Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) Photo Gallery

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Butterflies
Two-tailed Swallowtail Two-tailed Swallowtail
Two-tailed Swallowtail Two-tailed Swallowtail (specimen from Visitor Display Case)
Pipevine Swallowtail Pipevine Swallowtail
wing scales wing scales from wing of Pipevine Swallowtail
Checkered White Checkered White
Orange Sulphur Orange Sulphur
Reakirt's Blue Reakirt's Blue
Juniper Hairstreak Juniper Hairstreak
Zebra Longwing Zebra Longwing
Variegated Fritillary Variegated Fritillary (profile)
Variegated Fritillary Variegated Fritillary (wings spread)
Monarch Monarch
American Lady American Lady
Painted Lady Painted Lady (profile)
Painted Lady Painted Lady (wings spread)
Hackberry Emperor (profile)
Hackberry Emperor Hackberry Emperor (wing spread)
Hackberry Emperor Hackberry Emperor (caterpillar)
Mead's Wood-Nymph Mead's Wood-Nymph
Mournful Duskywing Mournful Duskywing
checkered-skipper checkered-skipper

Moths

Family Saturniidae - giant silkworm and royal moths
Glover's Silk Moth Glover's Silk Moth
Sphingicampa sp. Sphingicampa sp.
Hemileuca sp. Hemileuca sp.

Family Sphigidae - sphinx or hawk moths
White-lined Sphinx White-lined Sphinx
White-lined Sphinx White-lined Sphinx
White-lined Sphinx White-lined Sphinx
Great Ash Sphinx Great Ash Sphinx

Family Arctiidae - tiger moths
Ectypia sp. Ectypia sp.
Eudesmia arida Eudesmia arida
Grammia sp. Grammia sp.
Ctenucha sp. day-flying moth (Ctenucha sp.)
Pygocten sp. day-flying moth (Pygocten sp.)

Family Geometridae - geometrid moths
geometrid moth
green geometrid green geometrid moth
Pero sp. Pero sp.

Family Noctuidae
Acontia sp. Acontia sp.
Stiria sp. Stiria sp.
noctuid moth unidentified noctuid moth

Family Lasiocampidae
Tolype sp. Tolype sp.

Family Pterophoridae - plume moths
plume moth plume moth

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