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MEXICAN PLANTS & ANIMALS HOME
From Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter, Selected
MEXICAN BUTTERFLIES
SHORTCUT TO SKIPPERS
You can browse observation-linked thumbnails of
all Mexican butterfly species documented by Jim
at the iNaturalist website.
Banner, Banded (
Pyrrhogyra neaerea
)
Banner, Orange (
Temenis laothoe
)
Beauty, Blomfild's (
Smyrna blomfildia
)
Blue Wave (
Myscelia cyaniris
)
Bluewing, Mexican (
Myscelia ethusa
)
Clearwing (
Dircenna kolijkensis)
Cracker, Gray(
Hamadryas februa
)
Cracker, Guatemalan (
Hamadryas guatemalena
)
Cracker, Yucatan (
Hamadryas julitta
)
Crescent, Tulcis (
Anthanassa tulcis
)
Cycad Butterfly (
Eumaeus childrenae
)
Daggerwing, Ruddy (
Marpesia petreus
)
"Eighty-eight" Butterflies (genus
Diaethria
)
Elf (
Microtia elva
)
Emperor, Pavon (
Doxocopa pavon
)
Emperor, Silver (
Doxocopa laure
)
Fritillary, Gulf Coast (
Dione vanillae
)
Fritillary, Variegated (
Euptoieta claudia
)
Hairstreak, Mallow Scrub (
Strymon itapa
)
Hairstreak, White Scrub (
Strymon albata
)
Hairstreak, Widespread Brangas (
Brangas neora
)
Hairstreak, Xami (
Callophrys xami
)
Hairstreak, Zebra-striped (
Panthiades bathildis
)
Heliconian, Erato (
Heliconius erato
)
Leafwing, Red-striped (
Siderone galanthis
)
Leafwing, Thorn-scrub (
Fountainea halice
)
Longwing, Banded (
Dryadula phaetusa
)
Longwing, Tiger-striped (
Heliconius ismenius
)
Malachite (
Siproeta stelenes
)
Monarch Butterflies in The Yucatan
Monarchs in Chiapas
Morpho, Common Blue
(Morpho helenor)
Owl-Butterfly, Split-banded
(Opsiphanes fabricii ssp. fabricii)
Page, Rusty-tipped
(Siproeta epaphus)
Painted Lady, American (
Vanessa virginiensis
)
Patch, Bordered
(Chlosyne lacinia)
Peacock, Banded (
Anartia fatima
)
Peacock, White (
Anartia jatrophae luteipicta
)
Pixie (
Melanis pixe pixe
)
Pygmy-blue, Western (
Brephidium exilis yucateca
)
Queen (
Danaus gilippus
)
Sailor, Mexican (
Dynamine postverta
)
Sailor, White (
Dynamine theseus
)
Satyr, Dirty-blue (
Cepheuptychia glaucina
)
Satyr, Gold-stained (
Cissia pseudoconfusa
)
Satyr, Plain (
Cissia pompilia
)
Silverspot, Juno (
Dione juno
)
Silverspot, Mexican (
Dione moneta
ssp.
poeyii
)
Sister (
Adelpha iphicleola
ssp.
iphicleola
)
SKIPPERS:
Asine Longtail (
Polythrix asine
)
Belus (
Phocides belus
)
Bent-Skipper, Widespread (
Cycloglypha thrasibulus
)
Checkered-Skipper (genus
Pyrgus
)
Checkered-Skipper, Burns' (
Burnsius burnsi
)
Cleta Tufted- (
Polyctor cleat
)
Common Spurwing (
Antigonus erosus
)
Fantastic (
Vettius fantasos
)
Golden Banded-Skipper (
Telegonus cellus
)
Gilbert's Flasher (
Telegonus alector hopfferi
)
Hammock (
Polygonus leo
)
Mercurial (
Proteides mercurius
)
Metalmark, Long-tailed (
Rhetus arcius
)
Orange-spotted (
Atarnes sallei
)
Polygon, Spotted (
Polygonus pardus
)
Spreadwing (genus
Staphylus
)
White, Turk's-cap (
Heliopetes macaira
)
White, Laviana- (
Heliopetes laviana
)
White-stripped Longtail(
Chioides albofasciatus
)
Zilpa (
Chioides zilpa
)
Skippers
Soldier (
Danaus eresimus
)
Sulphur, Orange-barred (
Phoebis philea
)
Sulphur, White Angled- (
Anteos clorinde
)
Swallowtail, Dark Kite- (
Eurytides philolaus
)
Swallowtail, Giant (
Papilio cresphontes
)
Swallowtail, Pink-spotted (
Papilio rogeri
)
Swallowtail, Polydamas (
Battus polydamas
)
Tropical Milkweed (
Lycorea halia
)
White, Giant (
Ganyra josephina
)
Yellow, Dina (
Pyrisitia dina
)
Zebra Heliconian (
Heliconius charitonius
)
MORE:
ID CHART for Selected Yucatan Butterflies