This count is almost always in the top 3 in the nation for species numbers and many times the top count. Last year the count recorded 16 national high counts including the only White Angled-Sulphurs. Compilation Dinner will be at Wagon Wheel in Patagonia at 5 PM or so.
Contact the compiler for further details or to let him know in advance that you will be participating.
Butterflies counted:
Swallowtails Papilionidae
Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor 48
Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata 26
Whites and Sulphurs Pieridae
Checkered White Pontia protodice 1
Cabbage White Pieris rapae 6
Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme 26
Southern Dogface Colias cesonia 10
Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae 217
Mexican Yellow Eurema Mexicana 68
Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe 27
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole 20
Hairstreaks, Elfins, Blues Lycaenidae
Siva' Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus siva 3
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus 1
Leda Ministreak Ministrymon leda 1
Arizona Hairstreak Erora quaderna 6
Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exile 4
Marine Blue Leptotes marina 68
Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus 18
Reakirt’s Blue Hemiargus isola 9
Metalmarks Riodinidae
Fatal Metalmark Calephelis nemesis 13
Zela Metalmark Emesis zela 9
Palmer's Metalmark Apodemia palmeri 3
Snout Butterflies Libytheidae
American Snout Libytheana carinenta 31
Brush-Footed Butterflies Nymphalidae
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta Claudia 9
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanilla 12
Theona Checkerspot Chlosyne theona 25
Bordered Patch Chlosyne lacinia 153
Elf Microtia elva 1
Tiny Checkerspot Dymasia dymas 316
Elada Checkerspot Texola elada 90
Texan Crescent Phyciodes texana 3
Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos 5
Mexican Crescent Phyciodes pallescens
Painted Crescent Phyciodes picta 9
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 96
West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 1
Common Buckeye Junonia coenia 11
‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye J.genoveva nigrosuffusa 8
Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax 1
Viceroy Limenitis archippus 5
‘Arizona’ California Sister Adelpha bredowii 3
Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis 2
Empress Leilia Asterocampa leilia 4
Red Satyr Megisto rubricate 3
Monarch Danaus plexippus 4
Queen Danaus gilippus 23
Skippers Hesperiidae
Dull Firetip Pyrrhopyge araxes 9
Arizona Skipper Codatractus arizonensis 15
Valeriana Skipper Codatractus mysie 1
Golden-banded Skipper Autochton cellus 70
Desert Cloudywing Achalarus casica 3
Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades 92
Drusius Cloudywing Thorybes drusius 16
Acacia Skipper Cogia hippalus 100
Gold-costa Skipper Cogia caicus 1
Golden-headed Scallopwing Staphylus ceos 8
Arizona Powdered-Skipper Systasea zampa 1
Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis 1
Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis 16
Checkered-Skipper sp. Pyrgus communis/albescens 17
Desert Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus philetas 1
Common Streaky-Skipper Celotes nessus 3
Common Sootywing Pholisora Catullus 14
Many-spotted Skipperling Piruna cingo 58
Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiacus 2
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus 13
Pahaska Skipper Hesperia Pahaska 1
Moon-marked Skipper Atrytonopsis lunus 8
Viereck's Skipper Atrytonopsis vierecki
Large Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes exoteria 5
Cassus Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes cassus 3
Bronze Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aenus 21
Elissa Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes elissa 26
Texas Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes texanae 6
Toltec Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes tolteca 3
Slaty Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes Nereus 1
Nysa Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa 13
Dotted Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes eos 26
Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala 1