Date & Time:
August 4, 2024 -
7:00am to 4:30pm
Meeting Place:
TBD
Compiler:
Rich Bailowitz
Compiler Email:
rbailowitz@ gmail.com
The count circle includes Patagonia, AZ and vicinity with an excellent variety of habitats. This is why the Patagonia count is usually one of the top three species-wise in the nation.
Meet at 7AM at Wild Horse Restaurant for breakfast and area assignments. The compilation dinner will also be at Wild Horse Restaurant.
If interested in participating, contact compiler Rich Bailowitz (rbailowitz@ gmail.com)
Trip Butterfly Reports:
Butterflies seen and counted:
- Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor 190
- Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes 5
- Western Giant Swallowtail Heraclides Rumiko 3
- Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata 11
- Checkered White Pontia protodice 18
- Cabbage White Pieris rapae 37
- Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme 9
- Southern Dogface Colias cesonia 65
- Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae 791
- Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe 1
- Mexican Yellow Eurema Mexicana 529
- Tailed Orange Eurema proterpia 1
- Dina Yellow Eurema dina 1
- Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe 96
- Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole 116
- Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus 1
- Siva' Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus siva 9
- Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus 25
- Leda Ministreak Ministrymon leda 28
- Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exile 9
- Marine Blue Leptotes marina 155
- Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus 159
- Reakirt’s Blue Hemiargus isola 653
- ‘Echo’ Spring Azure Celastrina ladon 1
- Texas Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon 3
- Fatal Metalmark Calephelis nemesis 19
- Zela Metalmark Emesis zela 2
- Ares Metalmark Emesis ares 7
- Mexican Metalmark Apodemia mejicaus 1
- Palmer's Metalmark Apodemia palmeri 18
- American Snout Libytheana carinenta 45
- Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanilla 56
- Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia 23
- Arachne Checkerspot Poladryas arachne
- Theona Checkerspot Chlosyne Theona 9
- Bordered Patch Chlosyne lacinia 28
- Tiny Checkerspot Dymasia dymas 302
- Arizona Checkerspot Texola elada perse 518
- Texan Crescent Anthanassa texana 9
- Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos 29
- Painted Crescent Phyciodes picta 23
- American Lady Vanessa virginiensis 2
- Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 4
- Red Admiral Vanessa Atalanta 1
- Common Buckeye Junonia coenia 21
- ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye J.genoveva nigrosuffusa 3
- Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax 9
- Viceroy Limenitis Archippus 22
- ‘Arizona’ California Sister Adelpha eulalia 31
- Empress Leilia Asterocampa leilia 20
- Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton 4
- Red Satyr Megisto rubricata 7
- Monarch Danaus Plexippus 2
- Queen Danaus gilippus 226
- Dull Firetip Pyrrhopyge araxes 44
- Arizona Skipper Codatractus arizonensis 1
- Desert Cloudywing Achalarus casica 1
- Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades 20
- Drusius Cloudywing Thorybes drusius 2
- Acacia Skipper Cogia hippalus 21
- Golden-headed Scallopwing Staphylus ceos 204
- Arizona Powdered-Skipper Systasea zampa 5
- Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis 20
- Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis 7
- Common/White Checkered-Skipper Bumsius communis/ albescens 95
- Desert Checkered-Skipper Bumsius philetas 13
- Erichson's White-Skipper Heliopyrgus domicella 1
- Streaky-Skipper Celotes nessus 11
- Common Sootywing Pholisora Catullus 43
- Many-spotted Skipperling Piruna cingo 2
- Tropical Least Skipper Ancyloxypha arene 27
- Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiacus 19
- Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus 19
- Large Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes exoteria 3
- Bronze Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aenus 4
- Texas Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes texanae 2
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa 1
- Dotted Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes eos 4
- Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala 2
Species in bold are new high total for the count.