NABA Patagonia

Date & Time: 
August 9, 2022 -
6:30am to 4:30pm
Meeting Place: 
Wagon Wheel Restaraunt, Patagonia
Compiler: 
Rich Bailowitz
Compiler Email: 
rbailowitz@gmail.com

Details TBA. Contact Rich if you wish to participate in this count.

Trip Butterfly Reports: 

The teams found and identified 80 Species on the 38th annual Patagonia Summer Count: (Numbers in bold are high for the the count)

HESPERIIDAE - SKIPPERS                                                 

Apyrrothrix stallingsi - Dull firetip                              5

Burnsius albescens/communis - Checkered skipper sp.     88

Burnsius communis - Common checkered-skipper  1

Burnsius philetas - Desert checkered-skipper            3

Cecropterus casica - Desert cloudywing                     3

Cecropterus dorantes - Dorantes longtail                  2

Cecropterus pylades - Northern cloudywing             53

Celotes nessus - Streaky skipper                                   11

Cogia hippalus - Acacia skipper                                     54

Erynnis funeralis - Funereal duskywing                       5

Erynnis juvenalis - Juvenal duskywing                         1

Erynnis tristis - Mournful duskywing                           3

Pholisora catullus - Common sootywing                    556

Staphylus ceos - Golden-headed scallopwing           27

Systasea zampa - Arizona powdered-skipper             2

Telegonus cellus - Golden-banded skipper                2

Piruna aea - Many-spotted skipperling                       2

Amblyscirtes aenus - Bronze roadside-skipper          6

Amblyscirtes cassus - Cassus roadside-skipper          5

Amblyscirtes elissa - Elissa roadside-skipper              1

Amblyscirtes eos - Dotted roadside-skipper              16

Amblyscirtes exoteria - Large roadside-skipper        3

Amblyscirtes nereus - Slaty roadside-skipper            2

Amblyscirtes nysa - Nysa roadside-skipper                3

Amblyscirtes texanae - Texas roadside-skipper         7

Amblyscirtes tolteca - Toltec roadside-skipper         17

Ancyloxypha arene - Tropical least skipper                8

Atrytonopsis edwardsi - Sheep skipper                       35

Atrytonopsis lunus - Moon-marked skipper              17

Hylephila phyleus - Fiery skipper                                  16

Lerodea eufala - Eufala skipper                                     2

Oarisma aurantiaca - Orange skipperling                    45
                                                                                              

PAPILIONIDAE - SWALLOWTAILS                                   

Battus philenor - Pipevine swallowtail                        181

Heraclides rumiko - Western giant swallowtail        7

Papilio polyxenes - Black swallowtail                          9

Pterourus multicaudata - Two-tailed swallowtail    7
                                                                                              

PIERIDAE - WHITES AND SULPHURS                             

Abaeis mexicanae - Mexican yellow                              19

Abaeis nicippe - Sleepy orange                                     14

Colias eurythem - Orange sulphur                              6

Nathalis iole - Dainty sulphur                                         45

Phoebis sennae - Cloudless sulphur                             133

Pieris rapae - Cabbage white                                         21

Pyrisitia proterpia - Tailed orange                               115

Zerene cesonia - Southern dogface                             48
                                                                                              

RIODINIDAE - METALMARKS                                         

Apodemia palmerii - Palmer's metalmark                  4

Apodemia zela - Zela metalmark                                  11

Calephelis arizonensis - Arizona metalmark              1

Calephelis nemesis - Fatal metalmark                         58
                                                                            

LYCAENIDAE - BLUES AND HAIRSTREAKS                     

Callophrys siva - Juniper hairstreak                              2

Ministrymon leda - Leda ministreak                            7

Strymon melinus - Gray hairstreak                              7

Brephidium exilis - Western pygmy blue                    1

Celastrina echo - Echo azure                                         1

Echinargus isola - Reakirt's blue                                   41

Hemiargus ceraunus - Ceraunus blue                          21

Leptotes marina - Marine blue                                     130
                                                                                              

LIBYTHEIDAE - SNOUT BUTTERFLIES                             

Libytheana carinenta - American snout                      67
                                                                                              

NYMPHALIDAE - BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES        

Adelpha eulalia - Arizona sister                                    21

Anaea aidea - Tropical leafwing                                    2

Anthanassa texana - Texas crescent                            68

Asterocampa leilia - Empress leilia                              24

Asterocampa celtis - Hackberry emperor                   1

Asterocampa clyton - Tawny emperor                        1

Chlosyne lacinia - Bordered patch                               8

Chlosyne theona - Theona checkerspot                      7

Cissia rubricata - Red satyr                                             12

Cyllopsis pyracmon - Nabokov's satyr                         20

Danaus gilippus - Queen                                                 25

Dione vanillae - Gulf fritillary                                         4

Dymasia dymas - Tiny checkerspot                              356

Euptoieta claudia - Variegated fritillary                      2

Junonia coenia - Common buckeye                             5

Junonia nigrosuffusa - Tropical buckeye                     3

Limenitis archippus - Viceroy                                        1

Limenitis a. arizonensis - Red-spotted purple           6

Phyciodes picta - Painted crescent                              46

Phyciodes tharos - Pearl crescent                                13

Texola perse - Arizona checkerspot                             2788

Vanessa annabella - West-coast lady                          2

Vanessa cardui - Painted lady                                       4

Vanessa virginiensis - American lady                           14