This count covers Sabino Canyon as well as few low country gardens, also covers numerous spots along the Catalina Highway up to the top of Mount Lemmon. (Coronado Pass or National Parks pass or day pass required for parking) for a low desert field day with Fred Heath, or contact compiler Mary Klinkel to claim your territory on your own or with a group outside of Sabino Canyon. Even if you only have one hour or don’t know the names of any butterflies you can help with this count! We have a lot of territory to cover and welcome all participants.
Please bring $3 for NABA compilation fee per person. Remember to bring water, snacks, sun protection, binoculars, cameras, field guides, personal items. Compilation dinner with separate checks TBA.
Thanks to everyone for the successful count! We had people checking pretty much every elevation and the final number of species seen was 61. List follows (Number of individuals seen is in parenthesis):
- Pipevine Swallowtail (44) Battus philenor
- Black Swallowtail (1) Papilio polyxenes
- Western Giant Swallowtail Heraclides rumiko
- Two-tailed Swallowtail (3) Papilio multicaudata
- Chiricahua White (1) Neophasia terlootii
- Checkered White (2) Pontia protodice
- Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice
- Orange Sulphur (16) Colias eurytheme
- Southern Dogface (6) Colias cesonia
- Cloudless Sulphur (2) Phoebis sennae
- Mexican Yellow (10) Eurema mexicana
- Sleepy Orange (5) Eurema nicippe
- Dainty Sulphur (1) Nathalis iole
- Colorado Hairstreak (6) Hypaurotis crysalus
- Thicket Hairstreak (2) Callophrys spinetorum
- Gray Hairstreak (3) Strymon melinus
- Leda Ministreak (4) Ministrymon leda
- Arizona Hairstreak (12) Erora quaderna
- Marine Blue (27) Leptotes marina
- Ceraunus Blue (6) Hemiargus ceraunus
- Reakirt’s Blue (3) Hemiargus isola
- ‘Echo’ Spring Azure (264) Celastrina ladon
- Acmon Blue (6) Plebejus acmon texana
- Fatal Metalmark (8) Calephelis nemesis
- Zela Metalmark (1) Emesis zela
- Nais Metalmark (60) Apodemia nais
- Gulf Fritillary (1) Agraulis vanillae
- Tiny Checkerspot (1) Dymasia dymas
- Mylitta Crescent (1) Phyciodes mylitta
- Texan Crescent (18) Phyciodes texana
- Mourning Cloak (3) Nymphalis antiopa
- American Lady (6) Vanessa virginiensis
- Painted Lady (76) Vanessa cardui
- Common Buckeye (24) Junonia coenia
- ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye (4) J.genoveva nigrosuffusa
- Red-spotted Purple (3) Limenitis arthemis astyanax
- Viceroy (1) Limenitis archippus
- ‘Arizona’ California Sister (6) Adelpha bredowii
- Empress Leilia (17) Asterocampa leilia
- Nabokov's Satyr (1) Cyllopsis pyracmon
- Red Satyr (10) Megisto rubricata
- Monarch (2) Danaus plexippus
- Queen (17) Danaus gilippus
- Silver-spotted Skipper (5) Epargyreus clarus
- Golden-banded Skipper (1) Autochton cellus
- Desert Cloudywing (1) Achalarus casica
- Northern Cloudywing (17) Thorybes pylades
- Acacia Skipper (20) Cogia hippalus
- Golden-headed Scallopwing (1) Staphylus ceos
- Arizona Powdered-Skipper (5) Systasea zampa
- Meridian Duskywing (1) Erynnis meridianus
- Mournful Duskywing (8) Erynnis tristis
- Pacuvius Duskywing (18) Erynnis pacuvius
- Funereal Duskywing (10) Erynnis funeralis
- Erichson's White-Skipper (1) Heliopyrgus domicella
- Orange Skipperling (9) Copaeodes aurantiacus
- Fiery Skipper (26) Hylephila phyleus
- Taxiles Skipper (75) Poanes taxiles
- Moon-marked Skipper (1) Atrytonopsis lunus NEW FOR COUNT!
- Large Roadside-Skipper (1) Amblyscirtes exoteria
- Bronze Roadside-Skipper (6) Amblyscirtes aenus