The Invertebrate Fauna of Kerr County, Texas | home
Not yet recorded in Kerr County
The following additional 20 species of Butterflies and Skippers have not yet been reported from Kerr County, but have been reported from one of the immediate surrounding counties which share a county line with Kerr (Kendall, Gillespie, Kimble, Edwards, Real, Bandera), and could reasonably be expected to occur here. The list includes Common Name, Scientific name (Counties where documented). All county record information here is derived from Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (September 2002) searchable database, to which i am much indebted and appreciative.
Florida White, Appias drusilla (Real)
Clouded Sulphur, Colias philodice (Real)
Orange-barred Sulphur, Phoebis philea (Real)
Mimosa Yellow, Eurema nise (Kendall)
Silver-banded Hairstreak, Chlorostrymon simaethis (Real)
Xami Hairstreak, Callophrys (Xamia) xami (Kendall)
Cyna Blue, Zizula cyna (Kimble)
Mexican Silverspot, Dione moneta (Real)
Banded Patch, Chlosyne endeis (Edwards)
Tiny Checkerspot, Dymasia dymas (Kimble)
Elada Checkerspot, Texola elada (Gillespie, Kimble, Edwards, Real)
Painted Crescent, Phyciodes picta (Real)
Golden-headed Scallopwing, Staphylos ceos (Kendall)
Mazans Scallopwing, Staphylus mazans (Kimble)
Wild Indigo Duskywing, Erynnis baptisiae (Bandera)
Tropical Buckeye, Junonia genoveva (Real)
Variegated Skipper, Gorgythion begga (Real)
Texas Powdered Skipper, Systasea pulverulenta (Edwards, Real)
White Checkered-Skipper, Pyrgus albescens (Edwards, Real, Bandera)
Coahuila Giant-Skipper, Agathymus remingtoni complex (incl. estellae/fieldi) (Edwards)
Patch of Cowpen Daisy, Maximilian Sunflower, Frostweed, Broomweed and Mealy Sage
used by butterflies for nectaring in September-October 2002.
Camp Rio Vista, photo 5 October 2002
photos © by tony gallucci
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