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California Butterflies 197 images Created 3 Jan 2016

This collection represents the first 12 years of a rather ambitious project. The idea was to capture portraits of every species of butterfly in California. I figured it was impossible so I'd never be bored. The adventure has taken me countless miles from sea level to alpine lakes; from desert spring to mountain peak. To date, there are over 120 species represented in the portfolio, with many more in the archive. Some of them I pursued for years while others just landed on me! The butterfly families here are arranged in the same order as a typical field guide. Enjoy!
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  • Parnassius clodius baldur (Clodius Parnassian) ♀ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 03-Jul-08
    SD2008_0703_Clodius_Parnassian_2631.jpg
  • Papilio rutulus (Western Tiger Swallowtail) at Siberia Creek Trail, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on 10-Jul-11
    SD2011_0710_Western_Tiger_Swallowtai...jpg
  • Papilio eurymedon (Pale Swallowtail) ♀ at Glendora Ridge, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on California thistle 02-May-15
    SD2015_0502_Pale_Swallowtail_8892.jpg
  • Papilio polyxenes coloro (Desert Swallowtail) ♂ at Plum Canyon, San Diego Co, CA, USA, on Desert apricot 29-Mar-14
    SD2014_0329_Desert_Swallowtail_2977.jpg
  • Papilio polyxenes coloro (Desert Swallowtail) at Bob's Gap, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Paperbag bush 18-Apr-15 **county record
    SD2015_0418_Desert_Swallowtail_5924.jpg
  • Papilio zelicaon (Anise Swallowtail) at Charmlee Park, Malibu, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 24-Apr-16
    SD2016_0424_Anise_Swallowtail_2846.jpg
  • Papilio zelicaon (Anise Swallowtail) at Charmlee Park, Malibu, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 24-Apr-16
    SD2016_0424_Anise_Swallowtail_3071.jpg
  • Papilio indra phyllisae (Phyllis’ Swallowtail) at Bald Mountain, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 28-Jun-09
    SD2009_0628_Phyllis’_Swallowtail_786...jpg
  • Papilio indra phyllisae (Phyllis’ Swallowtail) at Bald Mountain, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on Basin yellow catseye 28-Jun-09 **county record
    SD2009_0628_Phyllis’_Swallowtail_791...jpg
  • Papilio indra pergamus (Edward’s Swallowtail) at Sunset Peak, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 01-May-11 **county record
    SD2011_0501_Edward’s_Swallowtail_404...jpg
  • Heraclides rumiko (Western Giant Swallowtail) ♂ at Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 01-Oct-12
    SD2012_1001_Western_Giant_Swallowtai...jpg
  • Heraclides rumiko (Western Giant Swallowtail) ♂ at Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 01-Oct-12
    SD2012_1001_Western_Giant_Swallowtai...jpg
  • Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) ♀ at Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 08-Nov-08
    SD2008_1108_Cabbage_White_7172.jpg
  • Pontia protodice (Checkered White) ♂ at Horse Creek, Riverside Co, CA, USA, on California buckwheat 04-Sep-11
    SD2011_0904_Checkered White_0876-2.jpg
  • Pontia protodice (Checkered White) ♀ at Grizzly Flat, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Golden yarrow 30-May-22
    SD2022_0530_Checkered White_7083.jpg
  • Pontia beckerii (Becker's White) ♂+♀ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 04-Jul-16
    SD2016_0704_Becker's_White_8339.jpg
  • Pontia s. sisymbrii (Spring White) at Bald Mountain, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 07-Jun-15
    SD2015_0607_Spring_White_9050.jpg
  • Euchloe ausonides transmontana (Large Marble) at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on Bitter dogbane 14-Jul-11
    SD2011_0714_Large_Marble_8895.jpg
  • Anthocharis s. sara (Sara Orangetip) early spring form reakirtii♂ at Bob's Gap, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 15-Feb-16
    SD2016_0215_Sara_Orangetip_9282-2.jpg
  • Anthocharis s. sara (Sara Orangetip) ♀ at Solstice Canyon, Malibu, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 24-Apr-16
    SD2016_0424_Sara_Orangetip_2752-2.jpg
  • Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur) ♀ at Dry Meadow Creek, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on Mint 09-Jul-17
