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Butterflies on San Bruno Mountain

Observations of butterflies on San Bruno Mountain ecological reserve. This area is topped with a four mile long ridge with lots of hiking trails. The mountain is a host for several rare and endangered butterflies. In the 1960s, a nonprofit organization called Save the Bay prevented developers ...more ↓

Echo Azure 1
Celastrina echo
Azures 2
Celastrina
Acmon Blue 3
Plebejus acmon
Silvery Blue 4
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
eastern tailed blue 3
Everes comyntas
Great Copper 5
Lycaena xanthoides
Hedgerow Hairstreak 6
Satyrium saepium
mission blue butterfly 7
Plebejus icarioides missionensis
Boisduval's Blue 6
Plebejus icarioides
Moss's Elfin 8
Callophrys mossii
Coastal Green Hairstreak 9
Callophrys viridis
Western Brown Elfin 10
Callophrys augustinus iroides
Strymon melinus pudica 11
Bramble Green Hairstreak 8
Callophrys dumetorum

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