Trip Report for Central Veracruz, August 2 - 11, 2007
Participants: Kim Garwood, Jim Brock, Bill Berthet, Nelson
Dobbs
Bob Straub, recently with Pronatura Veracruz and now the Eagle Optics representative
for Mexico, was very helpful with arranging our trip. Buy his book, Where
to Find Birds in Veracruz, available through Pronatura Veracruz, www.pronaturaveracruz.org.
They also do birding tours if you don’t want to do it all yourself,
especially in Sept/Oct for the River of Raptors migration. Most of the
locations we went to, and all of the hotels/cabins, (except Veracruz) are
in Bob’s book.
This trip was mostly in the highlands of central Veracruz, up in cloud forest
between 1,000 - 1,300 meters. We did not go to the lowlands around Catemaco.
Jim and I took the UNO bus from Reynosa to Veracruz, an overnight trip of 16 hours, leaving Reynosa at 8pm, getting to Veracruz around 11- noon the next day. Cost 998 pesos each way. Nelson and Bill flew into Veracruz from Houston, arrived about 11:30pm and got a hotel for the night, the Hotel Suites Mediterraneo for 620 pesos. It was on the beach, south of Veracruz city in Boca del Rio. A simple but adequate hotel, one of the cheaper ones on the beach, used mostly by Mexican families on their beach vacation. Jim and I took a cab from the downtown bus station to their hotel, where we then took off for Xalapa in our rental car from Hertz. The car cost about $1,000 for 10 days, including insurance.
We stayed 4 nights at the Posada del Cafeto in Xalapa, (1,250 meters/4,000') a nice little hotel for 450 pesos/night for 2 people. The only problem is it’s in downtown Xalapa, so parking is tough and it can be intimidating to drive in. But it was very quiet, rooms around a nice courtyard. Phone 228-817-0023, they speak very little english. Another potential hotel, much easier access, is Hotel El Valle in Perote, 2300 meters/7000', about 20 miles west of Xalapa. This hotel is a block or two off the main highway, much smaller town, so no traffic problems. But one advantage of staying in Xalapa is you have many great restaurants to choose from, as Xalapa is a university town and a real city, while Perote is an upgraded village.
We had 3 full days out of Xalapa. First day we drove up to Las Minas for the morning, a great road along the edge of a large canyon. We had several good skippers, including Roever’s Skipperling/Piruna roeveri, Snowball Skipper/Paratrytone aphracoia, and Oyamel or Monticola Skipper/Poanes monticola. The Mexican Pine Satyrs/Paramacera xicaque were abundant, and we were hoping for Cloud-forest Pine Satyr/P. chinanteca, but didn’t find any. Then we continued to the west, through Perote and out into the desert to Los Humeros. Totally different habitat, large joshua tree like yuccas, very pretty but few bugs. We did see 2 different checkerspots, got good looks & photos at Black Checkerspot/Chlosyne cyneas. Jim had 2 females he thought were Fulvia Checkerspot/Chlosyne fulvia, which would be a long way from their known area, but he couldn’t catch them. If you go, look for orange-ish checkerspots. Late in the day we drove up Cofre de Perote, where we found the rare Guatemalan Hairstreak/Callophrys guatemalena.
The 2nd day, Sunday Aug 5th, Bob Straub joined us and suggested we check out Atorón, a coffee plantation close to Xalapa. We hiked up a truck track through the coffee to a small pass and had a good selection of butterflies, but not as many as the habitat looked like should be there. It was a nice sunny morning, but there wasn’t lots of stuff flying. We did get our first looks at Orange Cracker/Hamadryas fornax, a Veracruz specialty. Also there were lots of Mimic Whites, Enantia jethys and E. albania, as well as lots of Frosted Mimic Whites/Lieinix nemesis, both males and females. We also went to the waterfall at Xico, but it was packed w/visitors, as it was Sunday afternoon. Better visit this place during the week. Lots and lots of Anna’s 88's/Diaethria anna.
Bob also strongly recommended Chavarrillo, see his book, but we never made it. Another good spot is the Macuiltepetl Park in the middle of Xalapa. This is a large wooded park on the slopes of an extinct volcano, closed to cars, with a 5+ km road you can walk that winds around up to the top. It’s very good for birding, motmots, trogons, blue mockingbird, and has good cloud forest butterflies. I’ve seen Star Satyr/ , Mountain Longwing/Heliconius hortense, and a couple of species of clearwings there.
