Week of August 4, 2008

 Bold type indicates a species that was added to the list this week.


While numbers are still below normal, there does seem to be a slight increase in butterflies on the wing. The most notable butterfly right now is the White Angled-Sulphur (Anteos clorinde) which is moving northward through Texas with reports coming in of sightings in both Johnson and Dallas counties. Other unusual sulphurs are on the wing and heading north (and who knows what else), so even though the incredible heat seems to be unrelenting, there are some butterflies flying.


Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)


Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)


Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)


Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)


Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)


Checkered White (Pontia protodice)


Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)


Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)


White Angled-Sulphur (Anteos clorinde)


Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)


Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)


Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)


Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)


Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)


Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)


'Olive' Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)


Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)


Red-Banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)


Dusky-Blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)


Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola)


Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)


American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)


Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)


Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)


Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)


Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)


Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)


American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)


Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)


Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)


Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)


Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)


Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)


Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)


Monarch (Danaus plexippus)


Queen (Danaus gilippus)


Silver-Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)


Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades)


Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)


Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)


Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)


Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis)


Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)


Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)


Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)


Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)


Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)


Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan)


Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)


Bell's Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes belli)


Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)


Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)


Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)

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Thanks to James McDermott, and Lawrence Duhon for their reports.
Let me know what's on the wing in your yard (or outing) -- particularly if it's not on the above list.


"What's On The Wing" reflects actual field observations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

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