Butterflies




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'California' Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia california
Last Name: Ringlet, 'California' Common
1-1 3/4" (25-44 mm). Clear, dull white above and dust-gray below. Underside is crossed by a pale, irregular, and usually intermittent median band, often with small eyespots on both wings. Southern sum... read more
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'Canyon' Bramble Hairstreak
Callophrys dumetorum apama
Last Name: Hairstreak, 'Canyon' Bramble
7/8-1 1/8" (22-28 mm). Tailless. Above, grayish-brown with coppery tints, especially in female. Below, apple-green with white postmedian band varying from well developed, prominent, and angled about m... read more
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'Chara' Tiny Checkerspot
Dymasia dymas chara
Last Name: Checkerspot, 'Chara' Tiny
3/4-1 1/8" ( 19-28 mm). Small. Above, predominantly orange with several rows of distinct black bars across wings, and whitish bar on FW costa leading into paler band. Sexes similar. Below, FW orange w... read more
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'Desert' Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes coloro
Last Name: Swallowtail, 'Desert' Black
2 5/8-2 3/4" (67-70 mm). 3 forms: black with yellow spots; black with yellow bands of larger spots; typical form mostly yellow since broad yellow bands of spots cover up most of black. Tailed; with bl... read more
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'Inornate' Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia inornata
Last Name: Ringlet, 'Inornate' Common
1-1 7/8" (25-48 mm). Pale orange-brown to rich ocher above, sometimes dusky, without markings. Below, FW mostly ocher, paler at tip, sometimes with 1 small black, yellow-rimmed eyespot; HW below pale ... read more
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'Nelson's' Juniper Hairstreak
Callophrys [Mitoura] gryneus nelsoni
Last Name: Hairstreak, 'Nelson's' Juniper
7/8-1" (22-25 mm). Above, male dark grayish-brown with rust-brown spots near HW tail or over central parts of wings to varying degree; has stigma; female rust-brown over most of wings except for bases... read more
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'Northern' Oak Hairstreak
Satyrium [Euristrymon] favonius ontario
Last Name: Hairstreak, 'Northern' Oak
1-1 1/4" (25-32 mm). Gray-brown above, with variable orange patches on all wings (mostly absent in North, well-developed South and West). Tan-brown below; thin black and white HW midline forms large "... read more
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'Ocher' Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia ochracea
Last Name: Ringlet, 'Ocher' Common
1-1 7/8" (30-48 mm). Above, bright orange-ocher, sometimes with 1 small eyespot near FW tip, otherwise unmarked. Below, FW ocher, crossed by long or short cream-colored streak; olive-brown tip has 1 e... read more
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'Oregon' Old World Swallowtail
Papilio machaon oregonius
Last Name: Swallowtail, 'Oregon' Old World
2 5/8-3 3/8" (67-86 mm). Wings full, drawn out toward FW tip; tails long. Pure yellow above with yellow to white dots on FW and HW margins; blue patches inside HW and broad, yellow midwing spot band, ... read more
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'Pima' Desert Orangetip
Anthocharis cethura pima
Last Name: Orangetip, 'Pima' Desert
1 1/4-1 1/2" (32-38 mm). Both sexes lemon-yellow above and below; FW above and below broadly tipped with bright orange. Checked, black and yellow border surrounds orange tip; black bar at end of FW ce... read more
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'Siva' Juniper Hairstreak
Callophrys [Mitoura] gryneus siva
Last Name: Hairstreak, 'Siva' Juniper
7/8-1 1/8" (22-28 mm). Above, male dark grayish-brown with rust-brown spots near HW tail or over central parts of wings to varying degree, has stigma; female rust-brown except for wing bases and margi... read more
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'Uncompaghre' Dingy Fritillary
Boloria [Clossiana] improba acrocnema
Last Name: Fritillary, 'Uncompaghre' Dingy
1-1 1/4" (25-32 mm). Small with rounded FW. Above, flat orange-brown, paler toward bases, large blackish-brown streaks and smeared dots; 1 prominent black spot along FW costa in cell. Tawny-orange bel... read more
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Aaron's Skipper
Poanes aaroni
Last Name: Skipper, Aaron's
1-1 1/2" (25-38 mm). Male above tawny-orange toward base and dark olive-brown toward margin, with dark veins against tawny-orange HW disk and dark marginal markings distinct and scalloped inwardly; ma... read more
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Acacia Skipper
Cogia hippalus
Last Name: Skipper, Acacia
1 1/2-1 7/8" (38-48 mm). Long, triangular wings. Brown with conspicuous white spots on FW above and below; HW gray-brown beneath crossed by zigzag bands of brown. FW fringes checkered, HW fringes cons... read more
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Acadian Hairstreak
Satyrium acadica
Last Name: Hairstreak, Acadian
1 1/8-1 1/4" (28-32 mm). Cool gray-brown with orange spot on HW near tail above. Pale silver-gray below with coal-black bands on FW and HW, consisting of small, widely separate round dots; blue spot a... read more
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Acmon Blue
Plebejus [Icaricia] acmon
Last Name: Blue, Acmon
3/4-1" (19-25 mm). Above, male bright lilac-blue with narrow black margins; HW has pinkish-orange submarginal band surrounding small marginal black dots. Female dark brownish; blue, if present, limite... read more
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