Our last full day in Xalapa we went looking for some spots Jim had visited a few years ago, out from Coatepec back towards Hwy 140. We found the spot, about 10 km west of 140, taking off about 5 km east out of Xalapa. One field of weeds had been turned into a baseball diamond, but just next to it was a great dirt road that ran up into coffee plantations again. This morning was cool and drizzly, and we had a number of great skippers basking on top of the grasses and posing very nicely for photographs. We dodged the rain all morning and early afternoon, and probably had some of the best photography opportunities of the trip. Not just skippers, as Brilliant Metalmark or Carousing Jewelmark/Anteros carausius also posed with wings open, something you rarely see. Lots of tigerwings also, Variable Tigerwing/Mechanitis menapis being the most common, but other Mechanitis were there too, along with a number of satyrs. But the skippers were the stars; there were more False Mottled Skippers/Codatractus hyster than I’ve ever seen before. Lots of skippers were collected by Jim and will hopefully be id’ed accurately by the experts in Mexico.
On Tuesday Aug 7 we moved to the Mullers’ old hacienda, El Mirador, for 2 nights. This was a couple of hours from Xalapa outside the town of Totutla off Hwy 125. Jorge Muller was a very gracious host, and his daughter, Eileen, a biologist, made us very welcome. Jorge’s email is jorgecucsi@hotmail.com, and he speaksEnglish well. It was like staying with the family. The food was excellent and the bugs were exciting! And it cost $60 or 600 pesos/day per person, including all the food. We had over 170 species on our one full day. Wish we could have spent a couple of days more; I’m sure there was much more to find. This is another coffee finca or plantation, about 1,000 to 1,100 meters. They have over 300 acres, much of it in coffee but some good forest as well, so you get a variety of habitats. This was cracker heaven, we had 6 species of Hamadryas. Plus you could get up to some hilltops, where there was a lot going on. 2 species of Theritas hairstreaks and Probetor or Champion’s Metalmarks/Symmachia probetor lekking up top along with Myrtea Jewelmark/Sarota myrtea in several places on the trails, and scads of gaudy Nymphalids all over. This is a great spot! The only downside is the 3 bedrooms share one bathroom, and you have to walk through 2 of the bedrooms to get to the bathroom. But assuming you’re all friends, that shouldn’t be a problem; it wasn’t for the 4 of us. The middle bedroom has french doors that open out onto a lovely wide verandah where we had several meals and watched Owlets/Opsiphanes lay eggs on the palms at dusk, along with White-spotted Satyrs/Manataria hercyna fighting over territory on the trunk of a large tree right next to the verandah. My favorite was a gorgeous little bright orange metalmark, Zebra-tipped or Margaretta Metalmark/Mesene margaretta, found in the coffee by Jim late in the day.
On Thursday Aug 9 we reluctantly moved on to Ruiz Cortines, which turned out to be yet another great location. This is a good paved road up from San Andres Tuxtla to about 1,100 meters, ending at the small village of Ruiz Cortines. The local people have built a simple rustic cabin where we stayed, 500 pesos/night for all 4 of us. It’s a great location, but they were still working out some of the kinks. The shower didn’t work, but they provided us with a nice bucket of cold water. The people were very friendly and tried to please. And again the bugs were fabulous. Their specialty is the beautiful White Morpho/Morpho polyphemus luna. This is a different subspecies from the one found on the west coast, and it was spectacular to watch them float through the dark forest. They were common in the tall forest, often we would see 2 or 3 chasing each other through the trees. I think this may be a July/August happening, however.
The next day we spent the full day working the road up to Ruiz Cortines, especially at the transition zone between the tall forest and the scrubby brush. There were more butterflies in the scrubby zone, as there was more sun, but the morphos were only in the forest. Right at the transition zone we got great shots of a most cooperative Edocla Redring/Pyrrhogyra edocla, and there were lots of Chestnut Crescents/Anthanassa argentea, both males and females, up in a large meadow surrounded by forest, as well as more new clearwings. But the stars of the road were the hairstreaks coming to the cordia flowers, small white bell-shaped flowers on long branches that tended to grow right next to the road. I’ve seen cordia down by Catemaco, but this may have been a different species as it was up a little in elevation. The hairstreaks loved it, we probably had more than 25 species, and so did the skippers, as well as the Daggerwings. We had dozens of Many-banded Daggerwings/Marpesia chiron, as well as a number of Ruddy Daggerwings/Marpesia petreus. For the hairstreaks we had several Neora Hairstreaks/Brangas neora, lots of greenstreaks of various kinds including Erora and Chalybs, at least one, maybe two species of Lamprospilus, and a beautiful female Petelina Hairstreak/Ocaria petelina laying eggs. One of my favorites, of which there were many, was the White-striped Groundstreak/Calycopis clarina. We called it the hairstreak highway. I suspect we had more than 200 species on this one day there.
