Butterflies of San Diego County

Butterflies found in San Diego County

All 150

Hermes Copper ¹
Lycaena hermes

Great Copper ²
Lycaena xanthoides xanthoides

Gorgon Copper
Lycaena gorgon gorgon

Purplish Copper ³
Lycaena helloides

Small Blue ²
Philotiella speciosa speciosa

Smoky Arrowhead Blue ²
Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa

Southern Silvery Blue ²
Glaucopsyche lygdamus australis

Sonora Blue ²
Philotes sonorensis sonorensis

Dammers' Blue ²
Euphilotes enoptes dammersi

San Bernardino Blue ²
Euphilotes bernardino bernardino

Western Pygmy Blue ⁴
Brephidium exilis exilis

Marine Blue ⁵
Leptotes marina

Western Tailed Blue ⁶
Cupido amyntula amyntula

Reakirt's Blue ⁷
Echinargus isola

Acmon Blue ²
Icaricia acmon

Hilda Blue
Icaricia saepiolus hilda

Clemence's Lupine Blue ⁸
Icaricia lupini monticola

Orange-margined Melissa Blue ²
Plebejus melissa paradoxa

Edwards' Blue ⁹
Hemiargus ceraunus gyas

Echo Azure ²
Celastrina echo echo

California Dogface ¹⁰
Zerene eurydice

Southern Dogface ⁴
Zerene cesonia cesonia

Little Yellow ¹¹
Pyrisitia lisa centralis

Jamaican Yellow ¹²
Pyrisitia nise nelphe

Orange-Barred Sulphur ¹³
Phoebis philea philea

Southwestern Cloudless Sulphur ²
Phoebis sennae marcellina

Large Orange Sulphur ⁹
Phoebis agarithe fisheri

Boisduval's Yellow ¹⁴
Eurema boisduvaliana

Mexican Yellow ¹⁵
Eurema mexicana

Dainty Sulphur ¹⁶
Nathalis iole

Orange Sulphur ¹⁷
Colias eurytheme

Harford's Sulphur ¹⁸
Colias harfordii

Western Clouded Sulphur ¹⁹
Colias philodice eriphyle

Sleepy Orange ²⁰
Abaeis nicippe

Southern Gray Marble
Anthocharis lanceolata australis

Desert Gray Marble
Anthocharis lanceolata desertolimbus

Desert Orangetip ²
Anthocharis cethura cethura

Sara Orangetip ²¹
Anthocharis sara sara

California Marble ²
Euchloe hyantis hyantis

Cabbage White ²²
Pieris rapae

Becker's White ²³
Pontia beckerii

Checkered White ²⁴
Pontia protodice

Spring White ²
Pontia sisymbrii sisymbrii

Wright's Metalmark ²⁵
Calephelis wrighti

California Fatal Metalmark ⁹
Calephelis nemesis dammersi

Ares Metalmark ¹⁵
Emesis ares

Peninsular Metalmark ²
Apodemia virgulti peninsularis

Behr's Metalmark ²
Apodemia virgulti virgulti

Desert Mexican Metalmark ²
Apodemia mejicanus deserti

Apodemia palmerii palmerii ⁹

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