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Center butterfly is a Two-Tailed Swallowtail, Pterourus multicaudatus.

Butterfly photos courtesy of Nancy Greig, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Cockrell Butterfly Center;

Bart Drees and Jerrold Summerlin,Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Larva photo of Cabbage Butterfly by Garland McIlveen.

Larva photos of American Painted Lady, Pipevine Swallowtail, Question Mark, Snout Butterfly, Buckeye and Viceroy by John and Gloria Tveten.

Scientific names are from A Field Guide to Butterflies of Texas by Raymond W. Neck (1996, Gulf Publishing Co.).

Produced by Agricultural Communications, The Texas A&M University System, with technical assistance from John A. Jackman, Extension Entomologist.

For more information on insects, check the Web at: http://insects.tamu.edu

Extension publications can be found on the Web at: http://texaserc.tamu.edu

©1999 Texas Agricultural Extension Service ISBN 0-9672990-4-7

Educational programs of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disab ility, relig

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Butterfly Wingspan

Alfalfa Butterfly ...................1 1/2 - 2 3/4 inchesColias eurytheme

American Painted Lady ........1 3/4 - 2 5/8 inchesVanessa virginiensis

Black Swallowtail ......................2 1/2 - 4 1/4 inchesPapilio polyxenes

Buckeye ..............................................1 5/8 - 2 3/4 inchesJunonia coenia

CabbageButterfly ................1 1/2 - 2 1/4 inchesPieris rapae

Common Wood Nymph .......1 3/4 - 3 inchesCercyonis pegala

Giant Swallowtail......................4 - 6 1/4 inchesHeraclides cresphontes

Gray Hairstreak ..........................7/8 - 1 3/8 inchesStrymon melinus

Gulf Fritillary .................................2 1/2 - 3 3/4 inchesAgraulis vanillae

Monarch ...........................................3 3/8 - 4 7/8 inchesDanaus plexippus

Pipevine Swallowtail ..............2 3/4 - 5 inchesBattus philenor

Question Mark .............................2 1/4 - 3 inchesPolygonia interrogationis Red Admiral ...................................1 3/4 - 3 inchesVanessa atalantaSnout Butterfly ...........................1 3/8 - 2 inchesLibytheana bachmanii

Viceroy ...............................................2 1/2 - 3 3/8 inchesBasilarchia archippus

Zebra ................................................... 2 3/4 - 4 inchesHeliconius charitonius

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Bee-bushBlue mist flowerButterfly bushButterfly weedCommon paintbrushLantanaMexican mint marigoldMilkweedPlumbagoScarlet sageVerbenaWhite mist flowerMany others

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the world; 750 species live in the United States and more than 440 species have been reported from Texas.n Most butterflies can live for more than a month, and some can live for 10 months.n Microscopic, overlapping scales on butterfly wings give them their colors and patterns.n Besides flowers, some butterflies visit dung, tree sap, rotting fruit and dead animals for minerals, bacteria and protein. They also visit wet soil (called “mud puddling”) for sodium and nitrogen.n Caterpillars feed on leaves of specific plants for their development.n Monarch butterflies migrate farther than any other Texas butterflies–traveling up to 3,000 miles from Canada to Mexico.n Butterflies have “taste buds” on their feet that sense sweet liquids.n Most butterflies are day fliers and have clubs on the ends of their antennae; most moths are night fliers and have hairlike or feathery antennae.n Butterflies are cold-blooded and must warm their bodies before they can fly. They do this by basking in the sun and by beating their wings.

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