On the last day we had to head back to Veracruz before noon, much to our regret. From there we caught the bus back to Reynosa, leaving Veracruz at 3:30pm to arrive about 7 or so the next morning.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution, notes |
| Family PAPILIONIDAE: 18 species | SWALLOWTAILS | |
| Subfamily Papilioninae: 18 species | ||
| Battus laodamas copanae/B. ingenuus | Green-patch Swallowtail/Dyar's | Y E Mexico |
| Parides photinus | Pink-spotted Cattleheart | Y |
| Parides montezuma | Montezuma’s Cattleheart | Y |
| Eurytides sp white | Mexican Kite-Swallowtail | Y |
| Eurytides philolaus philolaus | Dark Kite-Swallowtail | Y |
| Mimoides thymbraeus thymbraeus | White-crescent Swallowtail | Y |
| Mimoides ilus branchus | Ilus Swallowtail | Y E Mexico |
| Mimoides phaon phaon | Variable Swallowtail | Y |
| Papilio polyxenes asterius | Black Swallowtail | Y |
| Papilio (Pterourus) multicaudata grandiosus | Two-tailed Tiger Swallowtail | Y |
| Papilio (Pterourus) garamas abderus | Magnificent Swallowtail | Y E Mexico |
| Papilio (Pterourus) victorinus victorinus | Victorine Swallowtail | Y E Mexico |
| Papilio (Heraclides) cresphontes | Giant Swallowtail | Y |
| Papilio (Heraclides) thoas autocles | Thoas Swallowtail | Y |
| Papilio (Heraclides) astyalus pallas | Broad-banded Swallowtail | Y E Mexico |
| Papilio (Heraclides) ornythion | Ornythion Swallowtail | Y E Mexico |
| Papilio (Heraclides) androgeus epidaurus | Androgeus Swallowtail | Y |
| Papilio (Heraclides) anchisiades idaeus | Ruby-spotted Swallowtail | Y |
| Family PIERIDAE: 33 species | WHITES and YELLOWS | |
| Subfamily Dismorphinae: 5 species | Mimic-Whites | |
| Dismorphia amphione praxinoe | Tiger Mimic-White | Y E Mexico |
| Enantia albania albania | Costa-spotted Mimic-White | Y |
| Enantia jethys | Jethys Mimic-White | Y |
| Enantia mazai | De La Maza's Mimic-White | Y |
| Lieinix nemesis atthis | Frosted Mimic-White | Y E Mexico |
| Subfamily Pierinae: 9 species | Whites | |
| Catasticta flisa | Narrow-banded Dartwhite | Y |
| Catasticta nimbice ochracea | Mexican Dartwhite | Y Chiapas |
| Catasticta nimbice (segregate) | Mexican Dartwhite | Y |
| Catasticta teutila | Golden or Pure-banded Dartwhite | C Mexico |
| Pereute charops charops | Charcoal or Darkened White | Y E Mexico |
| Melete lycimnia isandra | Creamy White | Y |
| Glutophrissa drusilla tenuis | Florida White | Y |
| Leptophobia aripa elodia | Mountain White | Y |
| Ascia monuste monuste | Great Southern White | Y |
| Subfamily Coliadinae: 19 species | Yellows | |
| Anteos clorinde | White Angled-Sulphur | Y |
| Anteos maerula | Yellow Angled-Sulphur | Y |
| Phoebis sennae marcellina | Cloudless Sulphur | Y |
| Phoebis philea philea | Orange-barred Sulphur | Y |
| Phoebis agarithe agarithe | Large Orange Sulphur | ? |
| Phoebis argante | Apricot Sulphur | Y |
| Phoebis neocypris virgo | Tailed Sulphur | Y |
| Aphrissa statira statira | Statira Sulphur | Y |
| Kricogonia lyside | Lyside Sulphur | Y |
| Eurema daira eugenia | Barred Yellow | Y E Mexico |
| Eurema mexicana mexicana | Mexican Yellow | Y |
| Eurema salome jamapa | Salome Yellow | Y |
| Eurema xantochlora xanthochlora | Tropical Yellow | Y |
| Eurema albula celata | Ghost or White Yellow | Y |
| Pyrisitia proterpia | Tailed Orange | Y |
| Eurema nise nelphe | Mimosa Yellow | Y |
