Portal

Date & Time: 
July 25, 2019 -
8:00am to 4:00pm
Meeting Place: 
U.S. Forest Service visitor center just west of Portal. Contact Lori for other meeting place(s) for high elevation counters.
Compiler: 
Lori Conrad
Compiler Email: 
lconrad6853@gmail.com

This count covers Chiricahua Mountains from Portal to Pinery Campground on the west side.

Trip Butterfly Reports: 
  1. Pipevine Swallowtail (25)                Battus philenor
  2. Black Swallowtail (7)                        Papilio polyxenes
  3. Two-tailed Swallowtail (30)            Papilio multicaudata
  4. Checkered White (10)                      Pontia protodice
  5. Clouded Sulphur (7)                         Colias philodice
  6. Orange Sulphur (21)                         Colias eurytheme
  7. Southern Dogface (4)                       Colias cesonia
  8. Cloudless Sulphur (1)                       Phoebis sennae
  9. Mexican Yellow (11)                         Eurema mexicana
  10. Tailed Orange (3)                              Eurema proterpia
  11. Sleepy Orange (16)                           Eurema nicippe
  12. Dainty Sulphur (14)                          Nathalis iole
  13. Siva' Juniper Hairstreak (5)             Callophrys gryneus siva
  14. Gray Hairstreak (12)                         Strymon melinus
  15. Leda Ministreak (6)                          Ministrymon leda
  16. Marine Blue (14)                               Leptotes marina
  17. Ceraunus Blue (7)                             Hemiargus ceraunus
  18. Reakirt’s Blue (15)                             Hemiargus isola
  19. ‘Echo’ Spring Azure (11)                  Celastrina ladon
  20. Acmon Blue (4)                                  Plebejus acmon texana
  21. Nais Metalmark (14)                        Apodemia nais
  22. Variegated Fritillary (9)                    Euptoieta claudia
  23. Elada Checkerspot (6)                      Texola elada
  24. Mylitta Crescent (6)                          Phyciodes mylitta
  25. Satyr Comma (2)                               Polygonia satyrus
  26. Mourning Cloak (2)                           Nymphalis antiopa
  27. American Lady (21)                           Vanessa virginiensis
  28. Painted Lady (88)                              Vanessa cardui
  29. Common Buckeye (12)                    Junonia coenia
  30. ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye (1)             J.genoveva nigrosuffusa
  31. Red-spotted Purple (5)                    Limenitis arthemis astyanax
  32. ‘Arizona’ California Sister (6)          Adelpha bredowii
  33. Hackberry Emperor (1)                    Asterocampa celtis
  34. Red Satyr (8)                                       Megisto rubricata
  35. Monarch (1)                                       Danaus plexippus
  36. Queen (11)                                          Danaus gilippus
  37. Dull Firetip (16)                                  Pyrrhopyge araxes
  38. Silver-spotted Skipper (7)               Epargyreus clarus
  39. Golden-banded Skipper (23)          Autochton cellus
  40. Desert Cloudywing (1)                     Achalarus casica
  41. Northern Cloudywing (162)            Thorybes pylades
  42. Drusius Cloudywing (12)                 Thorybes drusius
  43. Acacia Skipper (4)                             Cogia hippalus
  44. Golden-headed Scallopwing (27)  Staphylus ceos
  45. Arizona Powdered-Skipper (3)       Systasea zampa
  46. Mournful Duskywing (3)                  Erynnis tristis
  47. Pacuvius Duskywing (21)                 Erynnis pacuvius
  48. Funereal Duskywing (2)                   Erynnis funeralis
  49. Common/White Checkered-Skipper (12)               Pyrgus communis
  50. Desert Checkered-Skipper (1)        Pyrgus philetas
  51. Common Sootywing (3)                   Pholisora catullus
  52. Four-spotted Skipperling (11)        Piruna polingi
  53. Edward's Skipperling (2)                  Oarisma edwardsii
  54. Orange Skipperling (35)                   Copaeodes aurantiacus
  55. Snow's Skipper (35)                          Paratrytone snowi
  56. Taxiles Skipper (138)                        Poanes taxiles
  57. Large Roadside-Skipper (25)          Amblyscirtes exoteria
  58. Cassus Roadside-Skipper (18)        Amblyscirtes cassus
  59. Bronze Roadside-Skipper (14)        Amblyscirtes aenus
  60. Texas Roadside-Skipper (1)            Amblyscirtes texanae
  61. Slaty Roadside-Skipper (8)              Amblyscirtes nereus
  62. Nysa Roadside-Skipper (1)              Amblyscirtes nysa
  63. Dotted Roadside-Skipper (2)          Amblyscirtes eos
  64. Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper (36)       Ambyscirtes fimbriate

 

Total 64 species, 1006 individuals