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 | |
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