    SD2017_0709_Orange_Sulphur_4757.jpg
  • Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur) ♂ at Cherry Hill, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on Mint 08-Jul-17
    SD2017_0708_Orange_Sulphur_4356.jpg
  • Colias harfordii (Harford's Sulphur) ♀ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Golden yarrow 04-Jun-11
    SD2011_0604_Harford's_Sulphur_5024.jpg
  • Zerene eurydice (California Dogface) ♀ at Wildhorse Meadows, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on 03-Jun-18
    SD2018_0603_California_Dogface_5165.jpg
  • Zerene eurydice (California Dogface) ♂ at Cloudburst Canyon, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 10-Sep-16
    SD2016_0910_California_Dogface_2690.jpg
  • Nathalis iole (Dainty Sulpher) at Bob's Gap, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Fremont's pincushion 18-Apr-15
    SD2015_0418_Dainty_Sulpher_6213.jpg
  • Lycaena x. xanthoides (Great Copper) ♂ at Lloyd Meadow, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 15-Jul-11
    SD2011_0715_Great_Copper_9204.jpg
  • Lycaena x. xanthoides (Great Copper) ♀ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 10-Jun-18
    SD2018_0610_Great_Copper_5418.jpg
  • Lycaena helloides (Purplish Copper ) ♀ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 03-Jul-08
    SD2008_0703_Purplish_Copper_2468.jpg
  • Lycaena cupreus lapidicola (Lustrous Copper) at Saddlebag Lake, Mono Co, CA, USA, on Rabbitbrush 21-Jul-12
    SD2012_0721_Lustrous_Copper_9537.jpg
  • Lycaena rubidus monachensis (Ruddy Copper) ♂ at Warren Fork, Tioga Pass, Mono Co, CA, USA, on 21-Jul-12
    SD2012_0721_Ruddy_Copper_9061.jpg
  • Lycaena n. nivalis (Lilac-bordered Copper) ♂ at Quaking Aspen, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on Slender cinquefoil 09-Jul-17
    SD2017_0709_Lilac-bordered_Copper_54...jpg
  • Lycaena gorgon (Gorgon Copper) ♂ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 10-May-09
    SD2009_0510_Gorgon_Copper_5420.jpg
  • Lycaena arota nubila (Tailed Copper) ♂ at Big Dalton Canyon, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 10-Jun-12
    SD2012_0610_Tailed_Copper_3744.jpg
  • Lycaena hermes (Hermes Copper) at Cuyamaca Mountains, San Diego Co, CA, USA, on California buckwheat 08-Jun-14
    SD2014_0608_Hermes_Copper_9410.jpg
  • Lycaena hermes (Hermes Copper) at Cuyamaca Mountains, San Diego Co, CA, USA, on California buckwheat 08-Jun-14
    SD2014_0608_Hermes_Copper_8803.jpg
  • Strymon melinus pudica (Gray Hairstreak) ♀ at Solstice Canyon, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 02-May-10
    SD2010_0502_Gray_Hairstreak_5769.jpg
  • Strymon melinus pudica (Gray Hairstreak) ♂ at Upper Big Tujunga Canyon, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on California buckwheat 10-Jul-15
    SD2015_0710_Gray_Hairstreak_1243.jpg
  • Strymon avalona (Avalon Scrub-Hairstreak) at Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 19-May-13
    SD2013_0519_Avalon_Scrub-Hairstreak_...jpg
  • Satyrium sylvinus dryope (Sylvan Hairstreak) at Frazier Park, Kern Co, CA, USA, on Narrowleaf milkweed 21-Aug-10
    SD2010_0821_Sylvan_Hairstreak_9550.jpg
  • Satyrium c. californica (California Hairstreak) at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on Greenleaf manzanita 06-Jun-22
    SD2022_0606_California Hairstreak_78...jpg
  • Satyrium saepium chalcis (Hedgerow Hairstreak) at Dark Canyon, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 26-Apr-15
    SD2015_0426_Hedgerow_Hairstreak_6875.jpg
  • Satyrium tetra (Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak) ♂ at Mt Baldy, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 30-Jun-18
    SD2018_0630_Mountain_Mahogany_Hairst...jpg
  • Satyrium auretorum spadix (Gold-hunter's Hairstreak) ♀ at Lake of the Woods, Kern Co, CA, USA, on 20-Jun-12
    SD2012_0620_Gold-hunter's_Hairstreak...jpg
  • Satyrium b. behrii (Behr's Hairstreak) at Bob's Gap, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Brittlebush 20-May-12
    SD2012_0520_Behr's_Hairstreak_2373.jpg
  • Callophrys augustinus iroides (Brown Elfin) at Charlton Flats, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Indian milkweed 03-Jul-15
    SD2015_0703_Brown_Elfin_0980.jpg
  • Callophrys e. eryphon (Western Pine Elfin) at Quaking Aspen, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 02-Jun-13
