Thirty-two species were seen on our field trip to the LBJ Grasslands in Wise County on May 10, 2008.
Black Swallowtail
(Papilio polyxenes)
Orange
Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
Southern
Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
Cloudless
Sulphur(Phoebis sennae)
Sleepy
Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Dainty
Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
Striped
Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
Southern
Oak Hairstreak (Fixsenia favonius)
Gray
Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Reakirt's
Blue (Echinargus isola)
Eastern
Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)
Variegated
Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
Silvery
Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
Question
Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Mourning
Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
American
Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Red
Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Common
Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Red-Spotted
Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Arizona
Sister (Adelpha eulalia)
Goatweed
Leafwing (Anaea andria)
Hackberry
Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
Tawny
Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
Little
Wood-Satyr (Megisto cymela)
Silver-Spotted
Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Hoary
Edge (Achalarus lyciades)
Southern
Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
Northern
Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
Confused
Cloudywing (Thorybes confusis)
Common
Checkered/White Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus
communis/Pyrgus albescens)*
Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia
otho)
Common Roadside Skipper(Amblyscirtes
vialis)
*Positive identification requires examination of the specimen's genitalia.