Portal Count

Date & Time: 
August 4, 2023 -
8:00am to 4:00pm
Meeting Place: 
TBA
Compiler: 
Lori Conrad
Compiler Email: 
lconrad6853@gmail.com

The count circle includes the Chiracahua Mountains from Portal to Rustler and Barfoot parks and the SW Research Station. The 2022 Portal count recorded 64 species and was 12th place nationally, . Of those, 4 were national highs including two which were the only ones seen: Orange-headed (1 individual) and Orange-edged (2 individuals) Roadside-Skippers.The count is being held this year on Friday, August 4. Contact compiler Lori Conrad (lconrad6853@gmail.com) to participate.

Trip Butterfly Reports: 

19 observers in 6 parties found 83 species, which was the highest count for the nation in 2023. Butterflies seen and recorded:

  1. Pipevine Swallowtail                         Battus philenor  7
  2. Black Swallowtail                                Papilio polyxenes  3
  3. Two-tailed Swallowtail                     Papilio multicaudata  27
  4. Checkered White                               Pontia protodice  2
  5. Orange Sulphur                                   Colias eurytheme  54
  6. Southern Dogface                              Colias cesonia  11
  7. Cloudless Sulphur                              Phoebis sennae  1
  8. Mexican Yellow                                   Eurema Mexicana  10
  9. Tailed Orange                                      Eurema proterpia  2
  10. Sleepy Orange                                     Eurema nicippe  10
  11. Dainty Sulphur                                    Nathalis iole  2
  12. Great Purple Hairstreak                   Atlides halesus  1
  13. Thicket Hairstreak                              Callophrys spinetorum  3
  14. Siva' Juniper Hairstreak                    Callophrys gryneus siva  22
  15. Gray Hairstreak                                   Strymon melinus  5
  16. Leda Ministreak                                  Ministrymon leda  4
  17. Arizona Hairstreak                             Erora quaderna  3
  18. Marine Blue                                          Leptotes marina  44
  19. Ceraunus Blue                                     Hemiargus ceraunus  14
  20. Central Dotted Blue                          (Euphilotes centralis centralis)  1  (new for count)
  21. Reakirt’s Blue                                       Hemiargus isola  25
  22. ‘Echo’ Spring Azure                           Celastrina ladon  30
  23. Acmon Blue                                          Plebejus acmon texana  6
  24. Fatal Metalmark                                 Calephelis nemesis  2
  25. Ares Metalmark                                  Emesis ares  2
  26. Mormon Metalmark                         Apodemia mormo  2
  27. Nais Metalmark                                  Apodemia nais  16
  28. American Snout                                  Libytheana carinenta  1
  29. Variegated Fritillary                           Euptoieta claudia  13
  30. Theona Checkerspot                        Chlosyne Theona  1
  31. Bordered Patch                                   Chlosyne lacinia  120
  32. Tiny Checkerspot                               Dymasia dymas  1
  33. Elada Checkerspot                            Texola elada  7
  34. Mylitta Crescent                                 Phyciodes mylitta  10
  35. Satyr Comma                                       Polygonia satyrus  1
  36. Mourning Cloak                                  Nymphalis antiopa  1
  37. American Lady                                     Vanessa virginiensis  11
  38. Painted Lady                                        Vanessa cardui  1370
  39. Red Admiral                                          Vanessa Atalanta  3
  40. Common Buckeye                             Junonia coenia  15
  41. Red-spotted Purple                          Limenitis arthemis astyanax 14
  42. Weidemeyer's Admiral                    Limenitis weidemeyerii  1
  43. ‘Arizona’ California Sister                Adelpha bredowii  30
  44. Hackberry Emperor                           Asterocampa celtis  3
  45. Nabokov's Satyr                                  Cyllopsis pyracmon  3
  46. Canyonland Satyr                               Cyllopsis  pertepida  6
  47. Red Satyr                                               Megisto rubricata  65
  48. Pine Satyr                                              Paramacera allyni  6
  49. Monarch                                                Danaus plexippus  14
  50. Queen                                                    Danaus gilippus  15
  51. Dull Firetip                                            Pyrrhopyge araxes   21
  52. Silver-spotted Skipper                     Epargyreus clarus  30
  53. White-striped Longtail                     Chioides catillus  1
  54. Golden-banded Skipper                  Autochton cellus  64
  55. Desert Cloudywing                            Achalarus casica  26
  56. Northern Cloudywing                       Thorybes pylades  1179
  57. Drusius Cloudywing                          Thorybes drusius  64
  58. Acacia Skipper                                     Cogia hippalus  29
  59. Golden-headed Scallopwing          Staphylus ceos  1
  60. Arizona Powdered-Skipper            Systasea zampa  4
  61. ‘Arizona’ Juvenal's Duskywing      Erynnis juvenalis clitus  1
  62. Meridian Duskywing                         Erynnis meridianus  6
  63. Mournful Duskywing                        Erynnis tristis  16
  64. Pacuvius Duskywing                          Erynnis pacuvius  34
  65. Funereal Duskywing                         Erynnis funeralis  2
  66. Common/White Checkered-Skipper        Pyrgus communis/albescens  6
  67. Desert Checkered-Skipper             Pyrgus philetas  2
  68. Common Sootywing                         Pholisora Catullus  11
  69. Four-spotted Skipperling                Piruna polingi  22
  70. Edward's Skipperling                        Oarisma edwardsii  6
  71. Orange Skipperling                            Copaeodes aurantiacus  25
  72. Pahaska Skipper                                 Hesperia Pahaska  1
  73. Snow's Skipper                                    Paratrytone snowi  2
  74. Taxiles Skipper                                    Poanes taxiles  98
  75. Large Roadside-Skipper                  Amblyscirtes exoteria  14
  76. Cassus Roadside-Skipper                Amblyscirtes cassus  37
  77. Bronze Roadside-Skipper               Amblyscirtes aenus  76
  78. Texas Roadside-Skipper                  Amblyscirtes texanae  3
  79. Toltec Roadside-Skipper                 Amblyscirtes tolteca  1
  80. Nysa Roadside-Skipper                    Amblyscirtes nysa  1
  81. Dotted Roadside-Skipper               Amblyscirtes eos  3
  82. Orange-headed Roadsd-Sk            Amblyscirtes phylace  1
  83. Orange-edged Roadsd-Sk               Ambyscirtes fimbriate  18

 

Totals:  83 species, 3862 individuals