While nectar sources were low and butterflies weren't as plentiful as in previous years, thirty-two species were found on our field trip to the LBJ Grasslands north of Decatur.
Hoary
Edge (Achalarus lyciades)
Southern
Cloudywing (Thorybes
bathyllus)
Northern Cloudywing
(Thorybes pylades)
Confused Cloudywing (Thorybes
confusis)
Common
Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
Common
Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
Eufala
Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
Sachem
(Atalopedes campestris huron)
Eastern
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes
asterius)
Eastern
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio g. glaucus)
Dainty
Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
Mexican Yellow (Eurema
mexicana)
Sleepy
Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
Southern
Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
Cloudless
Sulphur (Phoebis s. sennae)
Southern
Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius autolycus)
Gray
Hairstreak (Strymon melinus franki)
Eastern
Tailed-Blue (Cupido c. comyntas)
Reakirt's
Blue (Echinargus isola)
Monarch
(Danaus p. plexippus)
Variegated Fritillary
(Euptoieta claudia)
Hackberry
Emperor (Asterocampa c. celtis)
American
Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Red
Admiral (Vanessa atalanta rubria)
Question
Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Common
Buckeye (Junonia c. coenia)
Silvery
Checkerspot (Chlosyne n. nycteis)
Vesta
(Graphic) Crescent (Phyciodes graphica
vesta)
Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)
Little
Wood-Satyr (Megisto c. cymela)