| Eurema dina westwoodi | Dina Yellow | Y |
| Abaeis nicippe | Sleepy Orange | Y |
| Nathalis iole | Dainty Sulphur | ? |
| Family LYCAENIDAE: 40 species | GOSSAMERWINGS | |
| Subfamily Theclinae: 36 species | Hairstreaks | |
| Allosmaitia strophius | Strophius Hairstreak | ? |
| Arawacus jada | Creamy Hairstreak | ? |
| Arawacus sito | Fine-lined Hairstreak | Y |
| Brangas neora | Common Brangas | Y |
| Brevianta sp | Y | |
| Callophrys guatemalena | Guatemalan Hairstreak | Y |
| Calycopis clarina | Clarina Groundstreak | Y |
| Calycopis isobeon | Dusky-blue Groundstreak | Y |
| Chalybs janais | Janais Greenstreak | Y |
| Chlorostrymon simaethis sarita | Silver-banded Hairstreak | Y |
| Cyanophrys herodotus | Tropical Greenstreak | Y |
| Cyanophrys longula | Mountain Greenstreak | Y |
| Electrostrymon sangala | Ruddy Groundstreak | Y |
| Erora carla | Carla or Black-edged Dreamstreak | Y |
| Erora opisena | Druce's or Opisena Dreamstreak | Y? |
| Eumaeus toxea | Mexican Cycadian | Y |
| Lamprospilus collucia | Two-toned Groundstreak | ? |
| Lamprospilus sethon | Large or Sethon Groundstreak | Y |
| Ministrymon azia | Gray Ministreak | Y "guacanagari" |
| Ocaria petelina | Petelina Hairstreak | Y |
| Oenomaus ortygnus | Aquamarine Hairstreak | Y |
| Panthiades bathildis | Zebra-striped Hairstreak | Y |
| Pseudolycaena damo | Sky-blue Hairstreak | ? |
| Rekoa marius/zebina | Marius Hairstreak | Y |
| Rekoa meton | Meton Hairstreak | Y |
| Rekoa palegon | Gold-bordered Hairstreak | Y |
| Strymon albata | White Scrub-Hairsreak | Y (= sedecia) |
| Strymon istapa istapa | Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak | Y |
| Strymon megarus/ziba | Megarus Scrub-Hairstreak | Y |
| Strymon melinus franki | Gray Hairstreak | Y |
| Strymon mulucha | Mottled Scrub-Hairstreak | Y |
| Strymon yojoa | Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak | Y |
| Theritas augustinula | Augustinula Hairstreak | Y |
| Theritas lisus | Lisus Hairstreak | Y |
| Ziegleria hesperitis | Common or Hesperitis Groundstreak | Y |
| Ziegleria sp, myb ceromia? | Y | |
| Subfamily Polyommatinae: 4 species | Blues | |
| Leptotes cassius cassidula | Cassius Blue | Y (= striata) |
| Cupido comyntas texana | Eastern Tailed-Blue | Y |
| Hemiargus ceraunus | Ceraunus Blue | Y hanno |
| Echinargus isola | Reakirt’s Blue | (= alce) |
| Family RIODINIDAE: 18 species | METALMARKS | |
| Subfamily Euselasiinae: 1 species | Euselasia and relatives | |
| Euselasia eubule | Dusky Euselasia | Y |
| Subfamily Riodininae: 17 species | True Metalmarks | |
| Anteros carausius | Carousing Anteros | Y |
| Apodemia walkeri | Walker's Metalmark | Y |
| Calephelis sp | Y, probably multiple species | |
| Calydna sturnula | Sturnula Metalmark | Y (= hegias), (= sinuata) |
| Chalodeta sp | Y | |
| Emesis mandana furor | Great Emesis | Y |
| Emesis tegula | Tegula Emesis | Y |
| Emesis tenedia | Falcate Emesis | Y |
| Hypophylla sudias sudias | White-banded Metalmark | Y |
| Lasaia agesilas callaina | Black-patched or Shining Lasais | Y |
| Leucochimona vestalis vestalis | Vestalis Metalmark | Y |
| Melanis pixe pixe | Pixie | Y (= sexpunctata) |
| Mesene margaretta margaretta | Zebra-tipped Metalmark | Y |
| Rhetus arcius | Arcius Swordtail or Long-tailed Metalmark | Y |
| Sarota myrtea | Godman's Sarota | Y |
| Symmachia probetor championi | Champion's Metalmark | Y |
| Thisbe lycorias lycorias | Banner Metalmark | Y |
| Family NYMPHALIDAE: 112 species | BRUSHFOOTS | |
| Subfamily Libytheinae: 1 species | Snouts | |
| Libytheana carinenta mexicana | American Snout | ? |
| Subfamily Danainae: 4 species | Monarch and relatives | |
| Lycorea halia atergatis | Tiger Mimic-Queen | Y "cleobaea" |
| Lycorea ilione albescens | Clearwing Mimic-Queen | Y |
| Danaus gilippus thersippus | Queen | Y |
| Danaus eresimus montezuma | Soldier | Y |
| Subfamily Ithomiinae: 9 species | Clearwings and Tigerwings | |
| Mechanitis lysimnia utemaia | Lysimnia Tigerwing | ? |
| Mechanitis menapis doryssus | Menapis Tigerwing | Y |
| Mechanitis polymnia lycidice | Polymnia or Disturbed Tigerwing | Y |
| Ithomia leila | Leila’s Clearwing | Y |
| Oleria paula | Paula’s Clearwing | Y |
| Dircenna klugii | Klug’s Clearwing | Y |
| Episcada salvinia salvinia | Salvin's Clearwing | Y E Mexico |
| Pteronymia artena artena | Artena Clearwing | E Mexico |
| Greta morgane oto | 'Darkened' Rusty Clearwing | Y E Mexico |
| Subfamily Heliconiinae: 13 species | Actinotes, Heliconians and Fritillaries | |
| Tribe Acraeini: 1 species | Actinotes | |
| Altinote ozomene nox | Lamplight Actinote | Y |
| Tribe Heliconiini: 11 species | Longwings | |
| Agraulis vanillae incarnata | Gulf Fritillary | Y |
| Dione moneta poeyii | Mexican Silverspot | Y |
| Dione juno huascuma | Juno Longwing | Y |
| Dryadula phaetusa | Banded Longwing | Y |
| Dryas iulia moderata | Julia | Y |
| Eueides isabella eva | Isabella’s Longwing | ? (= zoracon), E Mexico |
| Eueides lineata | White-dotted or Lineata Longwing | Y |
| Heliconius charithonia vazquezae | Zebra Longwing | Y |
| Heliconius erato petiverana | Crimson-patched or Erato Longwing | Y E Mexico |
| Heliconius hortense | Mexican or Mountain Longwing | Y |
| Heliconius ismenius telchinia | Tiger-striped or Ismenius Longwing | Y |
| Tribe Argynnini: 1 species | Fritillaries | |
| Euptoieta hegesia meridiana | Mexican Fritillary | Y |
| Subfamily Nymphalinae: 24 species | True Brushfoots | |
| Chlosyne janais | Crimson Patch | Y |
| Chlosyne rosita | Rosita Patch | Y |
| Chlosyne cyneas cyneas | Cyneas Checkerspot | Y |
| Chlosyne lacinia | Bordered Patch | Y |
| Phyciodes pallescens | Mexican Crescent | Y |
| Anthanassa ardys | Ardys Crescent | Y |
| Anthanassa drusilla lelex | Orange-patched Crescent | Y |
| Anthanassa ptolyca amator | Darkened or Black Crescent | Y |
| Anthanassa argentea | Chestnut Crescent | Y |
| Anthanassa tulcis | Pale-banded Crescent | ? |
| Tegosa guatemalena | Guatemalan Crescent | Y |
| Castilia griseobasalis | Gray-based Crescent | Y |
| Castilia myia | Mayan Crescent | Y |
| Eresia phillyra phillyra | Square-tipped or Longwing Crescent | Y |
| Polygonia haroldii | Spotless Anglewing | Y |
| Hypanartia godmanii | Godman's Mapwing | Y |
| Hypanartia lethe | Orange Mapwing | Y |
| Colobura dirce dirce | Dirce Beauty | Y |
| Smyrna blomfildia datis | Blomfild’s Beauty | Y |
| Junonia evarete nigrosuffusa | Dark Buckeye | ? |
| Junonia evarete (W Mexico) | Tropical Buckeye | |
| Junonia genoveva (Mexican segregate) | Mangrove Buckeye | |
| Anartia jatrophae luteipicta | White Peacock | Y |
| Anartia fatima fatima | Banded Peacock | Y |
| Siproeta stelenes biplagiata | Malachite | Y |
| Siproeta epaphus epaphus | Rusty-tipped Page | Y |
