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Most photographs were taken with a Canon 30D or Canon 40D with either a Sigma 105mm Macro lens or a Canon EL 300mm L IS lens.   A few are scanned slides.  I am not an expert.  Please e-mail me with any needed corrections.

 

Butterflies

Papilionidae - SWALLOWTAILS

Battus philenor - PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL
Battus polydamas - POLYDAMAS SWALLOWTAIL
Eurytides marcellus - ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL
Heraclides anchisiades - RUBY-SPOTTED SWALLOWTAIL
Heraclides cresphontes - GIANT SWALLOWTAIL
Heraclides ornythion - ORNYTHION SWALLOWTAIL
Papilio polyxenes - BLACK SWALLOWTAIL
Papilio troilus - SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL
Protographium philolaus - DARK KITE SWALLOWTAIL
Pterourus canadensis - CANADIAN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL
Pterourus glaucus - EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL
Pterourus multicaudata - TWO-TAILED TIGER SWALLOWTAIL
Pterourus palamedes - PALAMEDES SWALLOWTAIL
Pterourus pilumnus - THREE-TAILED TIGER SWALLOWTAIL
Pterourus rutulus - WESTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL

Pieridae - WHITES AND SULPHURS

Abaeis nicippe - SLEEPY ORANGE
Anteos clorinde - WHITE-ANGLED SULPHUR
Anteos maerula - YELLOW-ANGLED SULPHUR
Ascia monuste - GREAT SOUTHERN WHITE
Colias eurytheme - ORANGE SULPHUR
Eurema mexicana - MEXICAN YELLOW
Ganyra josephina - GIANT WHITE
Kricogonia lyside - LYSIDE SULPHUR
Nathalis iole - DAINTY SULPHUR
Phoebis agarithe - LARGE ORANGE SULPHUR
Phoebis sennae - CLOUDLESS SULPHUR
Pontia occidentalis - WESTERN WHITE
Pontia protodice - CHECKERED WHITE
Pyrisitia dina - DINA YELLOW
Pyrisitia lisa - LITTLE YELLOW
Pyrisitia proterpia - TAILED ORANGE
Zerene cesonia - DOGFACE SULPHUR

Lycaenidae - HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS, AND BLUES

Atlides halesus - GREAT PURPLE HAIRSTREAK
Brephidium exile - WESTERN PYGMY BLUE
Callophrys eryphon - WESTERN PINE ELFIN
Callophrys gryneus - JUNIPER HAIRSTREAK
Callophrys henrici - HENRY'S ELFIN
Callophrys mcfarlandi - SANDIA HAIRSTREAK
Callophrys polios - HOARY ELFIN
Calycopis cecrops - RED-BANDED HAIRSTREAK
Calycopis isobeon - DUSKY BLUE GROUND HAIRSTREAK
Celastrina argiolus - SPRING AZURE
Celastrina ladon - "MEXICAN" SPRING AZURE
Chlorostrymon simaethis - SILVER-BANDED HAIRSTREAK
Electrostrymon sangala - RUDDY HAIRSTREAK
Everes comyntas - EASTERN TAILED BLUE
Eumaeus childrenae - SUBPERB CYCADIAN
Hemiargus ceraunus - CERAUNUS BLUE
Hemiargus isola - REAKIRT'S BLUE
Hypaurotis crysalus - COLORADO HAIRSTREAK
Leptotes marina - MARINE BLUE
Lycaeides melissa - MELISSA BLUE
Lycaena rubidus - RUDDY COPPER
Ministrymon clytie - CLYTIE MINISTREAK
Ministrymon leda - LEDA MINISTREAK
Parrhasius m-album - WHITE M HAIRSTREAK
Phaeostrymon alcestis - SOAPBERRY HAIRSTREAK
Plebejus icarioides - BOISDUVALS BLUE
Rekoa species - REKOA HAIRSTREAK (unknown species)
Satyrium calanus - BANDED HAIRSTREAK
Satyrium edwardsii - EDWARDS' HAIRSTREAK
Satyrium favonius - OAK HAIRSTREAK
Satyrium liparops - STRIPED HAIRSTEAK
Satyrium titus - CORAL HAIRSTREAK
Strymon bazochii - LANTANA SCRUB HAIRSTREAK
Strymon istapa - MALLOW SCRUB HAIRSTREAK
Strymon melinus - GRAY HAIRSTREAK
Zizula cyna - CYNA BLUE

