National Butterfly Center
The National Butterfly Center is dedicated to education, conservation and scientific research on wild butterflies. Its mission is "Growing Connections". The National Butterfly Center connects people to butterflies, which are intimately connected to native plants, which themselves are connected to the earth.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Abutilon fruticosum | Indian Mallow Texas Indian Mallow | |
Abutilon hypoleucum | Whiteleaf Indian Mallow White-leaf Indian-mallow Rio Grande Abutilon | |
Abutilon trisulcatum | Anglestem Indian Mallow | |
Acourtia runcinata | Featherleaf Desertpeony Peonia | |
Adelia vaseyi | Vasey's Wild-lime | |
Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common Bee-brush Beebrush Privet Lippia | |
Allowissadula lozanii | Lozano's False Indianmallow | |
Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande Beebrush Woolly Bee-brush | |
Amyris madrensis | Mountain Torchwood Shrub Amyris | |
Amyris texana | Texas Torchwood Chapotillo | |
Amoreuxia wrightii | Wright's Yellowshow Yellow-show | |
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus Hummingbird Bush Wright's Desert Honeysuckle Wright Acanthus Mexican Flame Wright's Mexican Flame | |
Aphanostephus ramosissimus | Plains Dozedaisy Lazy Daisy | |
Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed | |
Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara Dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
Bernardia myricifolia | Mouse's Eye Mouse Ears | |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
Buddleja sessiliflora | Rio Grande Butterflybush Tepozan | |
Castela erecta | Goatbush | |
Carlowrightia parviflora | Smallflower Wrightwort | |
Celtis ehrenbergiana | Desert Hackberry Spiny Hackberry Shiny Hackberry Granjeno Huasteco | |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Sugarberry Southern Hackberry Lowland Hackberry Hackberry Palo Blanco | |
Cephalanthus salicifolius | Mexican Buttonbush | |
Chromolaena odorata | Blue Mistflower Fragrant Mistflower Blue Boneset Fragrant Boneset Jack In The Bush Crucita Siam Weed Common Flossflower Christmas Bush Devilweed | |
Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha Mexican Devil-weed | |
Citharexylum berlandieri | Berlandier's Fiddlewood Berlandier Fiddlewood Fiddlewood | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Coursetia axillaris | Texas Babybonnets | |
Conoclinium betonicifolium | Betonyleaf Thoroughwort Betony-leaf Mistflower | |
Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive Texas Wild Olive Anacahuita Anacahuite | |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower Palmleaf Thoroughwort Palm-leaf Mistflower Palm-leaf Thoroughwort Purple Palmleaf Mistflower Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | |
Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia Brasil Brasilwood Bluewood Logwood Purple Haw Capul Negro | |
Croton cortesianus | Cortez's Croton | |
Croton humilis | Pepperbush | |
Croton incanus | Torrey's Croton | |
Croton leucophyllus | Twocolor Croton | |
Cynanchum racemosum | Talayote | |
Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
Desmanthus virgatus | Prostrate Bundleflower Wild Tantan Slender Mimosa | |
Dicliptera sexangularis | Sixangle Foldwing | |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
Ebenopsis ebano | Texas Ebony Black-bead Ebony Ebony Ape's-earring Ebano | |
Echeandia chandleri | Chandler's Craglily Lila De Los Llanos | |
Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Anacahuita Knockaway Knackaway Sandpaper Tree Manzanita Manzanillo Tlalahuacate | |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee Bean Red Cardinal | |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
Ferocactus hamatacanthus var. sinuatus | Turk's-head Cactus | |
Fleischmannia incarnata | Pink Thoroughwort | |
Florestina tripteris | Sticky Florestina | |
Forestiera angustifolia | Narrow-leaf Forestiera Tanglewood Desert Olive Texas Swamp-privet Panalero Elbow Bush | |
Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia | |
Funastrum cynanchoides | Fringed Twinevine Climbing Milkweed Vine Twine-vine | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Moradilla Alfombrilla | |
Glandularia polyantha | Rio Grande Mock Vervain | |
Glandularia quandrangulata | Beaked Mock Vervain Pale Mock Vervain Chihuahuan Mock Vervain | |
Gochnatia hypoleuca | Shrubby Bullseye | |
Guaiacum angustifolium | Texas Lignum-vitae Soapbush Guayacan | |
Havardia pallens | Tenaza Huajillo Ape's Ear-ring | |
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower | |
Heliotropium angiospermum | Scorpion's-tail Scorpion-tail | |
Heliotropium confertifolium | Leafy Heliotrope | |
Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope Seaside Heliotrope Quail Plant Cola De Mico Cola De Gama | |
Helietta parvifolia | Baretta | |
Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
Justicia longii | Longflower Tubetongue | |
Justicia pacifica | Runyon's Water-willow | |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo Humboldt Coyotillo | |
Lantana achyranthifolia | Brushland Shrubverbena Mexican Marjoram Veinyleaf Lantana | |
Lantana canescens | Hammock Shrubverbena | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
Lesquerella lasiocarpa | Roughpod Bladderpod | |
Leucaena pulverulenta | Great Leadtree Mexican Leadtree Great Leucaena Tepeguaje | |
Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
Lippia alba | Bushy Lippia | |
Lippia graveolens | Mexican Oregano Redbrush Lippia | |
Malvastrum americanum | Indian Valley False Mallow | |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine | |
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
Mandevilla lanuginosa | Plateau Rocktrumpet | |
Manfreda longiflora | Longflower Tuberose Amole De RãO Runyon's Huaco | |
Manfreda variegata | Mottled Tuberose Huaco Texas Tuberose | |
Manihot walkerae | Walker's Manioc Walker's Manihot Texas Tapioca | |
Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo Fetid Passionflower | |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
Passiflora suberosa | Corkstem Passionflower | |
Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | |
Parkinsonia texana | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde Retama China | |
Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
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