DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY, DALLAS, TEXAS

Dallas Arboretum

8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas

 Collecting is not allowed at this location, but it is a nice place to wander through in search of butterflies.

For information about their hours and fees, visit their web site:

SWALLOWTAILS (Family Papilionidae) Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) WHITES and SULPHURS (Family Pieridae) Whites - Subfamily Pierinae Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) Sulphurs - Subfamily Coliadinae Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) Orange-Barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana) Little Yellow (Eurema lisa) Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe) GOSSAMER-WING Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae) Hairstreaks - Subfamily Theclinae Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus) Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) Blues - Subfamily Polyommatinae Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola) BRUSH-FOOTED Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae) Snouts - Subfamily Libytheinae American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) Heliconians and Fritillaries- Subfamily Heliconiinae Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) True Brush-Foots - Subfamily Nymphalinae Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana) Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) Comma (Polygonia comma)

True Brush-Foots (continued) Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) Emperors - Subfamily Apaturinae Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) Monarchs - Subfamily Danainae Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Queen (Danaus gilippus) SKIPPERS (Family Hesperiidae) Spread-Wing Skippers - Subfamily Pyrginae Silver-Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Long Tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Hayhurst's Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii) Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis) Grass Skippers - Subfamily Hesperiinae Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor) Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Northern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet) Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris) Celia's Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes celia) Bell's Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes belli) Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius) Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)