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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa

Observed: Mar 01, 2025

Submitted by: TCollins

Verified: Mar 03, 2025

Verified by: jwileyrains

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Golden-headed Scallopwing
Staphylus ceos

Observed: Feb 18, 2025

Submitted by: Sharon Goldwasser

Verified: Feb 22, 2025

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Common Streaky-Skipper
Celotes nessus

Observed: Feb 12, 2025

Submitted by: terrymortier

Verified: Feb 14, 2025

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Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe

Observed: Feb 01, 2025

Submitted by: starmans

Verified: Feb 04, 2025

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Mangrove Buckeye
Junonia genoveva

Observed: Jan 16, 2025

Submitted by: terrymortier

Verified: Jan 28, 2025

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Obscure Skipper
Panoquina panoquinoides

Observed: Jan 15, 2025

Submitted by: terrymortier

Verified: Jan 18, 2025

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Southern Dogface
Zerene cesonia

Observed: Jan 12, 2025

Submitted by: Christinalea

Verified: Jan 16, 2025

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American Snout
Libytheana carinenta

Observed: Jan 04, 2025

Submitted by: starmans

Verified: Jan 05, 2025

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Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole

Observed: Jan 04, 2025

Submitted by: starmans

Verified: Jan 05, 2025

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Malachite
Siproeta stelenes

Observed: Dec 29, 2024

Submitted by: DannyNYC711

Verified: Dec 30, 2024

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Mexican Bluewing
Myscelia ethusa

Observed: Dec 17, 2024

Submitted by: dbryant562

Verified: Jan 05, 2025

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Soldier
Danaus eresimus

Observed: Dec 16, 2024

Submitted by: dbryant562

Verified: Jan 05, 2025

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Top 10 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Texas

Monarch Danaus plexippus	Upperside of male is bright orange with wide black borders and black veins; hindwing has a patch of scent scales. Upperside of female is orange-brown with wide black borders and blurred black veins. Both sexes have white spots on borders and apex. The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is a Mullerian mimic; it has similar coloration and is also distasteful.
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae	Upperside bright orange with black markings; 3 black-encircled white dots on forewing leading edge. Underside brown; forewing with orange at base; both wings with elongated, iridescent silver spots.
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus	One tail on hindwing. Upperside blue-gray with large red spot near tail. Underside of spring/fall form is dark gray, summer form is paler gray. Relatively straight postmedian line is white, bordered with orange on the inside edge.
Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor	Upper surface of hindwing iridescent blue or blue-green. Underside of hindwing with submarginal row of 7 round orange spots in iridescent blue field.
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus	Antennae are very short. Male wide black stigma. Underside of the hindwing is scattered with small black spots. Female: Upperside is dark brown with a very irregular orange band. Underside of hindwing is pale brown with paler checks.
Queen Danaus gilippus	Upperside is chestnut brown; black borders of forewings have 2 rows of white spots; white spots are scattered at the forewing apex. Underside of hindwing has black veins; black borders of both wings have 2 rows of white spots. Upperside of male hindwing has a black scale patch. Very similar to the Soldier (Danaus eresimus), but is more brown and has less defined wing veins on the upperside. Underside hindwing lacks band of pale spots present in the Soldier. Queens in the southwest (and sometimes in the southeast) have pale veins on the upperside of the hindwings, which are lacking in the Soldier.
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia	Upperside tawny orange with thick dark veins and markings; black spots near margin. Hindwing margin angled and slightly scalloped. Underside of hindwing with a mottled pattern and no silver spots.
Common Buckeye Junonia coenia	Upperside is brown. Forewing with 2 orange cell bars and 2 eyespots; part of white subapical band appears in the largest, lower eyespot. Hindwing has 2 eyespots; upper one is largest and contains a magenta crescent. Underside of hindwing is brown or tan in the wet season (summer) form and rose-red in the dry season (fall) form.
Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes	Upper surface of wings mostly black; on inner edge of hindwing is a black spot centered in larger orange spot. Male has yellow band near edge of wings; female has row of yellow spots. Female hindwing with iridescent blue band. In the Southwest, yellow forms predominate in the subspecies P. coloro.
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Upperside is black with white spots near the apex; forewing with red median band, hindwing with red marginal band. The winter form is smaller and duller, summer form larger and brighter with an interrupted forewing band.

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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa

Golden-headed Scallopwing
Staphylus ceos

Common Streaky-Skipper
Celotes nessus

Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe

Mangrove Buckeye
Junonia genoveva

Obscure Skipper
Panoquina panoquinoides

Southern Dogface
Zerene cesonia

American Snout
Libytheana carinenta

Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole

Malachite
Siproeta stelenes

Mexican Bluewing
Myscelia ethusa

Soldier
Danaus eresimus

Monarch
Danaus plexippus

Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae

Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus

Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor

Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus

Queen
Danaus gilippus

Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia

Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia

Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes

Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta

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Butterflies and Moths of Texas

2168 Species Recorded in Texas

Featured Species

100 Most Recent Sightings in Texas

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Most Recent Sightings in Texas

Mourning CloakNymphalis antiopa

Golden-headed ScallopwingStaphylus ceos

Common Streaky-SkipperCelotes nessus

Sleepy OrangeAbaeis nicippe

Mangrove BuckeyeJunonia genoveva

Obscure SkipperPanoquina panoquinoides

Southern DogfaceZerene cesonia

American SnoutLibytheana carinenta

Dainty SulphurNathalis iole

MalachiteSiproeta stelenes

Mexican BluewingMyscelia ethusa

SoldierDanaus eresimus

MonarchDanaus plexippus

Gulf FritillaryAgraulis vanillae

Gray HairstreakStrymon melinus

Pipevine SwallowtailBattus philenor

Fiery SkipperHylephila phyleus

QueenDanaus gilippus

Variegated FritillaryEuptoieta claudia

Common BuckeyeJunonia coenia

Black SwallowtailPapilio polyxenes

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta

Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa

Golden-headed Scallopwing
Staphylus ceos

Common Streaky-Skipper
Celotes nessus

Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe

Mangrove Buckeye
Junonia genoveva

Obscure Skipper
Panoquina panoquinoides

Southern Dogface
Zerene cesonia

American Snout
Libytheana carinenta

Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole

Malachite
Siproeta stelenes

Mexican Bluewing
Myscelia ethusa

Soldier
Danaus eresimus

Monarch
Danaus plexippus

Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae

Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus

Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor

Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus

Queen
Danaus gilippus

Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia

Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia

Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes

Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta