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Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
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Brush Footed Butterflies

Brush-footed butterflies, (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Photo by Drees.

Brush-footed butterflies, (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Photo by Drees.

Top: California sister, Adelpha bredowii (Geyer); red admiral, Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus);
Second row: red-spotted purple, Basilarchia (Limenitis) arthemis (Drury); mourning cloak, Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus)
Third row: variegated fritillary, Euptoieta claudia (Cramer); American painted lady, Vanessa virginiensis (Drury);
Bottom: monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Danaidae); viceroy, Bacilarchia (Limenitis) archippus (Cramer).

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