    SD2013_0602_Western_Pine_Elfin_4793.jpg
  • Atlides halesus corcorani (Great Blue Hairstreak) ♀ at Sand Rock Creek, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on California broomsage 12-Sep-15
    SD2015_0912_Great_Blue_Hairstreak_36...jpg
  • Habrodais g. grunus (Golden Hairstreak) at Icehouse Canyon, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on Canyon Live Oak 30-Jun-18
    SD2018_0630_Golden_Hairstreak_9249.jpg
  • Habrodais g. grunus (Golden Hairstreak) at Icehouse Canyon, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on Canyon Live Oak 07-Jul-12
    SD2012_0707_Golden_Hairstreak_7675.jpg
  • Callophrys n. nelsoni (Nelson's Hairstreak) at Icehouse Canyon, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on 07-Jul-12
    SD2012_0707_Nelson's_Cedar_Hairstrea...jpg
  • Callophrys spinetorum (Thicket Hairstreak) at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 03-Jul-08
    SD2008_0703_Thicket_Hairstreak_2612.jpg
  • Callophrys siva juniperaria (Juniper Hairstreak) at Bob's Gap, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 10-Apr-21
    SD2021_0410_Juniper_Hairstreak_8462.jpg
  • Callophrys siva near chalcosiva (Great Basin Juniper Hairstreak) at Wildhorse Meadows, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on Hoaryleaf ceanothus 03-Jun-18
    SD2018_0603_Great_Basin_Juniper_Hair...jpg
  • Callophrys loki (Loki Hairstreak) at Cactus Spring, Riverside Co, CA, USA, on California juniper 15-Apr-11
    SD2011_0415_'Loki'_Juniper_Hairstrea...jpg
  • Callophrys d. dumetorum (Lotus Hairstreak) at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Mulefat 09-Mar-14
    SD2014_0309_Lotus_Hairstreak_1448.jpg
  • Callophrys d. dumetorum (Lotus Hairstreak) ♀+♂ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Thickleaf yerba santa 06-Apr-13
    SD2013_0406_Lotus_Hairstreak_2105.jpg
  • Cupido a. amyntula (Western Tailed Blue) ♂ at Solstice Canyon, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 15-Feb-14
    SD2014_0215_Western_Tailed_Blue_0178.jpg
  • Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis (Palos Verdes Blue) ♀+♂ at Chandler Preserve, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 31-Mar-12
    SD2012_0331_Palos_Verdes_Blue_1242.jpg
  • Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis (Palos Verdes Blue) ♂ at Chandler Preserve, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 31-Mar-12
    SD2012_0331_Palos_Verdes_Blue_1429.jpg
  • Glaucopsyche piasus gabrielina ('San Gabriel Mountains' Arrowhead Blue) at Mount Islip, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Tall silky lupine 04-Jun-17
    SD2017_0604_0313.jpg
  • Glaucopsyche piasus gabrielina ('San Gabriel Mountains' Arrowhead Blue) at Mount Islip, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Tall silky lupine 04-Jun-17
    SD2017_0604_0415.jpg
  • Leptotes marina (Marine Blue) at Cactus Spring Trail, Riverside Co, CA, USA, on 26-May-12
    SD2012_0526_Marine_Blue_2639.jpg
  • Hemiargus ceraunus gyas (Ceraunus Blue) ♂ at Cactus Spring Trail, Riverside Co, CA, USA, on 26-May-12
    SD2012_0526_Ceraunus_Blue_2733.jpg
  • Echinargus isola (Reakirt's Blue) at Siberia Creek Trail, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on 09-Jun-19
    SD2019_0609_Reakirt's_Blue_3994.jpg
  • Echinargus isola (Reakirt's Blue) at Siberia Creek Trail, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on 09-Jun-19
    SD2019_0609_Reakirt's_Blue_3857.jpg
  • Brephidium exilis (Western Pygmy Blue) at Bob's Gap, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 03-May-14
    SD2014_0503_Western_Pygmy_Blue_5741.jpg
  • Brephidium exilis (Western Pygmy-Blue) at Lake of the Woods, Kern Co, CA, USA, on Fourwing saltbush 05-Jul-20
    SD2020_0705_Western_Pygmy-Blue_5887.jpg
  • Celastrina e. echo (Pacific Azure) ♀ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 11-Apr-15
    SD2015_0411_Pacific_Azure_3401.jpg
  • Celastrina e. echo (Pacific Azure) ♀ at Grizzly Flat, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 09-May-21
    SD2021_0509_Pacific_Azure_9316.jpg
  • Philotes sonorensis (Sonoran Blue) ♀ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 10-Mar-12
    SD2012_0310_Sonoran_Blue_0840.jpg
  • Philotes sonorensis (Sonoran Blue) ♀ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 10-Mar-12
    SD2012_0310_Sonoran_Blue_0453.jpg