| Subfamily Limenitidinae: 5 species | Sisters and Admirals | |
| Adelpha serpa celerio | Celerio Sister | Y |
| Adelpha iphiclus iphiclus | Pointer or Iphiclus Sister | Y |
| Adelpha lycorias melanthe | Rayed Sister | Y |
| Adelpha leuceria leuceria | Orange-or-Yellow-striped Sister | Y Mullers |
| Adelpha leucerioides leucerioides | Veracruz or Tawny-striped Sister | Y RzC E Mexico |
| Subfamily Biblidinae: 25 species | Exotic Brushfoots | |
| Marpesia chiron marius | Many-banded Daggerwing | Y |
| Marpesia harmonia | Pale Daggerwing | Y |
| Marpesia petreus (northern segregate) | Ruddy Daggerwing | Y |
| Marpesia zerynthia dentigera | Waiter Daggerwing | Y (= coresia) |
| Biblis hyperia aganisa | Red Rim | Y |
| Bolboneura sylphis | Variable or Crinkled Banner | Y |
| Catonephele mexicana | East-Mexican Banner | Y |
| Catonephele numilia esite | Blue-frosted Banner | Y E Mexico |
| Diaethria anna | Anna’s Eighty-eight | Y |
| Diaethria astala astala | Astala Eighty-eight | Y E Mexico |
| Diaethria pandama | Orange-striped Eighty-eight | Y |
| Dynamine postverta mexicana | Mexican or Four-spotted Sailor | Y "mylitta" |
| Epiphile adrasta adrasta | Common Banner | Y E Mexico |
| Eunica monima | Dingy Purplewing | Y |
| Hamadryas amphinome mexicana | Red Cracker | Y E Mexico |
| Hamadryas februa ferentina | Gray Cracker | Y |
| Hamadryas feronia farinulenta | Variable Cracker | Y |
| Hamadryas fornax fornacalia | Orange Cracker | Y |
| Hamadryas glauconome glauconome | Glaucous Cracker | Y |
| Hamadryas guatemalena | Guatamalan Cracker | ? |
| Hamadryas iphthime joannae | Brownish Cracker | Y |
| Mestra amymone | Northern Mestra | Y |
| Pyrrhogyra edocla edocla | Green-spotted Banner | Y E Mexico |
| Pyrrhogyra otolais otolais | Double-banded Banner | Y |
| Temenis laothoe (E Mexico) | Orange Banner | Y |
| Subfamily Charaxinae: 8 species | Leafwings and relatives | |
| Consul electra electra | Pearly Leafwing | Y E Mexico |
| Consul fabius cecrops | Tiger-striped Leafwing | Y |
| Siderone galanthis (Mexican segregate) | Red-striped Leafwing | Y |
| Anaea aidea | Tropical Leafwing | Y |
| Fountainea eurypyle confusa | Pointed Leafwing | Y E Mexico |
| Memphis philumena xenica | Orange-striped Leafwing | Y |
| Archaeoprepona demophon centralis | One-spotted Prepona | Y E Mexico |
| Archaeoprepona demophoon gulina | Two-spotted Prepona | Y E Mexico |
| Subfamily Apaturinae: 0 species | Emperors | |
| Subfamily Mrophinae: 5 species | Morphos and Owl Butterflies | |
| Tribe Morphini: 2 species | Morphos and Antirrheas | |
| Morpho helenor montezuma | Common Morpho | Y peleides", "achilles", E Mexico |
| Morpho polyphemus luna | White Morpho | Y SE Mexico |
| Tribe Brassolini: 3 species | Owl Butterflies | |
| Caligo telamonius memmon | Pale Owl-Butterfly | Y |
| Caligo uranus | Gold-edged Owl-Butterfly | Y |
| Opsiphanes cassiae mexicana | Cassia's Owl-Butterfly | Y? Opsiphanes sp |
| Opsiphanes cassina fabricii | Split-banded Owl-Butterfly | |
| Opsiphanes invirae relucens | Lowland Owl-Butterfly | |
| Opsiphanes quiteria quirinus | Scalloped Owl-Butterfly | Y |
| Opsiphanes tamarindi tamarindi | Narrow-banded Owl-butterfly | |
| Subfamily Satyrinae: 18 species | Satyrs | |
| Manataria hercyna maculata | White-spotted Satyr | Y |
| Cepheuptychia glaucina | Dirty-blue Satyr | Y |
| Cissia confusa | Confused Satyr | ? |
