Date & Time:
September 30, 2017 - 7:30am
Meeting Place:
Safeway parking lot at Continental Road (Exit 63) just west of I-19 in Green Valley
Compiler:
Mary Klinkel
Compiler Email:
munchita@msn.com or (520) 275-0163
In 2016 this count recorded 13 national high counts including the only Red-bordered Satyrs and an all-time high count of Elf (152 individuals). Compilation Dinner TBA.
Contact the compiler for further details and to let her know you will be participating.
Trip Butterfly Reports:
Totals: 62 species 1934 individuals
Key: New high total = (..) New for count: Common Name Genus species
- Pipevine Swallowtail (23) Battus philenor
- Black Swallowtail (1) Papilio polyxenes
- Giant Swallowtail (1) Papilio cresphontes
- Two-tailed Swallowtail (19) Papilio multicaudat
- Checkered White (2) Pontia protodice
- Orange Sulphur (16) Colias eurytheme
- Southern Dogface (62) Colias cesonia
- White Angled-Sulphur (1) Anteos clorinde
- Cloudless Sulphur (90 Phoebis sennae
- Mexican Yellow (154) Eurema mexicana
- Tailed Orange (88) Eurema proterpia
- Sleepy Orange (18) Eurema nicippe
- Dainty Sulphur (74) Nathalis iole
- Colorado Hairstreak (1) Hypaurotis crysalis
- Gray Hairstreak (57) Strymon melinus
- Leda Ministreak (32) Ministrymon leda
- Western Pygmy-Blue (26) Brephidium exile
- Marine Blue (88) Leptotes marina
- Ceraunus Blue (46) Hemiargus ceraunus
- Reakirt’s Blue (38) Hemiargus isola
- ‘Echo’ Spring Azure (64) Celastrina ladon
- Acmon Blue (1) Plebejus acmon texana
- Fatal Metalmark (9) Calephelis nemesis
- Arizona Metalmark (3) Calephelis arizonensis
- Palmer's Metalmark (8) Apodemia palmeri
- American Snout (129) Libytheana carinenta
- Gulf Fritillary (2) Agraulis vanillae
- Variegated Fritillary (24) Euptoieta claudia
- Bordered Patch (17) Chlosyne lacinia
- Elf (5) Microtia elva
- Tiny Checkerspot (25) Dymasia dymas
- Elada Checkerspot (8) Texola elada
- Texan Crescent (8) Phyciodes texana
- Mourning Cloak (2) Nymphalis antiopa
- American Lady (5) Vanessa virginiensis
- Painted Lady (101) Vanessa cardui
- Red Admiral (6) Vanessa atalanta
- Common Buckeye (5) Junonia coenia
- ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye (4) J.genoveva nigrosuffusa
- Red-spotted Purple (44) Limenitis arthemis astyanax
- ‘Arizona’ California Sister (166) Adelpha bredowii
- Tropical Leafwing (1) Anaea aidea
- Goatweed Leafwing (1) Anaea andria
- Hackberry Emperor (7) Asterocampa celtis
- Empress Leilia (122) Asterocampa leilia
- Tawny Emperor (50) Asterocampa clyton
- Nabokov's Satyr (54) Cyllopsis pyracmon
- Red Satyr (39) Megisto rubricata
- Red-bordered Satyr (79) Gyrocheilus patrobas
- Queen (32) Danaus gilippus
- Dorantes Longtail (11) Urbanus dorantes
- Juvenal's Duskywing (1) Erynnis juvenalis clitus
- Mournful Duskywing (1) Erynnis tristis
- Funereal Duskywing (35) Erynnis funeralis
- White Checkered-Skipper (11) Pyrgus albescens
- Desert Checkered-Skipper (1) Pyrgus philetas
- Orange Skipperling (5) Copaeodes aurantiacus
- Sachem (1) Atalopedes campestris
- Sheep Skipper (1) Atrytonopsis edwardsii
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper (1) Amblyscirtes nysa
- Violet-clouded Skipper (1) Lerodea arabus
- Arizona Giant-Skipper (8) Agathymus aryxna
Unidentified: Duskywing sp. (2)