Arizona field report

[Ron Gatrelle]

Bill -- Boy do I wish I was with you on this day!!!!! What a great
diversity of terrific species. My only comment is on the J. nigrosuffusa
and J. coenia records. I have no reason to believe that this is not 100%
accurate. Thus, you have the sympatric occurrence of two species. I am
among those who feel that nigrosuffusa may well be a species in its own
right. At lest a subspecies of genoveva - or ?.  Other comments solicited
on this. -- Ron

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From: "BMW60" <bmw60 at aol.com>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:13 PM
Subject: Arizona field report


> I decided to go down to the Santa Rita mountains and give Box Canyon a
look-see
> for the odd skipper.  As I drove down, the wind had already picked up and
the
> sky started to look a little too dark for butterflies.  Not to mention
the temp
> was only in the upper 60s at this point.  High hopes I didnt have.  Even
as I
> approached the wash I spied my first skipper.  It turned out to be a
pretty
> fair day.  The biggest surprise as I moved down the wash was a beautiful,
mint
> condition, green, Chevy S-10 pick-up, nose down in the sand.  Gee, I
better
> check for survivors.  Nope, no one home, just some clothes and other odds
and
> ends.  I figured I would report it on my way out.  When I returned there
were
> three trucks including a tow-truck attempting to get somewhere close to
this
> thing.  How it got there I dont know.  As it turns out, it was a truck
full of
> illegal aliens fleeing the Border Patrol and took a wrong turn.  A REAL
wrong
> turn.  Ya just never know what your going to see.  Listed below are the
species
> I saw in a 1 mile stretch.
> Junonia coenia--Buckeye
> Junonia coenia nigrosuffusa--Black Buckeye
> Vanessa atlanta--Red Admiral
> Vanessa virginiensis--American Painted Lady
> Vanessa cardui--Painted Lady
> Dymasia chara--Dymas checkerspot
> Texola elada--Elada Checkerspot
> Anthanassa texana--Texan Crescent
> Chlosyne lacinia--Bordered Patch
> Phyllis Battenor, I really like her--Pipevine Swallowtail
> Pterourus multicaudatus--Two-Tailed Tiger Swallowtail
> Anthocharis sara--Sara Orange-Tip
> Nathalis iole--Dainty Sulpher
> Colias eurutheme--Alfalfa Butterfly
> Pontia protodice--Checkered White
> Eurema mexicananum--Mexican Sulpher
> Strymon melinus--Gray Hairstreak
> Mitovra siva--Siva Hairstreak
> Emesis ares--Ares Metalmark
> Leptotes marina--Marina Blue
> Celestrina argiolus cinera--ommon Blue
>
> I'm even going to try and list the skippers, so here goes-
>
> Copaeodes aurantiacus
> Celotes nessus
> Staphylus ceos
> Tristis tatius
> Systasea zampa
> Pyrgius albesens
> Pyrgus philetas
>  Yea, I guess that didnt hurt as bad as I thought it would.  Good hunting
all,
>  Bill in Tucson.
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