Buckwheats undersides New Butterflies of North Rim Grand ...
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Butter f l ies of North Rim Grand
Canyon
Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon
Baird’s Swallowtail, Papilio machaon bairdii
Kaibab Swallowtail,
Papilio indra kaibabensis
Silver-spotted Skipper, Epargyreus clarus
Taxiles Skipper, Poanes taxiles
Checkered Skipper,
underside
North Rim
endemic
Robb Hannawacker publication 2015
Images Approximate to Life-size
Boisduval's Blue, Plebejus icarioides
Hedgerow Hairstreak, Satyrium saepium
Gray Hairstreak, Strymon melinus
Tailed Copper, Lycaena arota shellbachi
Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor Acmon Blue, Plebejus acmon
Western Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus
undersides
N. Rim
endemic
Similar to
Baird’s
yellow
forms
Rim
14 brown
skippers
4 white mallows
New
Mexico
locust
Legumes, & Buckwheats
Gooseberries
Ceanothus
Lupines
grasses
Mid Summer
Common
Common
generalist
Blue Copper, Lycaena heteronea
grasses
Garita Skipperling, Oarisma garita
grasses Mid Summer
15
blues
undersides
10
hairstreaks
Western Branded Skipper,
Hesperia colorado
Rim
Aspen &
Willows
Smaller
than Two-
tailed
Swallowtail
Rim & just
below
Rim
Rim
Rim
7
Swallowtail
Species
Parsley
Rim
Same
species
Parsley Parsley
Buckwheats
Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui
West Coast Lady, Vanessa annabella
Queen, Danaus gilppus thersippus
Arizona Sister, Adelpha eulalia
Schellbach’s Fritillary, Speyeria
hesperis schellbachi
undersides
undersides undersides
Checkered White, Pontia p. protodice
endemic
Satyr Comma, Polgonia satyrus
Arizona Red Spotted Purple,
Limenitis arthemis arizonensis
North Rim
endemic Common
White
Orange
Common
Late
Summer
Phases
of White,
yellow &
orange
in
females
Similar to
AZ Viceroy
3 similar
Willows/
cottonwoods
Willows/
cottonwoods/
milkweeds
oaks
Found
near
aspen
mallows
Nettles
legumes
mustards
1 similar anglewing
4 crescents
Migratory
American
Lady
Inner
Canyon
Hybrids
possible
Inner
Canyon
to Rim
Inner
Canyon
Inner
Canyon
Inner
Canyon
milkweeds
blue grama
thistles
Migratory
grasses
Great Basin Wood-nymph, Cercyonis
sthenele masoni
Small Wood-Nymph, Cercyonis
grasses Mead's Wood-Nymph,
Cercyonis meadii damei
Weidemeyer’s Admiral,
Limenitis weidemeryeri weidemeryeri Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme Monarch, Danaus plexippus
Mylitta Crescent, Phyciodes pulchella
Loves
thistle
Variegated Fritillary, Euptoieta caudia
violets Open
Areas
on Rim
generalist
Inner
Canyon
Rim