Date & Time:
July 28, 2019 -
7:30am to 4:00pm
Meeting Place:
Safeway/ McDonald’s parking lot on Continental Road (exit 63 on I-19) in Green Valley
Compiler:
Mary Klinkel
Compiler Email:
grizzledelfin@gmail.com
This count covers the Santa Rita Mountains, including many canyons: Gardener, Box, Florida, Madera, and Montosa.
Compilation dinner: Pub 1922 Sahuarita, 4:00 PM
Trip Butterfly Reports:
Fifteen counters found 69 species on a hot day July 28, 2019. Species seen (individuals in parenthesis):
- Pipevine Swallowtail (64) Battus philenor
- Black Swallowtail (3) Papilio polyxenes
- Two-tailed Swallowtail (30) Papilio multicaudata
- Checkered White (5) Pontia protodice
- Orange Sulphur (4) Colias eurytheme
- Southern Dogface (15) Colias cesonia
- Cloudless Sulphur (11) Phoebis sennae
- Mexican Yellow (21) Eurema mexicana
- Sleepy Orange (9) Eurema nicippe
- Dainty Sulphur (1) Nathalis iole
- Colorado Hairstreak (7) Hypaurotis crysalus
- Siva' Juniper Hairstreak (3) Callophrys gryneus siva
- Gray Hairstreak (2) Strymon melinus
- Leda Ministreak (2) Ministrymon leda
- Arizona Hairstreak (1) Erora quaderna
- Marine Blue (27) Leptotes marina
- Ceraunus Blue (20) Hemiargus ceraunus
- Reakirt’s Blue (8) Hemiargus isola
- ‘Echo’ Spring Azure (42) Celastrina ladon
- Fatal Metalmark (2) Calephelis nemesis
- Zela Metalmark (5) Emesis zela
- Mormon Metalmark (3) Apodemia mormo
- Palmer's Metalmark (3) Apodemia palmeri
- American Snout (1) Libytheana carinenta
- Variegated Fritillary (3) Euptoieta claudia
- Theona Checkerspot (2) Chlosyne theona
- Bordered Patch (2) Chlosyne lacinia
- Tiny Checkerspot (6) Dymasia dymas
- Elada Checkerspot (17) Texola elada
- Texan Crescent (4) Phyciodes texana
- Mourning Cloak (11) Nymphalis antiopa
- American Lady (5) Vanessa virginiensis
- Painted Lady (84) Vanessa cardui
- Common Buckeye (10) Junonia coenia
- ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye (3) J.genoveva nigrosuffusa
- Red-spotted Purple (20) Limenitis arthemis astyanax
- ‘Arizona’ California Sister (35) Adelpha bredowii
- Empress Leilia (26) Asterocampa leilia
- Tawny Emperor (5) Asterocampa clyton
- Nabokov's Satyr (3) Cyllopsis pyracmon
- Canyonland Satyr (1) Cyllopsis pertepida
- Red Satyr (14) Megisto rubricata
- Queen (7) Danaus gilippus
- Dull Firetip (20 Pyrrhopyge araxes
- Silver-spotted Skipper (1) Epargyreus clarus
- Arizona Skipper (35) Codatractus arizonensis
- Golden-banded Skipper (17) Autochton cellus
- Desert Cloudywing (4) Achalarus casica
- Northern Cloudywing (31) Thorybes pylades
- Drusius Cloudywing (3) Thorybes drusius
- Acacia Skipper (93) Cogia hippalus
- Golden-headed Scallopwing (132) Staphylus ceos
- Arizona Powdered-Skipper (4) Systasea zampa
- Funereal Duskywing (2) Erynnis funeralis
- Desert Checkered-Skipper (2) Pyrgus philetas
- Common Streaky-Skipper (36) Celotes nessus
- Common Sootywing (12) Pholisora catullus
- Orange Skipperling (19) Copaeodes aurantiacus
- Pahaska Skipper (3) Hesperia pahaska
- Carus Skipper (2) Polites carus
- Sachem (1) Atalopedes campestris New for Count!
- Taxiles Skipper (52) Poanes taxiles
- Large Roadside-Skipper (14) Amblyscirtes exoteria
- Cassus Roadside-Skipper (21) Amblyscirtes cassus
- Bronze Roadside-Skipper (18) Amblyscirtes aenus
- Elissa Roadside-Skipper (1) Amblyscirtes elissa
- Texas Roadside-Skipper (2) Amblyscirtes texanae
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper (4) Amblyscirtes nysa
- Dotted Roadside-Skipper (2) Amblyscirtes eos