2001: a chicken odyssey
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Address all comments and questions
to Bill Murphy
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All of these species are found
in the Audubon Photo guide except the Sandia Hairstreak, which is in the new
Western Guide.
Swallowtails Subfamily PapilioninaePipevine Swallowtail Battus philenorWhites and Sulphurs Family PieridaeWhites Subfamily PierinaeSpring White Pontia sisymbriiCheckered White Pontia protodiceWestern White Pontia occidentalisCabbage White Pieris rapaeLarge Marble Euchloe ausonidesOlympia Marble Euchloe olympiaHairstreaks Subfamily TheclinaeGreat Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesusSoapberry Hairstreak Phaeostrymon alcestisSheridan’s Hairstreak Callophrys sheridanii’Desert’ Sheridan’s Hairstreak Callophrys sheridani comstockiSandia Hairstreak Callophrys mcfarlandiBrown Elfin Callophrys augustinusDesert Elfin Callophrys fotisMoss’ Elfin Callophrys mossiiHoary Elfin Callophrys poliosWestern Pine Elfin Callophrys eryphonJuniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneusGray Hairstreak Strymon melinusBlues Subfamily PolyommatinaeMarine Blue Leptotes marinaEastern Tailed-Blue Everes comyntasSpring Azure Celastrina ladonSquare-spotted Blue Euphilotes battoidesArrowhead Blue Glaucopsyche piasusSilvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamusNorthern Blue Lycaeides idas (=argyrognomon )Melissa Blue Lycaeides melissaBoisduval’s Blue Plebejus icarioidesHeliconians and Fritillaries Subfamily HeliconiinaeCallippe Fritillary Speyeria callippeTrue Brush-foots Subfamily NymphalinaePale Crescent Phyciodes pallidaMylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylittaVariable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedonaQuestion Mark Polygonia interrogationisSatyr Comma Polygonia satyrusGreen Comma Polygonia faunus (includes hylas)Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilis (includes zephyrus)Gray Comma Polygonia progneCompton Tortoiseshell Nymphalis vau-albumCalifornia Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californicaMourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopaMilbert’s Tortoiseshell Nymphalis milbertiAmerican Lady Vanessa virginiensisPainted Lady Vanessa carduiRed Admiral Vanessa atalantaAdmirals and Relatives Subfamily LimenitidinaeRed-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanaxViceroy Limenitis archippusCalifornia Sister Adelpha bredowiiSatyrs Subfamily SatyrinaeAlberta Arctic Oeneis albertaSkippers Family HesperiidaeSpread-wing Skippers Subfamily PyrginaeShort-tailed Skipper Zestusa dorusDreamy Duskywing Erynnis icelusRocky Mountain Duskywing Erynnis telemachusSmall Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus scriptura*Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis*’White’ Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis albescensSaltbush Sootywing Hesperopsis alpheusGrass Skippers Subfamily HesperiinaeMorrison’s Skipper Stinga morrisoniJuba Skipper Hesperia jubaCarus Skipper Polites carusGiant-Skippers Subfamily MegathyminaeYucca Giant-Skipper Megathymus yuccae (includes coloradensis )
* The USGS list shows both as being in Colorado. It shows them as separate
species but the new NABA checklist shows them as subspecies P. c. communis
and P. c. albescens.