Riodinidae - METALMARKS

Apodemia palmeri - PALMER'S METALMARK
Calephelis arizonensis - ARIZONA METALMARK
Calephelis nemesis - FATAL METALMARK
Calephelis perditalis - ROUNDED METALMARK
Caria ino - RED-BORDERED METALMARK
Emesis ares - ARES METALMARK
Melanis pixie - RED-BORDERED PIXIE

Hesperiidae - GRASS SKIPPERS AND SKIPPERLINGS

Amblyscirtes aenus - BRONZE ROADSIDE SKIPPER
Amblyscirtes celia - CELIA'S ROADSIDE SKIPPER
Amblyscirtes eos - DOTTED ROADSIDE SKIPPER
Amblyscirtes nysa - NYSA ROADSIDE SKIPPER
Amblyscirtes texanae - TEXAS ROADSIDE SKIPPER
Amblyscirtes tolteca - TOLTEC ROADSIDE SKIPPER
Anatrytone logan - DELAWARE SKIPPER
Ancyloxpha numitor - LEAST SKIPPERLING
Atalopedes campestris - SACHEM SKIPPER
Atrytonopsis edwardsii - SHEEP SKIPPER
Calpodes ethlius - BRAZILIAN SKIPPER
Copaeodes aurantiaca - ORANGE SKIPPERLING
Copaeodes minima - SOUTHERN SKIPPERLING
Cymaenes odilia - FAWN-SPOTTED SKIPPER
Euphyes vestris - DUN SKIPPER
Hesperia juba - JUBA SKIPPER
Hesperia ottoe - OTTOE SKIPPER
Hesperia viridis - GREEN SKIPPER
Hesperia woodgatei - APACHE SKIPPER
Hylephila phyleus - FIERY SKIPPER
Lerema accius - CLOUDED SKIPPER
Lerodea eufala - EUFALA SKIPPER
Nastra julia - JULIA'S SKIPPER
Nyctelius nyctelius - VIOLET-BANDED SKIPPER
Oarisma garita - GARITA SKIPPER
Panoquina fusina - EVAN'S SKIPPER
Panoquina lucas - PURPLE-WASHED SKIPPER
Panoquina ocola - OCOLA SKIPPER
Piruna polingii - FOUR-SPOTTED SKIPPER
Poanes taxiles - TAXILES SKIPPER
Poanes yehl - YEHL SKIPPER
Poanes zabulon - ZABULON SKIPPER
Polites origenes - CROSSLINE SKIPPER
Polites vibex - WHIRLABOUT
Pompeius verna - LITTLE GLASSWING
Stinga morrisoni - MORRISON'S SKIPPER
Wallengrenia otho - SOUTHERN BROKEN DASH

Nymphalidae - CRESCENTS AND CHECKERSPOTS

Anthanassa texana - TEXAS CRESCENT
Anthanassa tulcis - PALE-BANDED CRESCENT
Chlosyne endeis - BANDED PATCH
Chlosyne definita - DEFINITE PATCH
Chlosyne gaudealis - GAUDY PATCH
Chlosyne janis - CRIMSON PATCH
Chlosyne lacinia - BORDERED PATCH
Chlosyne melitaeoides - MELITAEOIDES PATCH
Chlosyne nycteis - SILVERY CHECKERSPOT
Chlosyne theona - THEONA CHECKERSPOT
Dymasia dymas - TINY CHECKERSPOT
 Euphydryas chalcedona - VARIABLE CHECKERSPOT
Microtia elva - ELF
Phyciodes batesii - TAWNY CRESCENT
Phyciodes campestris - FIELD CRESCENT
Phyciodes phaon - PHAON CRESCENT
Phyciodes selenis - NORTHERN CRESCENT
Phyciodes tharos - PEARL CRESCENT
Phyciodes vesta - VESTA CRESCENT
Texola elada - ELADA CHECKERSPOT

Nymphalidae - LONGWINGS AND FRITILLARIES

Agraulis vanillae - GULF FRITILLARY
Dione moneta - MEXICAN SILVERSPOT
Dryas julia - JULIA
Euptoieta claudia - VARIEGATED FRITILLARY
Euptoieta hegesia - MEXICAN FRITILLARY
Heliconius charithonia - ZEBRA
Heliconius erato - ERATO LONGWING
Scada zibia - ZIBIA CLEARWING
Speyeria aphrodite - APHRODITE FRITILLARY
Speyeria atlantis - ATLANTIS FRITILLARY
Speyeria callippe - CALLIPPE FRITILLARY
Speyeria cybele - GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY
Speyeria diana - DIANA FRITILLARY
Speyeria edwardsi - EDWARD'S FRITILLARY
Speyeria zerene - ZERENE FRITILARY

