Arizona Butterflies

[Heath, Fred]

        On May 26, a fairly windy day, the following 31 species were 
     sighted by April Day and I in Garden Canyon in Ft Huachuca, Arizona: 
      
     Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor), Two-tailed Swallowtail 
     (Papilio multicaudatus), Checkered White (Pontia protodice), Southern 
     Dogface (Colias cesonia), Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) including 
     a white "alba" female, Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicanum), Sleepy 
     Orange  (Eurema nicippe), Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole), Juniper 
     "siva" Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus siva), Gray Hairstreak (Strymon 
     melinus), Marine Blue (Leptotes marina), Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus 
     isola), Acmon Blue (Plebjus acmon),  Zela Metalmark (Emesis zela), 
     Varigated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia), Theona Checkerspot 
     (Thessalia theona), Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia), Mylitta 
     Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta), Painted Lady (Venessa cardui), 
     Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis), California Sister (Adelphia 
     bredowii), Nabokov's "Henshaw's" Satyr (Cyllopsis pyracmon henshawi), 
     Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), Desert Cloudywing 
     (Achalarus casica), Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades), Caicus 
     Skipper (Cogia caicus),  ? Duskywing (Erynnis sp?), Common 
     Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis), Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes 
     aurantiacus),  Deva Skipper (Atrytonopsis deva), Python Skipper 
     (Atrytonopsis python).
     
        Although I've never watched butterflies before in the spring in 
     Garden Canyon, this spring it appears that the relatively cold 
     temperatures are causing many species to emerge on the late end of 
     their normal dates.
                                                                            
                                                        -------Fred