| Cissia labe | Labe Satyr | Y |
| Cissia pompilia | Plain Satyr | Y |
| Cissia pseudoconfusa | Gold-stained Satyr | ? |
| Cyllopsis hedemanni hedemanni | Stub-tailed Gemmed-Satyr | Y |
| Euptychia westwoodi | Westwood’s Satyr | Y "mollina" |
| Hermeuptychia sosybius | Carolina Satyr | Y |
| Magneuptychia libye | Blue-gray Satyr | Y |
| Paramacera xicaque xicaque | Mexican Pine-Satyr | Y |
| Pareuptychia metaleuca metaleuca | White-banded or One-banded Satyr | ? |
| Pareuptychia ocirrhoe (Mexican segregate) | White or Two-banded Satyr | Y |
| Taygetis rufomarginata | Rufous-margined Satyr | ? |
| Taygetis thamyra | Thamyra Satyr | Y |
| Taygetis virgilia | Stub-tailed Satyr | Y |
| Yphthimoides renata | Renata Satyr | Y |
| Gyrocheilus patrobas patrobas | Red-bordered Satyr | Y |
| Family HESPERIIDAE 109 species | SKIPPERS | |
| Subfamily Pyrrhopginae: 1 species | Firetips, Golf-Club Skippers | |
| Pyrrhopyge zenodorus | Red-headed Firetip | Y |
| Subfamily Pyrginae: 66 species | Spreadwing Skippers | |
| Achlyodes pallida | Pale or Pallid Sicklewing | Y (= selva) |
| Aguna asander asander | Gold-spotted Aguna | Y |
| Aguna claxon | Emerald Aguna | Y |
| Anastrus sempiternus sempiternus | Common Anastrus | Y |
| Antigonus corrosus | Small Spurwing | Y |
| Antigonus erosus | Common Spurwing | Y |
| Astraptes "fulgerator azul" | Two-barred Flasher, Flashing Astraptes | Y |
| Astraptes alardus latia | Frosted Flasher | Y |
| Astraptes alector hopfferi | Gilbert’s Flasher | Y (= gilberti) |
| Astraptes anaphus annetta | Yellow-tipped Flasher | Y |
| Astraptes egregius | Small-spotted Flasher | Y |
| Astraptes talus | Green Flasher | Y |
| Atarnes sallei | Orange-spotted Skipper | Y |
| Autochton longipennis/zarex | Spike Banded-Skipper | Y |
| Autochton neis | Broad Banded-Skipper | Y |
| Bolla brennus brennus | Obscure Sootywing | ? |
| Bolla cupreiceps | Copper-headed Sootywing | Y |
| Bolla oiclus imbras | Rounded Sootywing | Y (= pullata) |
| Cabares potrillo potrillo | Potrillo Skipper | Y |
| Carrhenes canescens canescens | Hoary Skipper | Y |
| Chioides albofasciatus | White-striped Longtail | Y |
| Chiomara georgina georgina | White-patched Skipper | Y "asychis" |
| Codatractus hyster | Hyster Skipper | Y |
| Cogia calchas | Mimosa Skipper | Y |
| Eantis tamenund | Northern Sicklewing (Sickle-winged Skipper) | Y "Achlyodes mithridates" |
| Epargyreus sp | Silverdrop | Y |
| Gesta invisus | False Duskywing | Y "gesta" |
| Gorgythion begga/vox | Variegated Skipper | Y |
| Helias cama | Squared Bent-Skipper | Y |
| Heliopetes alana | Alana White-Skipper | Y |
| Heliopetes arsalte | Veined White-Skipper | Y |
| Mylon lassia | Bold Mylon | Y |
| Mylon pelopidas | Pale Mylon | Y |
| Nisoniades ephora | Ephora Tufted-Skipper | Y |
| Nisoniades rubescens | Purplish Tufted-Skipper | Y |
| Noctuana lactifera bipuncta | Cryptic Skipper | Y |
| Noctuana stator | Red-studded Skipper | Y |
| Ocyba calathana calanus | Yellow-rimmed Scarlet-eye | Y |
| Pellicia angra angra | Rare Tufted-Skipper | ? |
| Pellicia arina | Glazed Tufted-Skipper | Y |
| Pellicia dimidiata | Morning Glory Tufted-Skipper | ? |
| Phanus sp | Phanus sp | Y |
| Polygonus leo | Hammock Skipper | Y |
| Polythrix mexicanus | Mexican Longtail | Y |
| Pyrgus communis | Common Checkered-Skipper | Y |
| Pyrgus oileus | Tropical Checkered-Skipper | Y |
