National Butterfly Center, 12/14/14

Honey and I ran over to the National Butterfly Center this warm, windy, sunny day.  There were plenty of butterflies but nothing good until Jeff Glassberg found a Ruddy Hairstreak.  Unfortunately I didn't get a photo. I also failed to photograph the Malachite, so here's a pair of copulating Soldiers.

And a couple of White Peacocks in love.

This South Texas Satyr (AKA Hermes Satyr, AKA Carolina Satyr) has very small ocelli.

Tropical Leafwings are in short supply this winter, but this is a rally nice one.

I guess this is just a dark Cassius Blue.

Here's our list of 43 species.

• Black Swallowtail 1
• Checkered White 1
• Southern Dogface 4
• Cloudless Sulphur 4
• Large Orange Sulphur 5
• Lyside Sulphur 5
• Tailed Orange 2
• Little Yellow 2
• Silver-banded Hairstreak 1
• Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 5
• Ruddy Hairstreak 1
• Dusky-blue Groundstreak 25
• Cassius Blue 2
• Ceraunus Blue 5
• Red-bordered Pixie 1
• American Snout 3
• Gulf Fritillary 8
• Zebra Heliconian 4
• Bordered Patch 2
• Vesta Crescent 2
• Phaon Crescent 10
• Red Admiral 8
• White Peacock 5
• Malachite 1
• Common Mestra 1
• Tropical Leafwing 2
• Tawny Emperor 25
• Carolina Satyr 1
• Monarch 5
• Queen 40
• Soldier 10
• Brown Longtail 3
• Sickle-winged Skipper 3
• White Checkered-Skipper 20
• Tropical Checkered-Skipper 8
• Laviana White-Skipper 8
• Julia's Skipper 2
• Fawn-spotted Skipper 3
• Clouded Skipper 50
• Southern Skipperling 5
• Fiery Skipper 6
• Whirlabout 1
• Sachem 1
• Eufala Skipper 3