NABA Patagonia Count

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:

  1. Pipevine Swallowtail                         Battus philenor  190
  2. Black Swallowtail                                Papilio polyxenes  5
  3. Western Giant Swallowtail             Heraclides Rumiko  3
  4. Two-tailed Swallowtail                     Papilio multicaudata  11
  5. Checkered White                               Pontia protodice  18
  6. Cabbage White                                   Pieris rapae  37
  7. Orange Sulphur                                   Colias eurytheme  9
  8. Southern Dogface                              Colias cesonia  65
  9. Cloudless Sulphur                              Phoebis sennae  791
  10. Large Orange Sulphur                       Phoebis agarithe  1
  11. Mexican Yellow                                 Eurema Mexicana  529
  12. Tailed Orange                                      Eurema proterpia  1
  13. Dina Yellow                                           Eurema dina  1
  14. Sleepy Orange                                     Eurema nicippe  96
  15. Dainty Sulphur                                    Nathalis iole  116
  16. Great Purple Hairstreak                   Atlides halesus  1
  17. Siva' Juniper Hairstreak                    Callophrys gryneus siva  9
  18. Gray Hairstreak                                   Strymon melinus  25
  19. Leda Ministreak                                  Ministrymon leda  28
  20. Western Pygmy-Blue                       Brephidium exile  9
  21. Marine Blue                                          Leptotes marina  155
  22. Ceraunus Blue                                     Hemiargus ceraunus  159
  23. Reakirt’s Blue                                      Hemiargus isola  653
  24. ‘Echo’ Spring Azure                           Celastrina ladon 1
  25. Texas Acmon Blue                              Plebejus acmon  3
  26. Fatal Metalmark                                 Calephelis nemesis 19
  27. Zela Metalmark                                  Emesis zela  2
  28. Ares Metalmark                                  Emesis ares  7
  29. Mexican Metalmark                          Apodemia mejicaus  1
  30. Palmer's Metalmark                         Apodemia palmeri  18
  31. American Snout                                  Libytheana carinenta  45
  32. Gulf Fritillary                                         Agraulis vanilla  56
  33. Variegated Fritillary                           Euptoieta claudia  23
  34. Arachne Checkerspot                       Poladryas arachne
  35. Theona Checkerspot                        Chlosyne Theona  9
  36. Bordered Patch                                   Chlosyne lacinia  28
  37. Tiny Checkerspot                               Dymasia dymas  302
  38. Arizona Checkerspot                            Texola elada perse  518
  39. Texan Crescent                                   Anthanassa texana  9
  40. Pearl Crescent                                     Phyciodes tharos  29
  41. Painted Crescent                                Phyciodes picta  23
  42. American Lady                                     Vanessa virginiensis  2
  43. Painted Lady                                        Vanessa cardui  4
  44. Red Admiral                                          Vanessa Atalanta  1
  45. Common Buckeye                             Junonia coenia  21
  46. ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye                   J.genoveva nigrosuffusa  3
  47. Red-spotted Purple                          Limenitis arthemis astyanax 9
  48. Viceroy                                                   Limenitis Archippus  22
  49. ‘Arizona’ California Sister                Adelpha eulalia  31
  50. Empress Leilia                                      Asterocampa leilia  20
  51. Tawny Emperor                                  Asterocampa clyton  4
  52. Red Satyr                                               Megisto rubricata 7
  53. Monarch                                                Danaus Plexippus  2
  54. Queen                                                    Danaus gilippus  226
  55. Dull Firetip                                            Pyrrhopyge araxes 44
  56. Arizona Skipper                                  Codatractus arizonensis  1
  57. Desert Cloudywing                            Achalarus casica  1
  58. Northern Cloudywing                       Thorybes pylades  20
  59. Drusius Cloudywing                          Thorybes drusius  2
  60. Acacia Skipper                                     Cogia hippalus  21
  61. Golden-headed Scallopwing          Staphylus ceos  204
  62. Arizona Powdered-Skipper            Systasea zampa  5
  63. Mournful Duskywing                        Erynnis tristis  20
  64. Funereal Duskywing                         Erynnis funeralis  7
  65. Common/White Checkered-Skipper        Bumsius communis/ albescens  95
  66. Desert Checkered-Skipper             Bumsius philetas  13
  67. Erichson's White-Skipper                Heliopyrgus domicella  1
  68. Streaky-Skipper                                  Celotes nessus  11
  69. Common Sootywing                         Pholisora Catullus  43
  70. Many-spotted Skipperling              Piruna cingo  2
  71. Tropical Least Skipper                      Ancyloxypha arene  27
  72. Orange Skipperling                            Copaeodes aurantiacus  19
  73. Fiery Skipper                                        Hylephila phyleus  19
  74. Large Roadside-Skipper                  Amblyscirtes exoteria  3
  75. Bronze Roadside-Skipper               Amblyscirtes aenus  4
  76. Texas Roadside-Skipper                  Amblyscirtes texanae  2
  77. Nysa Roadside-Skipper                    Amblyscirtes nysa  1
  78. Dotted Roadside-Skipper               Amblyscirtes eos  4
  79. Eufala Skipper                                     Lerodea eufala  2

Species in bold are new high total for the count.