* Achalarus albociliatus (Skinner's cloudywing)
* Achalarus casica (desert cloudywing)
* Achalarus jalapus (jalapus cloudywing)
* Achalarus lyciades (hoary edge)
* Achalarus toxeus (coyote cloudywing)
* Achlyodes pallida
* Aguna asander (gold-spotted aguna)
* Aguna claxon (emerald aguna)
* Aguna metophis (tailed aguna)
* Arteurotia tractipennis (starred skipper)
* Astraptes alardus (frosted flasher)
* Astraptes alector (Gilbert's flasher)
* Astraptes anaphus (yellow-tipped flasher)
* Astraptes egregius (small-spotted flasher)
* Astraptes fulgerator (two-barred flasher)
* Autochton cellus (golden banded-skipper)
* Autochton cincta (Chisos banded-skipper)
* Autochton pseudocellus (Sonoran banded-skipper)
* Bolla brennus (obscure bolla)
* Bolla clytius (mottled bolla)
* Cabares potrillo (potrillo skipper)
* Carrhenes canescens (hoary skipper)
* Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri (Fritzgaertner's flat)
* Celaenorrhinus stallingsi (Stallings' flat)
* Celotes limpia (scarce streaky-skipper)
* Celotes nessus (common streaky-skipper)
* Chioides catillus (white-striped longtail)
* Chioides zilpa (Zilpa longtail)
* Chiomara georgina (white-patched skipper)
* Codatractus alcaeus (white-crescent longtail)
* Codatractus arizonensis (Arizona skipper)
* Cogia calchas (mimosa skipper)
* Cogia hippalus (acacia skipper)
* Cogia outis (Outis skipper)
* Eantis tamenund (sickle-winged skipper)
* Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper)
* Epargyreus exadeus (broken silverdrop)
* Erynnis baptisiae (wild indigo duskywing)
* Erynnis brizo (sleepy duskywing)
* Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing)
* Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing)
* Erynnis juvenalis (Juvenal's duskywing)
* Erynnis martialis (mottled duskywing)
* Erynnis meridianus (meridian duskywing)
* Erynnis scudderi (Scudder's duskywing)
* Erynnis telemachus (Rocky Mountain duskywing)
* Erynnis tristis (mournful duskywing)
* Erynnis zarucco (zarucco duskywing)
* Gesta invisa (false duskywing)
* Gorgythion begga (variegated skipper)
* Grais stigmatica (hermit skipper)
* Heliopetes arsalte (veined white-skipper)
* Heliopetes laviana (Laviana white-skipper)
* Heliopetes macaira (Turk's-cap white-skipper)
* Heliopyrgus domicella (Erichson's white-skipper)
* Hesperopsis alpheus (saltbush sootywing)
* Nisoniades rubescens (purplish-black skipper)
* Noctuana stator (red-studded skipper)
* Pellicia arina (glazed pellicia)
* Pellicia dimidiata (morning glory pellicia)
* Phocides belus
* Phocides palemon (guava skipper)
* Pholisora catullus (common sootywing)
* Pholisora mejicana (Mexican sootywing)
* Polygonus leo (hammock skipper)
* Polygonus manueli (Manuel's skipper)
* Polythrix mexicanus (Mexican longtail)
* Polythrix octomaculata (eight-spotted longtail)
* Proteides mercurius (mercurial skipper)
* Pyrgus albescens (white checkered skipper)
* Pyrgus communis (common checkered-skipper)
* Pyrgus oileus (tropical checkered skipper)
* Pyrgus philetas (desert checkered skipper)
* Pyrgus scriptura (small checkered-skipper)
* Sostrata nordica (blue-studded skipper)
* Spathilepia clonius (falcate skipper)
* Staphylus azteca (Aztec scallopwing)
* Staphylus ceos (golden-headed scallopwing)
* Staphylus hayhurstii (Hayhurst's scallopwing)
* Staphylus mazans (Mazans scallopwing)
* Systasea pulverulenta (Texas powdered skipper)
* Systasea zampa (Arizona powdered skipper)
* Thorybes bathyllus (southern cloudywing)
* Thorybes confusis (confusing cloudywing)
* Thorybes drusius (Drusius cloudywing)
* Thorybes pylades (northern cloudywing)
* Timochares ruptifasciatus (brown-banded skipper)
* Typhedanus undulatus (mottled longtail)
* Urbanus belli (double-striped longtail)
* Urbanus dorantes (Dorantes longtail)
* Urbanus doryssus (white-tailed longtail)
* Urbanus esmeraldus (Esmeralda longtail)
* Urbanus procne (brown longtail)
* Urbanus pronus (pronus longtail)
* Urbanus proteus (long-tailed skipper)
* Urbanus simplicius (plain longtail)
* Urbanus tanna (Tanna longtail)
* Urbanus teleus (Teleus longtail)
* Xenophanes tryxus (glassy-winged skipper)
* Zestusa dorus (short-tailed skipper)

### Subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers)

* Adopaeoides prittwitzi (sunrise skipper)
* Amblyscirtes aenus (bronze roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes aesculapius (lace-winged roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes alternata (dusky roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes belli (Bell's roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes cassus (cassus roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's roadside skipper)
* Amblyscirtes eos (dotted roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes hegon (pepper and salt skipper)
* Amblyscirtes nereus (slaty roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes nysa (Nysa roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes oslari (Oslar's roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes phylace (orange-headed roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes simius (simius roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes texanae (Texas roadside-skipper)
* Amblyscirtes vialis (common roadside-skipper)
* Anatrytone logan (Delaware skipper)
* Anatrytone mazai (glowing skipper)
* Ancyloxypha arene (tropical least skipper)
* Ancyloxypha numitor (least skipper)
* Atalopedes campestris (sachem)
* Atrytone arogos (arogos skipper)
* Atrytonopsis edwardsii (sheep skipper)
* Atrytonopsis hianna (dusted skipper)
* Atrytonopsis pittacus (white-barred skipper)
* Atrytonopsis python (python skipper)
* Atrytonopsis vierecki (Viereck's skipper)
* Calpodes ethlius (Brazilian skipper)
* Conga chydaea (hidden-ray skipper)
* Copaeodes aurantiacia (orange skipperling)
* Copaeodes minima (southern skipperling)
* Corticea corticea (redundant skipper)
* Cymaenes odilia trebius ('Trebius' fawn-spotted skipper)
* Decinea percosius (double-dotted skipper)
* Euphyes bayensis (bay skipper)
* Euphyes dion (Dion skipper)
* Euphyes dukesi (Dukes' skipper)
* Euphyes vestris (dun skipper)
* Hesperia attalus (dotted skipper)
* Hesperia juba (Juba skipper)
* Hesperia meskei (Meske's skipper)
* Hesperia metea (cobweb skipper)
* Hesperia ottoe (ottoe skipper)
* Hesperia pahaska (Pahaska skipper)
* Hesperia uncas (Uncas skipper)
* Hesperia viridis (green skipper)
* Hesperia woodgatei (Apache skipper)
* Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper)
* Lerema accius (clouded skipper)
* Lerema ancillaris (Liris skipper)
* Lerodea arabus (olive-clouded skipper)
* Lerodea eufala (Eufala skipper)
* Monca telata tyrtaeus ('Tyrtaeus' violet-patched skipper)
* Nastra julia (Julia's skipper)
* Nastra lherminier (swarthy skipper)
* Nastra neamathla (Neamathla skipper)
* Nyctelius nyctelius (violet-banded skipper)
* Oarisma edwardsii (Edwards' skipperling)
* Oligoria maculata (twin-spot skipper)
* Panoquina evansi (Evans' skipper)
* Panoquina hecebola (Hecebolus skipper)
* Panoquina leucas (purple-washed skipper)
* Panoquina ocola (ocola skipper)
* Panoquina panoquin (salt marsh skipper)
* Panoquina panoquinoides (obscure skipper)
* Perichares philetes (green-backed ruby-eye)
* Piruna hafernicki (Chisos skipperling)
* Piruna microstictus (small-spotted skipperling)
* Piruna pirus (russet skipperling)
* Piruna polingi (four-spotted skipperling)
* Poanes aaroni (Aaron's skipper)
* Poanes melane (umber skipper)
* Poanes taxiles (Taxiles skipper)
* Poanes viator (broad-winged skipper)
* Poanes yehl (Yehl skipper)
* Poanes zabulon (Zabulon skipper)
* Polites carus (Carus skipper)
* Polites origenes (crossline skipper)
* Polites peckius (Peck's skipper)
* Polites rhesus (rhesus skipper)
* Polites themistocles (tawny-edged skipper)
* Polites vibex (whirlabout)
* Pompeius verna (little glassywing)
* Problema byssus (byssus skipper)
* Quasimellana eulogius (common mellana)
* Quasimellana mexicana
* Rhinthon cubana osca (osca skipper)
* Stinga morrisoni (Morrison's skipper)
* Synapte malitiosa (malicious skipper)
* Synapte salenus (salenus skipper)
* Thespieus macareus (chestnut-marked skipper)
* Vettius fantasos (fantastic skipper)
* Vidius perigenes (pale-rayed skipper)
* Wallengrenia egeremet (northern broken-dash)
* Wallengrenia otho (southern broken-dash)

### Subfamily Megathyminae (giant-skippers)

* Agathymus mariae (Mary's giant-skipper)
* Agathymus neumoegeni (orange giant-skipper)
* Agathymus remingtoni (Coahuila giant-skipper)
* Megathymus streckeri (Strecker's giant-skipper)
* Megathymus ursus (ursine giant-skipper)
* Megathymus yuccae (yucca giant-skipper)
* Stallingsia maculosa (manfreda giant-skipper)