A guide to california's Yosemite and it's wildlife

A guide to the animals of Yosemite and their many surroundings

All 481

Western Tiger Swallowtail ¹
Papilio rutulus

Common Buckeye ²
Junonia coenia

Painted Lady ³
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ⁴
Vanessa virginiensis

Monarch ⁵
Danaus plexippus

Red Admiral ⁶
Vanessa atalanta

California Tortoiseshell ⁷
Nymphalis californica

Hoary Comma ⁸
Polygonia gracilis

West Coast Lady ⁹
Vanessa annabella

Lorquin's Admiral ¹⁰
Limenitis lorquini

Variable Checkerspot ¹¹
Euphydryas chalcedona

Gray Hairstreak ¹²
Strymon melinus

Anise Swallowtail ¹³
Papilio zelicaon

Echo Azure ¹⁴
Celastrina echo

Northern Checkerspot ¹⁵
Chlosyne palla

California Hairstreak ¹⁶
Satyrium californica

Callippe Fritillary ¹⁷
Speyeria callippe

Pale Swallowtail ¹⁸
Papilio eurymedon

Cabbage White ¹⁹
Pieris rapae

Silvery Blue ²⁰
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Mourning Cloak ²¹
Nymphalis antiopa

Orange Sulphur ²²
Colias eurytheme

Brown Elfin ²³
Callophrys augustinus

American Snout ²⁴
Libytheana carinenta

Checkered White ²⁵
Pontia protodice

Large Marble ²⁶
Euchloe ausonides

Tailed Copper ²⁷
Lycaena arota

Sara Orangetip ²⁸
Anthocharis sara

Great Purple Hairstreak ²⁹
Atlides halesus

Sylvan Hairstreak ²³
Satyrium sylvinus

Hedgerow Hairstreak ²³
Satyrium saepium

Thicket Hairstreak ³⁰
Callophrys spinetorum

Marine Blue ³¹
Leptotes marina

Sonoran Blue ³²
Philotes sonorensis

Mylitta Crescent ³³
Phyciodes mylitta

Edith's Checkerspot ²⁹
Euphydryas editha

Common Ringlet ³⁴
Coenonympha tullia

Great Basin Wood-Nymph ¹⁶
Cercyonis sthenele

Propertius Duskywing ³⁵
Erynnis propertius

Northern White-Skipper ³⁶
Heliopetes ericetorum

Sandhill Skipper ³⁷
Polites sabuleti

Woodland Skipper ¹⁴
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Ancilla Blue ³⁸
Euphilotes ancilla

California Sister ³⁵
Adelpha californica

Clodius Parnassian ³⁹
Parnassius clodius

California Crescent ⁴⁰
Phyciodes orseis

Zerene Fritillary ⁴¹
Speyeria zerene

Great Basin Fritillary ¹⁶
Speyeria egleis

Two-tailed Swallowtail ⁴²
Papilio multicaudata

Indra Swallowtail ⁴³
Papilio indra

Hydaspe Fritillary ⁷
Speyeria hydaspe

Hoffmann's Checkerspot ⁴⁴
Chlosyne hoffmanni

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ⁴⁵
Aglais milberti

Mormon Fritillary ³³
Speyeria mormonia

Nokomis Fritillary ⁴⁶
Speyeria nokomis

Northwestern Fritillary ⁴⁷
Speyeria hesperis

Pacific Fritillary ⁴⁰
Boloria epithore

Sierra Nevada Checkerspot ³²
Chlosyne whitneyi

Sierra Nevada Parnassian ⁴⁸
Parnassius behrii

Golden Hairstreak ⁴⁹
Habrodais grunus

Silver-spotted Skipper ⁵⁰
Epargyreus clarus

Pine White ³²
Neophasia menapia

Western Pine Elfin ⁴⁰
Callophrys eryphon

Field Crescent ²³
Phyciodes pulchella

Margined White ⁵¹
Pieris marginalis

Two-banded Checkered-Skipper ³³
Pyrgus ruralis

Juniper Hairstreak ⁵²
Callophrys gryneus

Sierra Sulphur ⁴⁸
Colias behrii

Lustrous Copper ⁵³
Lycaena cupreus

Edith's Copper ⁵⁴
Lycaena editha

Lilac-bordered Copper ⁵⁵
Lycaena nivalis

Mariposa Copper ⁵⁶
Lycaena mariposa

Gray Marble ⁵⁷
Anthocharis lanceolata

Dotted Blue ²⁷
Euphilotes enoptes

Lupine Blue ⁴⁶
Icaricia lupini

Chryxus Arctic ²⁹
Oeneis chryxus

Juba Skipper ⁵⁸
Hesperia juba

Sonoran Skipper ⁵⁹
Polites sonora

Leanira Checkerspot ³²
Chlosyne leanira

Melissa Blue ³⁰
Plebejus melissa

Anna's Blue ⁶⁰
Plebejus anna

Western White ³⁶
Pontia occidentalis

Sierra Blue ²⁷
Agriades podarce

Mexican Cloudywing ³⁰
Thorybes mexicana

Rockslide Checkerspot ⁶¹
Chlosyne damoetas

Greenish Blue ³⁰
Icaricia saepiolus

Shasta Blue ⁴⁴
Icaricia shasta

Acmon Blue ³⁰
Icaricia acmon

Boisduval's Blue ³⁶
Icaricia icarioides

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