Nymphalidae - TYPICAL BRUSHFOOTS

Adelpha eulalia - ARIZONA SISTER
Adelpha fessonia - BAND-CELLED SISTER
Anaea aidea - TROPICAL LEAFWING
Anaea andria - GOATWEED LEAFWING
Anartia jatrophae - WHITE PEACOCK
Asterocampa celtis - HACKBERRY EMPEROR
Asterocampa clyton - TAWNY EMPEROR
Asterocampa leilia - EMPRESS LEILIA
Biblis hyperia - RED RIM
Colobura dirce -DIRCE BEAUTY
Danaus eresimus - SOLDIER
Danaus gilippus - QUEEN
Danaus plexippus - MONARCH
Doxocopa laure - SILVER EMPEROR
Junonia coenia - BUCKEYE
Junonia genoveva - TROPICAL BUCKEYE
Libytheana carinenta - AMERICAN SNOUT
Limenitis archippus - VICEROY
Limenitis arthemis - RED-SPOTTED PURPLE
Limenitis wedemeyeri - WEDEMEYER'S ADMIRAL
Mestra amymone - COMMON MESTRA
Myscelia ethusa - MEXICAN BLUE
Nymphalis antiopa - MOURNING CLOAK
Nymphalis milberti - MILBERT'S TORTIOSESHELL
Nymphalis vaualbum - COMPTON TORTIOSESHELL
Opsiphanes invirae - LOWLAND OWLET
Polygonia gracilis - HOARY COMMA
Polygonia interrogationis - QUESTIONMARK
Polygonia satyrus - SATYR COMMA
Siproeta stelenes - MALACHITE
Vanessa atalanta - RED ADMIRAL
Vanessa cardui - PAINTED LADY
Vanessa virginiensis - AMERICAN LADY

Nymphalidae - SATYRS

Cercyonis pegala - COMMON WOODNYMPH
Cercyonis sthenele - GREAT BASIN WOODNYMPH
Cyllopsis gemma - GEMMED SATYR
Enodia anthedon - NORTHERN PEARLYEYE
Enodia portlandia - SOUTHERN PEARLYEYE
Euptychia westwoodi - POPULAR SATYR
Gyrocheilus patrobas - RED-SPOTTED SATYR
Hermeuptychia hermes - HERMES SATYR
Hermeuptychia sosybius - CAROLINA SATYR
Megistro cymela - LITTLE WOOD SATYR
Megistro rubricata - RED SATYR
Satyrodes appalachia - APPALACHIAN BROWN

