NABA Santa Rita Mountains Summer

Date & Time: 
July 31, 2022 -
8:30am to 4:30pm
Meeting Place: 
TBA
Compiler: 
Mary Klinkel
Compiler Email: 
grizzledelfin@gmail.com

Details TBA. Contact Mary if you wish to participate in this count.

Trip Butterfly Reports: 

The teams found and identified 76 species:

  1. Pipevine Swallowtail                        Battus philenor   28
  2. Black Swallowtail                              Papilio polyxenes  1
  3. Western Giant Swallowtail             Heraclides rumiko  9
  4. Two-tailed Swallowtail                    Papilio multicaudata  69
  5. Checkered White                              Pontia protodice  1
  6. Orange Sulphur                                  Colias eurytheme  5
  7. Southern Dogface                            Colias cesonia  31
  8. Cloudless Sulphur                              Phoebis sennae  43
  9. Lyside Sulphur                                    Kricogonia lyside  1
  10. Mexican Yellow                                 Eurema Mexicana  62
  11. Tailed Orange                                    Eurema proterpia  3
  12. Sleepy Orange                                   Eurema nicippe  3
  13. Dainty Sulphur                                   Nathalis iole  12
  14. Colorado Hairstreak                         Hypaurotis crysalus  9
  15. Great Purple Hairstreak                   Atlides halesus  1
  16. Siva' Juniper Hairstreak                   Callophrys gryneus siva  15
  17. Gray Hairstreak                                  Strymon melinus  9
  18. Leda Ministreak                                 Ministrymon leda  61
  19. Western Pygmy-Blue*                     Brephidium exile 1
  20. Marine Blue                                        Leptotes marina  405
  21. Ceraunus Blue                                    Hemiargus ceraunus  24
  22. Reakirt’s Blue                                     Hemiargus isola  36
  23. ‘Echo’ Spring Azure                           Celastrina ladon   81
  24. Arizona Metalmark                           Calephelis arizonensis  4
  25. Zela Metalmark                                 Emesis zela  10
  26. Ares Metalmark                                 Emesis ares  5
  27. American Snout                                 Libytheana carinenta  111
  28. Variegated Fritillary                          Euptoieta claudia  1
  29. Theona Checkerspot                        Chlosyne theona  3
  30. Bordered Patch                                 Chlosyne lacinia  21
  31. Tiny Checkerspot                               Dymasia dymas  48
  32. Elada Checkerspot                            Texola elada  285
  33. Texan Crescent                                  Phyciodes texana  8
  34. Mourning Cloak                                Nymphalis antiopa  12
  35. Painted Lady                                      Vanessa cardui  5
  36. Common Buckeye                             Junonia coenia  2
  37. ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye                   J.genoveva nigrosuffusa  1
  38. Red-spotted Purple                           Limenitis arthemis astyanax  16
  39. ‘Arizona’ California Sister                Adelpha bredowii 52
  40. Hackberry Emperor                          Asterocampa celtis  4
  41. Empress Leilia                                    Asterocampa leilia  78
  42. Tawny Emperor                                 Asterocampa clyton  2
  43. Nabokov's Satyr                                Cyllopsis pyracmon  6
  44. Canyonland Satyr                              Cyllopsis  pertepida  1
  45. Red Satyr                                             Megisto rubricate  25
  46. Monarch                                              Danaus plexippus  1
  47. Queen                                                  Danaus gilippus  8
  48. Dull Firetip                                          Pyrrhopyge araxes  23
  49. Silver-spotted Skipper                      Epargyreus clarus  12
  50. Arizona Skipper                                  Codatractus arizonensis  32
  51. Golden-banded Skipper                   Autochton cellus  5
  52. Desert Cloudywing                           Achalarus casica  22
  53. Northern Cloudywing                       Thorybes pylades  33
  54. Drusius Cloudywing                          Thorybes drusius  4
  55. Acacia Skipper                                    Cogia hippalus  90
  56. Golden-headed Scallopwing          Staphylus ceos  81
  57. Arizona Powdered-Skipper              Systasea zampa  7
  58. Mournful Duskywing                        Erynnis tristis  2
  59. Pacuvius Duskywing                         Erynnis pacuvius  2
  60. Funereal Duskywing                         Erynnis funeralis  5
  61. Common/White-Checkered-Skipper          Pyrgus communis/albescens
  62. Desert Checkered-Skipper               Pyrgus philetas  10
  63. Common Streaky-Skipper                Celotes nessus  8
  64. Common Sootywing                         Pholisora Catullus  22
  65. Many-spotted Skipperling               Piruna cingo  8
  66. Orange Skipperling                            Copaeodes aurantiacus  37
  67. Fiery Skipper                                       Hylephila phyleus  1
  68. Taxiles Skipper                                   Poanes taxiles  180
  69. Moon-marked Skipper                     Atrytonopsis lunus  24
  70. Large Roadside-Skipper                   Amblyscirtes exoteria  1
  71. Cassus Roadside-Skipper                 Amblyscirtes cassus  11
  72. Bronze Roadside-Skipper                 Amblyscirtes aenus  46
  73. Elissa Roadside-Skipper                   Amblyscirtes elissa  2
  74. Texas Roadside-Skipper                   Amblyscirtes texanae  2
  75. Nysa Roadside-Skipper                     Amblyscirtes nysa  5
  76. Dotted Roadside-Skipper                 Amblyscirtes eos  2

*    = New for this count