I've been looking through my butterfly books, and I'm just about positive that the butterflies that look like julias but are different on the underside are scarce silver-spotted flambeaus/dione juno.
The one that looks like a gulf frit is undoubtedly a Mexican silverspot/dione moneta.
The sulphur looks like our cloudless sulphurs. The only way I can get a decent picture of any sulphur is to turn down the exposure level on my camera - if I don't, they wind up being so overexposed you can't tell what they really look like!
Thanks, Geni! I've got such a bad case of butterfly withdrawals I'm getting the shakes! :)
MissSherry

Great pics, Geni!

Okay, now you've got me checking. Could the little yellow swallowtail be a Broad-banded Swallowtail (Heraclides astyalus)?

The orange one looks like a Juno Silverspot (Dione juno). It is listed as a 'longwing.'

The little checkered might be an Ardys Crescent (Anthanassa ardys).

The long-tailed skipper wasn't anything like the one I found online.

:) What fun! It is like a treasure hunt and the mathematician in me likes the compare/contrast aspect...

Cool, Geni. I'll check them out more later when I have time.

I'm glad you are enjoying this. I sure appreciate the help. I believe CalSherry and MissSherry are correct about the orange longwing being Dione juno.

I also think what I took to be a tail on the small yellow and black butterfly was actually part of a leaf. I thought I remembered seeing tails on the actual butterfly, but it's been six weeks since I saw one up close, so I don't trust my memory any more than my vision. I found a picture that looks very much like it -- without tails -- on mariposasmexicanas.com (thanks CalSherry for this site, which I immediately bookmarked): Catasticta nimbice nimbice, Mexican Dartwhite.

The little checker could be Anthanassa ardys, but I'll have to get a better picture to be sure.

Any guesses about the platinum colored one or the longtail skipper?

geni

Here is my 2 cents

pic 1&2 Longtailed skipper SSP
pic 4 Pallid sicklewing achlyodes pallida
pic 5-6-7 Juno dione juno
pic 8 Mexican Silverspot dione moneta
pic 11 Mexican Dartwhite catasticta nimbice
pic 12 tough to tell with this pic looks like a male cloudless sulphur phoebis sennae
pic 13-14 Texas Crescent Anthanassa Texana

Hope this helps

Bill Berthet

Bill, this helps a lot. Thanks. I think you have correctly identified Achlyodes pallida, Dione juno, Catasticta nimbice and Anthanassa texana. I agree with you about the sulphur. I believe the species in pic 8 is Dione juno rather than Dione moneta, but only because I saw that butterfly with its wings open.

That still leaves the longtailed skipper in pics 1 and 2. Do you think it could be Urbanus dorantes dorantes?

I sure thought that 13 and 14 looked alot like the Texan crescent. We get those in Okla. Cool.

You're about to get them all Id, Geni.

I went down to the beach at Troncones last weekend and finally saw lots of butterflies. Unfortunately, I could not get close enough to photograph most of them, but I did get a couple. Both of these are new to me, so my identifications are subject to revision. They are the first two pictures in the album:

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Butterflies of Michoacán

Geni,

Thanks for sharing. I'm really enjoying YOUR Mexican vacation. Let us know about the results of your gardening efforts.

mike