Date & Time:
July 29, 2018 - 7:30am
Meeting Place:
Safeway/ McDonald’s parking lot on Continental Road (exit 63 on I-19) in Green Valley
Compiler:
Mary Klinkel
Compiler Email:
munchita@msn.com
This count covers the Santa Rita Mountains, including many canyons: Gardener, Box, Florida, Madera, and Montosa. Of the 55 species found in 2017, 8 were high counts nationally including Elf (9), and three species of roadside-skippers: Large (8), Elissa (36) and Dotted (4).
Trip Butterfly Reports:
(Bold number = New High for the Count; Bold Typeface = New species for the count)
- Pipevine Swallowtail (102) Battus philenor
- Black Swallowtail (2) Papilio polyxenes
- Two-tailed Swallowtail (43) Papilio multicaudata
- Checkered White (1) Pontia protodice
- Orange Sulphur (1) Colias eurytheme
- Southern Dogface (25) Colias cesonia
- Cloudless Sulphur (414) Phoebis sennae
- Large Orange Sulphur (7) Phoebis agarithe
- Mexican Yellow (35) Eurema mexicana
- Tailed Orange (9) Eurema proterpia
- Sleepy Orange (24) Eurema nicippe
- Dainty Sulphur (3) Nathalis iole
- Siva' Juniper Hairstreak (5) Callophrys gryneus siva
- Gray Hairstreak (1) Strymon melinus
- Leda Ministreak (13) Ministrymon leda
- Arizona Hairstreak (1) Erora quaderna
- Marine Blue (63) Leptotes marina
- Ceraunus Blue (56) Hemiargus ceraunus
- Reakirt’s Blue (19) Hemiargus isola
- ‘Echo’ Spring Azure (&) Celastrina ladon echo
- Fatal Metalmark (3) Calephelis nemesis
- Arizona Metalmark (1) Calephelis arizonensis
- Zela Metalmark (10) Emesis zela
- Mormon Metalmark (2) Apodemia mormo
- Palmer's Metalmark (17) Apodemia palmeri
- American Snout (34) Libytheana carinenta
- Gulf Fritillary (4) Agraulis vanillae
- Bordered Patch (183) Chlosyne lacinia
- Elf (5) Microtia elva
- Tiny Checkerspot (157) Dymasia dymas
- Elada Checkerspot (1,025) Texola elada
- Texan Crescent (2) Phyciodes texana
- Mourning Cloak (24) Nymphalis antiopa
- American Lady (2) Vanessa virginiensis
- Painted Lady (2) Vanessa cardui
- Red-spotted Purple (12) Limenitis arthemis astyanax
- ‘Arizona’ California Sister Adelpha bredowii eualia
- Hackberry Emperor (7) Asterocampa celtis
- Empress Leilia (56) Asterocampa leilia
- Tawny Emperor (10) Asterocampa clyton
- Nabokov's Satyr (1) Cyllopsis pyracmon
- Monarch () Danaus plexippus
- Queen (9) Danaus gilippus
- Dull Firetip (1) Pyrrhopyge araxes
- Silver-spotted Skipper (1) Epargyreus clarus
- Arizona Skipper (59) Codatractus arizonensis
- Golden-banded Skipper (10) Autochton cellus
- Northern Cloudywing (191) Thorybes pylades
- Drusius Cloudywing (7) Thorybes drusius
- Acacia Skipper (71) Cogia hippalus
- Gold-costa Skipper (2) Cogia caicus
- Golden-headed Scallopwing (112) Staphylus ceos
- Arizona Powdered-Skipper (6) Systasea zampa
- Mournful Duskywing (3) Erynnis tristis
- Pacuvius Duskywing (1) Erynnis pacuvius
- Funereal Duskywing (3) Erynnis funeralis
- White Checkered-Skipper (1) Pyrgus albescens
- Desert Checkered-Skipper (1) Pyrgus philetas
- Common Streaky-Skipper (13) Celotes nessus
- Common Sootywing (49) Pholisora catullus
- Many-spotted Skipperling (1) Piruna cingo
- Orange Skipperling (12) Copaeodes aurantiacus
- Pahaska Skipper (1) Hesperia pahaska
- Carus Skipper (1) Polites carus
- Taxiles Skipper (2) Poanes taxiles
- Moon-marked Skipper (2) Atrytonopsis lunus
- Large Roadside-Skipper (6) Amblyscirtes exoteria
- Cassus Roadside-Skipper (6) Amblyscirtes cassus
- Bronze Roadside-Skipper (4) Amblyscirtes aenus
- Elissa Roadside-Skipper (7) Amblyscirtes elissa
- Texas Roadside-Skipper (3) Amblyscirtes texanae
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper (3) Amblyscirtes nysa
Total 72 species, 2994 individuals