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The Butterflies of San Francisco

In 2007 and again in 2009, I exhaustively surveyed the small, highly-urbanized peninsula of San Francisco. It was put on the map "butterfly wise" during the Gold Rush when a Frenchman named Pierre Lorquin came to make his fortune, found no nuggets and, lucky for us, brought his butterfly net. ...more ↓

Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
Papilio rutulus
Anise Swallowtail 2
Papilio zelicaon
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly 3
Battus philenor
Cabbage White 4
Pieris rapae
Large Marble 5
Euchloe ausonides
Spring Azure 6
Celastrina ladon
Orange Sulphur 6
Colias eurytheme
Acmon Blue 7
Plebejus acmon
Western Tailed-blue 8
Everes amyntula
eastern tailed blue 7
Everes comyntas
Western Pygmy Blue 9
Brephidium exilis
mission blue butterfly 10
Plebejus icarioides missionensis
Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Coastal Green Hairstreak 11
Callophrys viridis
Mourning Cloak 12
Nymphalis antiopa
Satyr Comma 13
Polygonia satyrus
American Lady 9
Vanessa virginiensis
Red Admiral 14
Vanessa atalanta
West Coast Lady 15
Vanessa annabella
California Tortoiseshell 16
Nymphalis californica
Painted Lady 17
Vanessa cardui
Variable Checkerspot 18
Euphydryas chalcedona
Field Crescent 19
Phyciodes pulchellus
Mylitta Crescent 7
Phyciodes mylitta
Common Buckeye 20
Junonia coenia
California Sister 21
Adelpha californica
Gulf Fritillary 22
Agraulis vanillae
California Ringlet 23
Coenonympha tullia california
Monarch Butterfly 24
Danaus plexippus
Fiery Skipper 25
Hylephila phyleus
Common Checkered-Skipper 26
Pyrgus communis
Umber Skipper 27
Poanes melane
Rural Skipper 15
Ochlodes agricola
Sandhill Skipper 28
Polites sabuleti
Woodland Skipper 13
Ochlodes sylvanoides

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