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Padre Island National Seashore
Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes
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NPS Photo | A male Black Witch moth (Ascalapha odorata) found at the Malaquite Visitors Center in November 2004 by Mr. Peter Rochau. |
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Butterflies
The butterfly checklist below is current as of May 30, 2003 with 3 newly discovered species listed as nos. 40-42. Several species have been identified as new county records for Kleberg and Kenedy counties. Except as noted, each of the following butterfly species has been field identified and the park’s Resource Management division has a male and female of each species in its collection. Because field identification is sometimes difficult, a second source is verifying the identity of each species. Once the park’s butterfly study has been completed, a digital field guide of Padre Island butterflies will be available to the public. Note that the name of the park’s most common Buckeye (J. evarete) has been changed from Mangrove Buckeye (genoveva) to Tropical Buckeye (evarete) due to recent corrections in the taxonomic literature.
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
1. Erynnis horatius |
Horaces Duskywing |
2. Erynnis tristis |
Mournful Duskywing |
3. Hylephila phyleus |
Fiery Skipper |
4. Wallengrenia otho |
Southern Broken Dash |
5. Amblyscirtes celia |
Celia's Roadside Skipper |
6. Lerodea eufala |
Eufala Skipper |
7. Panoquina ocola |
Ocola Skipper |
8. Panoquina panaquinoides |
Obscure Skipper |
9. Battus philenor |
Pipevine Swallowtail |
10. Papilio polyxenes |
Black Swallowtail |
11. Heraclides cresphontes |
Giant Swallowtail |
12. Pontia protodice |
Checkered White |
13. Ascia monuste |
Great Southern White |
14. Colias eurytheme |
Orange Sulfur |
15. Zerene cesonia |
Southern Dogface |
16. Phoebis sennae |
Cloudless Sulfur |
17. Phoebis sennae marcellina (winter form) |
Marcellina Cloudless |
18. Phoebis agarithe |
Large Orange Sulfur |
19. Eurema lisa |
Little Yellow |
20. Nathalis iole |
Dainty Sulfur |
21. Ministrymon clytie |
Clytie Ministreak |
22. Calycopis isobeon |
Dusky Blue Groundstreak |
23. Strymon melinus |
Gray Hairstreak |
24. Strymon istapa |
Istapa Hairstreak |
25. Brephidium exile |
W. Pygmy Blue |
26. Leptotes marina |
Marine Blue |
27. Leptotes cassius |
Cassius Blue |
28. Hemiargus isola |
Reakirts Blue |
29. Libytheana carinenta |
American Snout |
30. Euptoitea claudia |
Variegated Fritillary |
31. Phyciodes phaon |
Phaon Crescent |
32. Phyciodes tharos |
Pearl Crescent |
33. Vanessa virginiensis |
American Lady |
34. Vanessa cardui |
Painted Lady |
35. Junonia coenia |
Common Buckeye |
36. Junonia evarete |
Tropical Buckeye |
37. Junonia nigrosuffusa |
Dark Buckeye |
38. Danaus plexippus |
Monarch |
39. Danaus gilippus |
Queen |
40. Urbanus dorantes |
Dorantes Longtail Skipper |
41. Phoebis philea |
Orange Barred Sulfur |
42. Agraulis vanillae |
Gulf Fritillary |
Moths
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The Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center of the US Geological Survey reports the following moths for each of the following counties, across which Padre Island National Seashore extends. Most do not have a common name. The names of those that do are noted. |
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Kleberg Co. |
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1. Eupackardia calleta |
Calleta silkmoth |
2. Antheraea polyphemus |
Polyphemus moth |
3. Utetheisa ornatrix (includes U. bella) |
Bella moth |
4. Cycnia collaris |
5. Ectypia bivittata |
6. Ctenucha venosa |
7. Cisseps fulvicollis (includes C packardii and C. Wrightii) |
Yellow-collared scape moth |
8. Horama panthalon |
Texas wasp moth |
9. Schinia snowii |
10. Schinia citrinella |
11. Schinia felicitata |
12. Schinia gracilienta |
13. Schinia bicuspida |
14. Schinia volupia |
15. Schinia regia |
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Kenedy Co. |
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1. Antheraea polyphemus |
Polyphemus moth |
2. Ceratomia undulosa |
Waved sphinx |
3. Xylophanes tersa |
Tersa sphinx |
4. Datana diffidens |
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Willacy Co. |
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1. Eupackardia calleta |
Calleta silkmoth |
2. Pachylia ficus |
Fig sphinx |
3. Utetheisa ornatrix (includes U. bella) |
Bella moth |
4. Lophocampa annulosa |
5. Euchaetes bolteri |
6. Schinia gaurae |
7. Schinia ultima |
Two moths that are not listed above, but which have been found in the park are (follow the links to photos of each):
salt marsh moth - Estigmene acrea
white-tipped black moth - Melanchroia chephise
For more information on butterflies and moths in south Texas, please follow either of the two links below.
University of Texas
Butterflies and Moths.org
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Did You Know?
Metal detecting is prohibited at Padre Island National Seashore as well as at all other units of the National Park Service?
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Last Updated: January 10, 2007 at 14:29 EST |