Hesperiidae - SPREADWING AND GIANT SKIPPERS

Achalarus casica - DESERT CLOUDYWING
Achalarus lyciades - HOARY EDGE
Achalarus toxeus - COYOTE CLOUDYWING
Achylodes pallila - PALLID SICKLEWING
Achylodes thraso - SICKLE-WINGED SKIPPER
Aguna asander - GOLDEN-SPOTTED AGUNA
Arteurotia tractipennis - STARRED SKIPPER
Astraptes fulgerator - TWO-BARRED FLASHER
Autochton cellus - GOLDEN BANDED-SKIPPER
Autochton cincta - CHISOS BANDED-SKIPPER
Autochton longipennis - SPIKE BANDED-SKIPPER
Cabares potrillo - POTRILLO SKIPPER
Celotes nessus - COMMON STREAKY SKIPPER
Chioides catillus - WHITE-STRIPED LONGTAIL
Chioides zilpa - ZILPA LONGTAIL
Chiomara asychis - WHITE-PATCHED SKIPPER
Codactrachus bryaxis - GOLDEN-MANTLED SKIPPER
Cogia calchas - MIMOSA SKIPPER
Cogia hippalus - ACACIA SKIPPER
Epargyreus clarus - SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER
Epargyreus socus - ROUNDED SILVERDROP
Erynnis funeralis - FUNEREAL DUSKYWING
Erynnis horatius - HORACE'S DUSKYWING
Erynnis icelus - DREAMY DUSKYWING
Erynnis juvenalis - JUVENAL DUSKYWING
Erynnis tristis - MOURNFUL DUSKYWING
Gesta gesta - FALSE DUSKYWING
Heliopetes laviana - LAVIANA WHITE-SKIPPER
Heliopetes macaira - TURK'S CAP WHITE-SKIPPER
Phocides polybius - GUAVA SKIPPER
Pholisora catullus - COMMON SOOTYWING
Pyrgus albescens/communis - WHITE/COMMON CHECKERED SK
Pyrgus communis - COMMON CHECKERED SKIPPER
Pyrgus oileus - TROPICAL CHECKERED SKIPPER
Pyrgus philetas - DESERT CHECKERED SKIPPER
Pyrrhopyge araxes - DULL FIRETIP
Staphylus ceos - GOLDEN-HEADED SCALLOPWING
Staphylus hayhurstii - HAYHURST'S SCALLOPWING
Staphylus mazans - MAZANS SCALLOPWING
Systasea pulverulenta - TEXAS POWDERED SKIPPER
Thorybes bathyllus - SOUTHERN CLOUDYWING
Thorybes drusius - DRUSIUS CLOUDYWING
Thorybes pylades - NORTHERN CLOUDYWING
Timochares ruptifasciatus - BROWN-BANDED SKIPPER
Urbanus dorantes - DORANTES LONGTAIL
Urbanus evona - TURQUOISE LONGTAIL
Urbanus procne - BROWN LONGTAIL
Urbanus proteus - LONG-TAILED SKIPPER
Urbanus teleus - TELEUS LONGTAIL
Moths (Mostly Bugguide classification)

Sphingidae - SPHINX OR HAWK MOTHS

Agrius cingulata - PINK-SPOTTED HAWK MOTH
Ceratomia hageni - HAGEN'S SPHINX
Ceratomia undulosa - WAVED SPHINX
Erinnyis obscura - OBSURE SPHINX
Hyles lineata - WHITE-LINED SPHINX MOTH
Manduca quinquemaculata - FIVE-SPOTTED HAWKMOTH
Pachysphinx occidentalis - WESTERN MODEST SPHINX

Saturniidae - GIANT SILKWORM MOTHS

Actias luna - LUNA MOTH
Anisota stigma - SPINY OAKWORM MOTH
Antheracea polyphemus - POLYPHEMUS MOTH
Automeris io - IO MOTH
Automeris zephyria - ZEPHYR EYED MOTH
Dryocampa rubicunda - ROSY MAPLE MOTH
Eupackardia calleta - CALLETA SILK-MOTH
Hyalophora cecropia - CECROPIA
Syssphinx heiligbrodti - MESQUITE MOTH

Arctiidae (Erebidae) - TIGER, LICHEN, AND WASP MOTHS

Arctia caja - GREAT TIGER MOTH
Cisseps fulvicollis - YELLOW-COLLARED SCAPE MOTH
Grammia incorrupta - TIGER MOTH
Grammia species - TIGER MOTH
Heterusia atalantata - ORANGE SATYR MOTH
Horama panthalon - TEXAS WASP MOTH
Haploa lecontei - LECONTE'S HAPLOA
Hypoprepia miniata - SCARLET WINGED LICHEN MOTH
Lycomorpha pholus - BLACK AND YELLOW LICHEN MOTH
Ptychoglene phrada - "PHRADA" LICHEN MOTH
Spilosoma congrua - AGREEABLE TIGER

Cossidae - CARPENTER MOTHS

Prionoxystus robiniae - CARPENTERWORM MOTH

Crambidae - CRAMBID SNOUT MOTHS

Conchylodes ovulalis - ZEBRA CONCHYLODES
Diaphania hyalinata - MELONWORM MOTH
Diastictus fracturalis - FRACTURED WESTERN SNOUT MOTH
Lineodes integra - EGG PLANT LEAFROLLER
Palpita quadristigmalis - FOUR-SPOTTED PALPITA
Pyrausta pseudonythesalis - PYRAUSTA PSEUDONYTHESALIS
Uresiphita reversalis - GENISTA BROOM MOTH

