About

Purpose:

The purpose of the website is to help with the identification and recognition of different species of butterflies, particularly those found in Starr County, TX. The website is owned and maintained by Berry Nall. I am solely responsible for all content, including errors. I am an enthusiast and not an expert, so mistakes are likely. Please notify me of any misidentified pictures or other issues with the website.

Attribution:

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact me if you desire to use the photos under other conditions. I do appreciate hearing how people use my photos even when explicit permission is not required.

Credit and Appreciation:

Menus on this site were created by modifying code from Stu Nicholls' CSS play and GRC's menu system.

The sightings bar graphs are generated using CSS code from Terrill Dent, http://www.terrill.ca/design/vertical_bar_graphs/.

Selected Reference:

Brock and Kaufman, Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, 2003. My primary reference for butterfly ID's.

Glassberg, A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, 2007. An excellent supplement to Brock and Kaufman; it includes more species and provides additional hints for differentiating similar species.

Butterflies of America: the most complete treatment online presentation of "New World" butterflies of which I am aware.


Names:

For common names, I generally follow NABA's Checklist of North American Butterflies.
For scientific names, I use Pelham's A CATALOGUE OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
Note (July, 2023): DNA research is accelerating the identification of new species and reclassification (changing the genus) of many known species. Because it is so difficult to keep up with all the changes, some of the names used on this website (scientific and/or common) may be outdated.

Berry Nall
PO Box 22
Falcon Heights, TX 78545
lb@thenalls.net

Butterflies are a hobby. My vocations:

Pastor, Falcon Heights Baptist Church    www.fhbaptist.com
 Computer Science and Engineering Teacher, Roma High School