| Quadrus cerialis | Common Blue-Skipper | Y |
| Quadrus lugubris | Tanned Blue-Skipper | Y |
| Spathilepia clonius | Falcate Skipper | Y |
| Staphylus ascalaphus | Central American Sootywing | Y |
| Staphylus mazans | Mazans Sootywing | ? |
| Staphylus vulgata | Golden-snouted Sootywing | Y |
| Systasea pulverulenta | Texas Powdered-Skipper | Y |
| Telemiades choricus | Mexican Telemiades | Y |
| Theagenes aegides | White-centered Bent-Skipper | Y |
| Timochares ruptifasciata | Brown-banded Skipper | Y |
| Timochares trifasciata trifasciata | Many-banded Skipper | Y |
| Urbanus blue sp | Y | |
| Urbanus dorantes | Dorantes Longtail | Y |
| Urbanus procne | Brown Longtail | Y |
| Urbanus simplicius | Plain Longtail | Y |
| Urbanus tanna | Tanna Longtail | Y |
| Urbanus teleus | Teleus Longtail | Y |
| Urbanus viterboana/belli | Bluish Longtail | Y? |
| Xenophanes tryxus | Glassy-winged Skipper | y |
| Zopyrion sandace | Sandy Skipper | Y |
| Subfamily Heteropterinae: 3 species | Skipperlings | |
| Dardarina dardaris | Dardaris Skipperling | Y |
| Piruna ceracates | Veracruz Skipperling | Y |
| Piruna roeveri | Roever's Skipperling | Y |
| Subfamily Hesperiinae: 39 species | Grass-Skippers | |
| Aides brilla | Brilliant Silverpatch | Y |
| Amblyscirtes exoteria | Large Roadside-Skipper | Y |
| Amblyscirtes tolteca tolteca | Toltec Roadside-Skipper | Y |
| Anthoptus epictetus | Trailside Skipper | Y |
| Callimormus juventus | Juventus Skipper | Y |
| Callimormus saturnus | Ubiquitous or Saturnus Skipper | Y |
| Carystoides sp | Mexican Ruby-eye | Y |
| Cobalopsis nero | Nero Skipper | Y |
| Corticea corticea | Redundant Skipper | Y |
| Corticea lysias | Lysias Skipper | Y |
| Cymaenes trebius | Fawn-spotted Skipper | Y "odilia" |
| Decinea percosius | Double-dotted Skipper | Y |
| Enosis immaculata immaculata | Immaculata Skipper | Y |
| Lerema liris | Liris Skipper | Y |
| Mnasicles geta | Violet-frosted Skipper | Y |
| Mnasitheus nitra | Nitra or Gold-dusted Skipper | Y |
| Moeris striga stroma | Flag Skipper | Y |
| Monca crispinus | Violet-patched Skipper | Y (= tyrtaeus), "telata" |
| Morys lyde | Violet-studded Skipper | Y "geisa" |
| Niconiades nikko | Nikko Skipper | Y |
| Panoquina hecebolus | Hecebolus Skipper | ? |
| Panoquina lucas | Purple-washed Skipper | Y |
| Panoquina ocola ocola | Ocola Skipper | Y |
| Papias dictys | Bottom-spotted Skipper | ? |
| Paratrytone aphractoia | Snowball-spotted or Snowball Skipper | Y |
| Paratrytone sp | pair on Cofre de Perote | Y |
| Perichares philetes adela | Green-backed Ruby-eye | ? |
| Poanes monticola | Monticola or Oyamel Skipper | Y |
| Polites subreticulata | Subreticulate Skipper | Y |
| Polites vibex praeceps | Whirlabout | Y |
| Pompeius pompeius | Pompeius Skipper/Common Glassywing | Y |
| Quinta cannae | Canna Skipper | Y |
| Remella duena - sp? | Guatemalan Remella | ? |
| Remella rita - sp? | Rita’s Remella | ? |
| Saturnus reticulata obscurus | Bell's or Skid-marked Skipper | Y |
| Synapte pecta | Northern Faceted-Skipper | Y "malitiosa" |
| Synapte salenus | Salenus Faceted-Skipper | Y |
| Vehilius stictomenes illudens | Pasture Skipper | Y |
| Wallengrenia otho | Southern Broken-dash | Y |
| Zenis jebus janka | Purple-stained Skipper | ? |
| Tribe Megathymini: 0 species (minimum) | Giant-Skippers | |
| TOTAL BUTTERFLY SPECIES: 330 |