Erebidae -EREBID MOTHS

Ascalapha odorata - BLACK WITCH
Bulia similaris - BULIA SIMILARIS
Catocala lineela - LITTLE LINED UNDERWING
Dasychira basiflava (or is it tephra) - YELLOW BASED TUSSOCK
Hypena baltimoralis - BALTIMORE HYPENA
Hypocala andremona - HYPOCALA ANDREMONA
Melipotis indomita - INDOMITABLE MELIPOTIS
Melipotis jucanda - MELIPOTIS JUCANDA
Mocis disseverans - YELLOW MOCIS MOTH
Phoberia atomaris - COMMON OAK MOTH
Phytometra orgiae - PHYTOMETRA ORGIAE
Thysania zenobia - OWL MOTH
Zale edusina - ZALE EDUSINA

Drepanidae - HOOK-TIPPED MOTHS

Drepana arcuata - ARCH HOOKTIP

Lasiocampidae - TENT CATERPILLAR MOTH

Malacosoma americanum - EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR MOTH

Limacodidae - SLUG MOTHS

Euclea nanina - NANINA OAK SLUG MOTH

Notodontidae - PROMINENT MOTHS

Datana species - DATANA MOTH

Noctuidae - OWLET OR NOCTUID MOTHS

Acromicta rubricoma - SCARCE DAGGER
Alypia octomaculata - EIGHT SPOTTED FORESTER
Aon noctuiformis - AON MOTH
Chaetaglaea sericea - SILKY SALLOW MOTH
Chrysodeixis includens - SOYBEAN LOOPER
Lacinipolia renigera - BRISTLY CUTWORM MOTH
Magusa divaricata - ORBED NARROW-WING
Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi - METAPONPNEUMATA MOTH
Ozarba aeria - OZARBA AERIA
Ponometia semiflava - HALF-YELLOW MOTH
Rachiplusia ou - OU MOTH
Tarache aprica - EXPOSED BIRD DROPPING MOTH
Tarachidia venustula - YELLOW-SHOULDERED SLUG MOTH
Tripudia balteata - TRIPUDIA BALTEATA
Xanthopastis timais - SPANISH MOTH

Geometridae - GEOMETER MOTHS

Campaea perlata -PALE BEAUTY
Digrammia californiaria - CALIFORNIAN GRANITE
Digrammia s-signata - SIGNATE MOTH
Epimecis hortaria - TULIP-TREE MOTH
Erastria decrepitaria - ERASTRIA DECREPITARIA
Euchlaena serrata - SAW-WING MOTH
Eugonobapta nivosaria - SNOWY GEOMETER
Eupithecia longidens - EUPITHECIA LONGIDENS
Eusarca confusaria - CONFUSED EUSARCA
Glena quinquelinearia - FIVE-LINED GRAY
Hypagyrtis unipunctata - ONE-SPOTTED VARIANT MOTH
Idaea demissaria - RED-BORDERED WAVE
Iridopsis defectaria - BROWN-SHADED GRAY
Lambdina pellucidaria - YELLOW-HEADED LOOPER MOTH
Lobocleta peralbata - LOBOCLETA PERALBATA
Lytrosis unitaria - COMMON LYTROSIS MOTH
Macaria fissinotata - HEMLOCK ANGLE MOTH
Melanchroia chephise - WHITE-TIPPED BLACK MOTH
Nematocampa resistaria - HORNED SPANWORM MOTH
Nemoria lixaria - RED-BORDERED EMERALD
Nemoria zygotaria - EMERALD
Phaeoura species (maybe cristifera) - PHAEOURA MOTH
Phigalia strigataria - SMALL PHIGALIA
Probole amicaria - FRIENDLY PROBOLE MOTH
Psamatodes abydata - DOT-LINED ANGLE
Pterospoda nigrescens - BLACK PTEROSPODA
Rheumaptera prunivorata - FERGUSON'S SCALLOP SHELL
Rindgea s-signata - RINDGEA SIGNATE
Tetracis cachexiata - WHITE SLANT-LINE MOTH

Sesiidae - WASP MOTHS

Carmenta armasata - WASP MOTH

Pyralidae - PYRALID MOTHS

NONE AT THIS TIME

Yponomeutidae - EREMINE MOTHS

Atteva punctella - AILANTHUS WEBWORM MOTH

Pterophoridae -PLUME MOTHS

Platyptilla carduidactyla - ARTICHOKE PLUME MOTH

Elachistidae - GRASS MINER MOTHS

Ethmia semilugens - ETHMIA SEMILUGENS MOTH

Zygaenidae - SMOKY MOTHS

Pyromorpha caelebs - PYROMORPHA CAELEBS