  • Agriades podarce cilla (Sierra Nevada Blue) ♂ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on Shining fleabane 28-Jun-09
    SD2009_0628_Sierra_Nevada_Blue_8038.jpg
  • Agriades podarce cilla (Sierra Nevada Blue) at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 06-Jun-22
    SD2022_0606_Sierra Nevada Blue_8167.jpg
  • Icaricia acmon (Acmon Blue) ♂ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Longstem buckwheat 05-Oct-14
    SD2014_1005_Acmon_Blue_8233.jpg
  • Icaricia acmon (Acmon Blue) ♂ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 04-Jun-11
    SD2011_0604_Acmon_Blue_5181.jpg
  • Icaricia l. lupini (Lupine Blue) ♀ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 13-Jul-19
    SD2019_0713_Lupine_Blue_8236.jpg
  • Icaricia monticola (Clemence’s Blue) ♂ at Grizzly Flat, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 01-May-22
    SD2022_0501_Clemence’s Blue_6074.jpg
  • Icaricia monticola (Clemence’s Blue) ♀ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Deerweed 27-Apr-08
    SD2008_0427_Monticola_Blue_7381.jpg
  • Icaricia monticola (Clemence’s Blue) ♀+♂ at Grizzly Flat, Angeles NF, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 03-May-14
    SD2014_0503_Clemence’s_Blue_6512.jpg
  • Icaricia chlorina (Chlorina Blue) at Mt Pinos, Ventura Co, CA, USA, on 10-Jun-17
    SD2017_0610_Chlorina_Blue_1541.jpg
  • Icaricia neurona (Veined Blue) at Mt Pinos, Ventura Co, CA, USA, on 23-Jun-19
    SD2019_0623_Veined_Blue_6291.jpg
  • Icaricia neurona (Veined Blue) at Mt. Pinos, Ventura Co, CA, USA, on 21-Aug-10
    SD2010_0821_Veined_Blue_9655.jpg
  • Plebulina emigdionis (San Emigdio Blue) at Los Padres NF, Kern Co, CA, USA, on Fourwing saltbush 09-May-15
    SD2015_0509_San_Emigdio_Blue_9815.jpg
  • Plebulina emigdionis (San Emigdio Blue) ♂ at Los Padres NF, Kern Co, CA, USA, on Fourwing saltbush 09-May-15
    SD2015_0509_San_Emigdio_Blue_0478.jpg
  • Icaricia icarioides evius (Boisduval’s Blue) at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 18-May-14
    SD2014_0518_Boisduval's_Blue_7169.jpg
  • Icaricia icarioides evius (Boisduval’s Blue) ♀ at Bluff Lake Meadow, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on 25-Jun-17
    SD2017_0625_Boisduval's_Blue_1968.jpg
  • Icaricia saepiolus aehaja (Greenish Blue) ♂ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 08-Jul-10
    SD2010_0708_Greenish_Blue_8915-2.jpg
  • Icaricia saepiolus aehaja (Greenish Blue) ♀ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on Shining fleabane 28-Jun-09
    SD2009_0628_Greenish_Blue_8066.jpg
  • Icaricia saepiolus hilda (Hilda Blue) at Bluff Lake Meadow, San Bernardino Co, CA, USA, on Corn lily 10-Jul-11
    SD2011_0710_Hilda_Blue_8350-2.jpg
  • Plebejus melissa inyoensis (Melissa Blue) ♀ at Corral Creek, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 09-Jul-10
    SD2010_0709_Melissa_Blue_9056.jpg
  • Plebejus fridayi (Friday's Blue) ♂ at Warren Fork, Tioga Pass, Mono Co, CA, USA, on 21-Jul-12
    SD2012_0721_Friday's_Blue_9103.jpg
  • Plebejus fridayi (Friday's Blue) ♂ at Warren Fork, Tioga Pass, Mono Co, CA, USA, on 21-Jul-12
    SD2012_0721_Friday's_Blue_9124.jpg
  • Agriades glandon (Arctic Blue) ♂ at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 03-Jul-08
    SD2008_0703_Arctic_Blue_2448a.jpg
  • Plebejus s. shasta (Shasta Blue) ♂ at Saddlebag Lake, Mono Co, CA, USA, on 21-Jul-12
    SD2012_0721_Shasta_Blue_9164.jpg
  • Euphilotes allyni (El Segundo Blue) at Redondo Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on 06-Jul-09
    SD2009_0706_El_Segundo_Blue_8391.jpg
  • Euphilotes b. bernardino (Bernardino Blue) at Grizzly Flat, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on California buckwheat 14-Jul-18
    SD2018_0714_Bernardino_Blue_1187.jpg
  • Euphilotes b. bernardino (Bernardino Blue) ♂ at Grizzly Flat, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA, on Deerweed 30-May-22
    SD2022_0530_Bernardino Blue_6373.jpg
  • Euphilotes e. enoptes (Dotted Blue) ♀ ovipositing on Nude buckwheat at Sherman Pass, Tulare Co, CA, USA, on 19-Jul-12
    SD2012_0719_Dotted_Blue_8133.jpg
  • Euphilotes enoptes langstoni ('Langston's' Dotted Blue) at Piute Mtn., Kern Co, CA, USA, on Weston's buckwheat 04-May-16
    SD2016_0504_'Langston's'_Dotted_Blue...jpg
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