The count circle includes Patagonia, AZ and vicinity with an excellent variety of habitats. This is why the Patagonia count is usually one of the top three species-wise in the nation.
Meet at 7AM at Wild Horse Restaurant for breakfast and area assignments. The compilation dinner will also be at Wild Horse Restaurant.
If interested in participating, contact compiler Rich Bailowitz (rbailowitz@ gmail.com)
Final results of the 43rd annual Patagonia count (# and Species in bold print have been recorded on every count):
# SPECIES
HESPERIIDAE - SKIPPERS
10 Apyrrothrix stallingsi - Dull firetip
15 B. albescens/communis - Checkered skipper sp.
17 Burnsius philetas - Desert checkered-skipper
2 Cecropterus casica - Desert cloudywing
36 Cecropterus dorantes - Dorantes longtail
4 Cecropterus drusius - Drusius cloudywing
432 Cecropterus pylades - Northern cloudywing
30 Celotes sabinus - Arizona streaky skipper
4 Codatractus arizonensis - Arizona skipper
126 Cogia hippalus - Acacia skipper
9 Erynnis funeralis - Funereal duskywing
4 Erynnis tristis - Mournful duskywing
156 Pholisora albicirrus - White-tufted sootywing
84 Staphylus ceos - Golden-headed scallopwing
2 Systasia zampa - Arizona powdered-skipper
0 Adopaeoides prittwitzi - Sunrise skipper
15 Amblyscirtes aenus - Bronze roadside-skipper
1 Amblyscirtes cassus - Cassus roadside-skipper
3 Amblyscirtes elissa - Elissa roadside-skipper
5 Amblyscirtes eos - Dotted roadside-skipper
3 Amblyscirtes exoteria - Large roadside-skipper
2 Amblyscirtes nysa - Nysa roadside-skipper
9 Amblyscirtes texanae - Texas roadside-skipper
1 Amblyscirtes tolteca - Toltec roadside-skipper
2 Ancyloxypha arene - Tropical least skipper
1 Atalopedes campestris - Sachem
0 Atrytonopsis edwardsi - Sheep skipper
2 Calpodes ethlius - Brazilian skipper
2 Hesperia pahaska - Pahaska skipper
49 Hylephila phyleus - Fiery skipper
2 Lerema ochrius - Ocherous clouded skipper
2 Lerodea eufala - Eufala skipper
22 Oarisma aurantiaca - Orange skipperling
1 Polites carus - Carus skipper
PAPILIONIDAE - SWALLOWTAILS
119 Battus philenor - Pipevine swallowtail
6 Papilio polyxenes - Black swallowtail
33 Pterourus multicaudata - Two-tailed swallowtail
PIERIDAE - WHITES AND SULPHURS
49 Eurema mexicana - Mexican yellow
57 Eurema nicippe - Sleepy orange
45 Eurema proterpia - Tailed orange
7 Colias eurytheme - Orange sulphur
19 Kricogonia lyside - Lyside sulphur
59 Nathalis iole - Dainty sulphur
2 Phoebis agarithe - Large orange sulphur
1381 Phoebis sennae - Cloudless sulphur
2 Pieris rapae - Cabbage white
2 Pontia protodice - Checkered white
38 Zerene cesonia - Southern dogface
RIODINIDAE - METALMARKS
2 Apodemia ares - Ares metalmark
1 Apodemia mejicanus - Mexican metalmark
12 Apodemia zela - Zela metalmark
1 Calephelis arizonensis - Arizona metalmark
26 Calephelis nemesis - Fatal metalmark
LYCAENIDAE - BLUES AND HAIRSTREAKS
1 Atlides halesus - Great blue hairstreak
1 Ministrymon leda - Leda ministreak
2 Strymon melinus - Gray hairstreak
35 Brephidium exilis - Western pygmy blue
7 Echinargus isola - Reakirt's blue
68 Hemiargus ceraunus - Ceraunus blue
1 Icaricia acmon - Texas acmon blue
35 Leptotes marina - Marine blue
LIBYTHEIDAE - SNOUT BUTTERFLIES
549 Libytheana carinenta - American snout
NYMPHALIDAE - BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES
20 Anthanassa texana - Texas crescent
4 Asterocampa leilia - Empress leilia
1 Asterocampa clyton - Tawny emperor
629 Chlosyne lacinia - Bordered patch
9 Chlosyne theona - Theona checkerspot
6 Cissia rubricata - Red satyr
1 Cyllopsis pyracmon - Nabokov's satyr
49 Danaus gilippus - Queen
28 Dione vanillae - Gulf fritillary
335 Dymasia dymas - Tiny checkerspot
17 Euptoieta claudia - Variegated fritillary
3 Junonia coenia - Common buckeye
2 Junonia nigrosuffusa - Tropical buckeye
3 Limenitis archippus - Viceroy
1 Limenitis a. arizonensis - Red-spotted purple
1 Nymphalis antiopa - Mourning cloak
6 Phyciodes picta - Painted crescent
280 Texola perse - Arizona checkerspot
6 Vanessa cardui - Painted lady
80 TOTAL SPECIES COUNTED
5099 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS COUNTED