More SE Arizona butterflies

Bruce Walsh bruce_walsh at tikal.biosci.arizona.edu
Sat Apr 12 21:59:24 EDT 1997


                       Subject:                               Time:9:59 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          More SE Arizona butterflies            Date:4/13/97

Yesterday's observations from SE Arizona, just east of Phoenix (AZ State
highway 87, around 2500-300 feet).  Reasonable amounts of nector,
species coming to water.

Systasea zampa (Arizona poweredwing skipper)
Erynnis funeralis (Funeralis dustywing skipper)
Heliopetes domicella (Domicella skipper)
Papilio polyxenes coloro (aka P. rudkini)  (Rudkin's swallowtail)
Pieris sisymbrii sisymbrii (Sisymbrii white)
Eurema nicippe (Nicippe sulpher)
Nathalis iole (Dainty sulphur)
Hemiargus ceraunus gyas (Ceraunus blue)
Celastrina argiolus cinera (Spring blue)
Euphilotes battoides martini (Martini's blue. Common around Erigonum
fasciculatum flowers)
Libytheana bachmanii (Snout butterfly)
Chlosyne californica (California checkerspot)
Euphydryas chalcedona klotsi (Klot's checkerspot)
Asterocampa leilia (leilia hackberry butterfly)


Bruce Walsh
University of Arizona




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