Butterflies of Frontera Audubon Center Checklist

• Swallowtails Subfamily Papilioninae
  

  __Pipevine Swallowtail                 Battus philenor            C
  __Polydamas Swallowtail                Battus polydamas           R
  __Black Swallowtail                    Papilio polyxenes          U
  __Giant Swallowtail                    Papilio cresphontes        A
  __Broad-banded Swallowtail             Papilio astyalus           R
  

• Whites Subfamily Pierinae
  

  __Checkered White                      Pontia protodice           A
  __Great Southern White                 Ascia monuste              U
  

• Sulphurs Subfamily Coliadinae

  __Southern Dogface                     Colias cesonia             C 
  __Cloudless Sulphur                    Phoebis sennae             A
  __Large Orange Sulphur                 Phoebis agarithe           C 
  __Lyside Sulphur                       Kricogonia lyside          A 
  __Tailed Orange                        Eurema proterpia           O 
  __Little Yellow                        Eurema lisa                C 
  __Dainty Sulphur                       Nathalis iole              A
  

• Hairstreaks Subfamily Theclinae

  __Gray Hairstreak                      Strymon melinus            A
  __Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak              Strymon columella          C 
  __Dusky-blue Groundstreak              Calycopis isobeon          C
  

• Blues Subfamily Polyommatinae

  __Western Pygmy-Blue                   Brephidium exilis          A 
  __Ceraunus Blue                        Hemiargus ceraunus         C 
  __Reakirt's Blue                       Hemiargus isola            A
  

__Fatal Metalmark                           Calephilis nemesis         A
__Rounded Metalmark                         Calephilis nilus (incl perditalis)    A 
__Red-bordered Metalmark                    Caria ino                  C

• Snouts Subfamily Libytheinae

  __American Snout                       Libytheana carinenta       A
  

• Heliconians and Fritillaries Subfamily Heliconiinae

  __Gulf Fritillary                      Agraulis vanillae          A 
  __Variegated Fritillary                Euptoieta claudia          A
  

• True Brush-foots Subfamily Nymphalinae

  __Bordered Patch                       Chlosyne lacinia           C 
  __Elada Checkerspot                    Texola elada               C
  __Texan Crescent                       Phyciodes texana texana    C 
  __Vesta Crescent                       Phyciodes vesta            C
  __Phaon Crescent                       Phyciodes phaon            C
  __Pearl Crescent                       Phyciodes tharos           C 
  __American Lady                        Vanessa virginiensis       C 
  __Red Admiral                          Vanessa atalanta           C 
  __Common Buckeye                       Junonia coenia             U
  __White Peacock                        Anartia jatrophae          C
  

• Emperors Subfamily Apaturinae

  __Hackberry Emperor                    Asterocampa celtis (incl antonia )    C 
  __Tawny Emperor                        Asterocampa cyton  (incl louisa )     A
  

• Satyrs Subfamily Satyrinae

  __Carolina Satyr                       Hermeuptychia sosybius (=hermes)      A
  

• Monarchs Subfamily Danainae

  __Monarch                              Danaus plexippus           C 
  __Queen                                Danaus gilippus            A 
  __Soldier                              Danaus eresimus            U
  

• Spread-wing Skippers Subfamily Pyrginae

  __White-striped Longtail               Chioides catillus          U 
  __Dorantes Longtail                    Urbanus dorantes           U 
  __Teleus Longtail                      Urbanus teleus             U
  __Brown Longtail                       Urbanus procne             U
  __Sickle-winged Skipper                Achlyodes mithridates (=thraso)       A 
  __Funereal Duskywing                   Erynnis funeralis          C
  __Common Checkered-Skipper             Pyrgus communis
  __'White' C. Checkered Skipper         P. c. albescens            A
  __Tropical Checkered-Skipper           Pyrgus oileus              A 
  __Desert Checkered-Skipper             Pyrgus philetas            O 
  __Laviana White-Skipper                Heliopetes laviana         C 
  __Common Sootywing                     Pholisora catullus         U
  

• Grass Skippers Subfamily Hesperiinae

  __Julia's Skipper                      Nastra julia               O 
  __Clouded Skipper                      Lerema accius              A 
  __Orange Skipperling                   Copaeodes aurantiacus      U 
  __Southern Skipperling                 Copaeodes minima           U 
  __Fiery Skipperling                    Hylephila phyleus          A 
  __Whirlabout                           Polites vibex              A
  __Southern Broken-Dash                 Wallengrenia otho          C 
  __Sachem                               Atalopedes campestris      A
  __Dun Skipper                          Euphyes vestris (=ruricola)           C?
  __Nysa Roadside-Skipper                Amblyscirtes nysa          U
  __Celia's Roadside-Skipper             Amblyscirtes celia         C
  __Eufala Skipper                       Lerodea eufala             C