Texas Discovery Gardens

TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS, DALLAS, TEXAS

Texas Discovery Gardens

The Texas Discovery Gardens (formerly the Dallas Horticulture Center) in Fair Park covers over 7 acres. Butterfly attractive plants, both host and nectar, are planted throughout the gardens, as well as a large "butterfly garden" located behind the building near the greenhouses. No collecting allowed.

3601 MLK Blvd. at Robert B. Cullum Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75210
214-428-7476

SPECIES LIST FOR TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS

Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)

Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Whites - Subfamily Pierinae

Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

Sulphurs - Subfamily Coliadinae

Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia)
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)
Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae)

Hairstreaks - Subfamily Theclinae

Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Blues - Subfamily Polyommatinae

Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

Snouts - Subfamily Libytheinae

American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)

Heliconians and Fritillaries - Subfamily Heliconiinae

Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)

True Brush-foots - Subfamily Nymphalinae

Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)

Admirals and Relatives - Subfamily Limenitidinae

Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Leafwings - Subfamily Charaxinae

Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)

Emperors - Subfamily Apaturinae

Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)

Monarchs - Subfamily Danainae

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Spread-wing Skippers - Subfamily Pyrginae

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
Hayhurst's Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis)

Grass Skippers - Subfamily Hesperiinae

Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
Celia's Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes celia)
Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)

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