Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project

This guide provides a list of pollinator species found in the Sonoran Desert. We encourage you to look for these species in your own backyards and neighborhoods! Check out the Phoenix Zoo's iNatuarlist blog to learn more about the importance of pollinators in their ecosystems and what actions ...more ↓

All 66

Blackened Bluewing ¹
Myscelia cyananthe

Painted Lady ²
Vanessa cardui

Pipevine Swallowtail ³
Battus philenor

Eastern Giant Swallowtail ⁴
Papilio cresphontes

Black Swallowtail ⁵
Papilio polyxenes

Checkered White ⁶
Pontia protodice

Cloudless Sulphur ⁷
Phoebis sennae

Southern Dogface ⁸
Zerene cesonia

Mexican Yellow ⁹
Eurema mexicana

Gray Hairstreak ¹⁰
Strymon melinus

Great Purple Hairstreak ¹¹
Atlides halesus

Marine Blue ¹²
Leptotes marina

Western Pygmy-Blue ¹³
Brephidium exilis

Gulf Fritillary ¹⁴
Agraulis vanillae

American Lady ¹³
Vanessa virginiensis

Texan Crescent ¹⁵
Anthanassa texana

Common/White Checkered-Skipper Complex ¹⁶
Burnsius communis

White Checkered-Skipper ¹⁴
Burnsius albescens

Desert Checkered-Skipper ¹⁷
Burnsius philetas

Orange Skipperling ¹⁸
Copaeodes aurantiaca

Fiery Skipper ¹⁹
Hylephila phyleus

Eufala Skipper ²⁰
Lerodea eufala

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Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project

Blackened Bluewing 1 Myscelia cyananthe

Painted Lady 2 Vanessa cardui

Pipevine Swallowtail 3 Battus philenor

Eastern Giant Swallowtail 4 Papilio cresphontes

Black Swallowtail 5 Papilio polyxenes

Checkered White 6 Pontia protodice

Cloudless Sulphur 7 Phoebis sennae

Southern Dogface 8 Zerene cesonia

Mexican Yellow 9 Eurema mexicana

Gray Hairstreak 10 Strymon melinus

Great Purple Hairstreak 11 Atlides halesus

Marine Blue 12 Leptotes marina

Western Pygmy-Blue 13 Brephidium exilis

Gulf Fritillary 14 Agraulis vanillae

American Lady 13 Vanessa virginiensis

Texan Crescent 15 Anthanassa texana

Common/White Checkered-Skipper Complex 16 Burnsius communis

White Checkered-Skipper 14 Burnsius albescens

Desert Checkered-Skipper 17 Burnsius philetas

Orange Skipperling 18 Copaeodes aurantiaca

Fiery Skipper 19 Hylephila phyleus

Eufala Skipper 20 Lerodea eufala