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:
- Pipevine Swallowtail (25) Battus philenor
- Black Swallowtail (7) Papilio polyxenes
- Two-tailed Swallowtail (30) Papilio multicaudata
- Checkered White (10) Pontia protodice
- Clouded Sulphur (7) Colias philodice
- Orange Sulphur (21) Colias eurytheme
- Southern Dogface (4) Colias cesonia
- Cloudless Sulphur (1) Phoebis sennae
- Mexican Yellow (11) Eurema mexicana
- Tailed Orange (3) Eurema proterpia
- Sleepy Orange (16) Eurema nicippe
- Dainty Sulphur (14) Nathalis iole
- Siva' Juniper Hairstreak (5) Callophrys gryneus siva
- Gray Hairstreak (12) Strymon melinus
- Leda Ministreak (6) Ministrymon leda
- Marine Blue (14) Leptotes marina
- Ceraunus Blue (7) Hemiargus ceraunus
- Reakirt’s Blue (15) Hemiargus isola
- ‘Echo’ Spring Azure (11) Celastrina ladon
- Acmon Blue (4) Plebejus acmon texana
- Nais Metalmark (14) Apodemia nais
- Variegated Fritillary (9) Euptoieta claudia
- Elada Checkerspot (6) Texola elada
- Mylitta Crescent (6) Phyciodes mylitta
- Satyr Comma (2) Polygonia satyrus
- Mourning Cloak (2) Nymphalis antiopa
- American Lady (21) Vanessa virginiensis
- Painted Lady (88) Vanessa cardui
- Common Buckeye (12) Junonia coenia
- ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye (1) J.genoveva nigrosuffusa
- Red-spotted Purple (5) Limenitis arthemis astyanax
- ‘Arizona’ California Sister (6) Adelpha bredowii
- Hackberry Emperor (1) Asterocampa celtis
- Red Satyr (8) Megisto rubricata
- Monarch (1) Danaus plexippus
- Queen (11) Danaus gilippus
- Dull Firetip (16) Pyrrhopyge araxes
- Silver-spotted Skipper (7) Epargyreus clarus
- Golden-banded Skipper (23) Autochton cellus
- Desert Cloudywing (1) Achalarus casica
- Northern Cloudywing (162) Thorybes pylades
- Drusius Cloudywing (12) Thorybes drusius
- Acacia Skipper (4) Cogia hippalus
- Golden-headed Scallopwing (27) Staphylus ceos
- Arizona Powdered-Skipper (3) Systasea zampa
- Mournful Duskywing (3) Erynnis tristis
- Pacuvius Duskywing (21) Erynnis pacuvius
- Funereal Duskywing (2) Erynnis funeralis
- Common/White Checkered-Skipper (12) Pyrgus communis
- Desert Checkered-Skipper (1) Pyrgus philetas
- Common Sootywing (3) Pholisora catullus
- Four-spotted Skipperling (11) Piruna polingi
- Edward's Skipperling (2) Oarisma edwardsii
- Orange Skipperling (35) Copaeodes aurantiacus
- Snow's Skipper (35) Paratrytone snowi
- Taxiles Skipper (138) Poanes taxiles
- Large Roadside-Skipper (25) Amblyscirtes exoteria
- Cassus Roadside-Skipper (18) Amblyscirtes cassus
- Bronze Roadside-Skipper (14) Amblyscirtes aenus
- Texas Roadside-Skipper (1) Amblyscirtes texanae
- Slaty Roadside-Skipper (8) Amblyscirtes nereus
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper (1) Amblyscirtes nysa
- Dotted Roadside-Skipper (2) Amblyscirtes eos
- Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper (36) Ambyscirtes fimbriate
Total 64 species, 1006 individuals