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Butterflies of MNWR : Papilio zelicaon Anise Swallowtail Larvae Diet: : Papilionidae Leaves, buds, and flowers of plant species (Swallowtails) from the parsley family Species: Papilio rutulus and citrus Western Tiger Swallowtail family

Adult Diet: Flower Nectar Habitat: Every type of habitat except within Species: Papilio multicaudata forests Two‐tailed Swallowtail

Larvae Diet: Leaves of ash and cherry trees/shrubs Larvae Diet: Leaves of cottonwoods, poplars, aspen, , alders, cherry, and ash Adult Diet: Flower Nectar trees/shrubs Habitat: Canyonlands, foothills, Adult Diet: Flower Nectar woodlands, and gardens Habitat: Canyonlands, sagebrush steppe, woodlands, and gardens Family: Papilionidae (Swallowtails)

Species: Papilio multicaudata Two‐tailed Swallowtail

Species: Papilio zelicaon Anise Swallowtail Species: Papilio rutulus Western Tiger Swallowtail Species: occidentalis Caterpillars Western White Larvae Diet: Family: Various parts of members of the mustard (Whites & Sulphurs) and caper families Species: rapae Adult Diet: Cabbage White Flower nectar Habitat: Open areas, such as alpine meadows, open plains, fields, and in the arctic Species: ausonides Large Marble Larvae Diet: Buds, flowers, and fruits of the mustard family, such as rock cress Larvae Diet: Leaves of plants primarily in the Adult Diet: Flower nectar, most mustard, caper, and nasturtium families often from yellow or white Adult Diet: Flower nectar, preferring purple, flowers blue, or yellow flowers Habitat: Open, moist areas, including fields, meadows, and Habitat: Open areas, most often in gardens, open forests cultivated fields, and urban habitats Butterflies Family: Pieridae (Whites & Sulphurs) Species: Large Marble

Species: Western White

Species: Cabbage White Caterpillars Family: Pieridae (Whites & Sulphurs) Species: eurytheme Species: sara Orange Sulphur Sara Orangetip

Larvae Diet: Feed on members of the Larvae Diet: Leaves of legume plants, such mustard family, including cresses, tumble as alfalfa, milk vetches, and clovers mustard, and tansy mustard. Older Adult Diet: Flower nectar caterpillars feed on flowers and fruits Habitat: Open areas, such as lawns, Adult Diet: Flower nectar meadows, and fields, particularly those with Habitat: Open places, such as meadows, clover or alfalfa fields, ridge tops, canyons, and deserts Butterflies Family: Pieridae (Whites & Sulphurs)

Species: Species: Sara Orangetip Orange Sulphur Family: Caterpillars (Harvester & Coppers) Family: Lycaenidae Species: helloides (Hairstreaks) Purplish Copper Species: sylvinus Larvae Diet: Leaves of members of the Sylvan Hairstreak buckwheat family, including knotweed, docks, and on cinquefoils Adult Diet: Flower nectar No picture available Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, meadows, and marshes

Species: gryneus nelsoni ‘Nelson’s’ Juniper Hairstreak Larvae Diet: Leaves of various species of Larvae Diet: Incense cedar and Adult Diet: Flower nectar, often from western red cedar milkweeds No picture available Adult Diet: Flower nectar Habitat: Wet areas with willows, such as Habitat: Coniferous forests streamsides, ditches, and moist meadows Family: Lycaenidae (Harvester & Coppers) ButterfliesFamily: Lycaenidae (Hairstreaks) Species: nelsoni ‘Nelson’s’ Juniper Hairstreak

Species: Purplish Copper Species: Satyrium sylvinus Sylvan Hairstreak Species: Lycaeides melissa Caterpillars Family: Lycaenidae (Blues)

Species: Everes amyntula Western Tailed‐Blue Larvae Diet: Leaves and flowers of a variety of legumes, including lupines, alfalfa, and milk vetch Adult Diet: Flower nectar Habitat: Meadows and prairies Species: lygdamus Silvery Blue

Larvae Diet: Leaves of flowers and fruits of legumes, such as Larvae Diet: Flowers and fruits of vetches, peas, lupines, and deer legumes, such as milk vetches, other weed vetches, and peas Adult Diet: Flower nectar Adult Diet: Flower nectar Habitat: Meadows, fields, open Habitat: Open areas, including meadows, woodlands, coastal dunes, and open woodlands, forest edges, and chaparral along streams Butterflies Family: Lycaenidae (Blues)

Species: Lycaeides melissa Melissa Blue

Species: Species: Everes amyntula Silvery Blue Western Tailed‐Blue Caterpillars Family: Family: Lycaenidae (Brushfoots) (Blues) Species: cybele Species: Species: icarioides Great Spangled Fritillary Callippe Fritillary Boisduval’s Blue

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Larvae Diet: Leaves of several Larvae Diet: Leaves, flowers, and fruits species of violets of many lupine species Adult Diet: Flower nectar, often Larvae Diet: Leaves, flowers, and fruits Adult Diet: Nectar from a wide variety from thistles of flowers, and may obtain additional of many lupine species Habitat:y Open, dr areas such as nutrients and moisture from dung sagebrush steppe, chaparral, open Adult Diet: Flower nectar Habitat: Woodlands, forests and forest woodlands, and prairies Habitat: Sagebrush steppe, meadows, openings, and moist meadows prairies, forest openings, and coastal dunes Butterflies Family: Nymphalidae Family: Lycaenidae (Blues) (Brushfoots) Species: Speyeria cybele Great Spangled Fritillary

Species: Plebejus icarioides Boisduval’s Blue Species: Speyeria callippe Callippe Fritillary Caterpillars Species: californica Family: Nymphalidae Larvae Diet: Feed on (Brushfoots) buck brush Adult Diet: Flower Species: campestris nectar Field Crescent Habitat: Woodlands, chaparral, and forest clearings and edges

Species: Mylitta Crescent

Larvae Diet: Leaves of native and alien Larvae Diet: Leaves of asters thistles Adult Diet: Flower nectar Adult Diet: Flower nectar Habitat: Meadows, grasslands, fields, Habitat: Meadows, fields, disturbed forest openings, and swamps areas, open woodlands, marshes, mountains, and canyons Butterflies Family: Nymphalidae (Brushfoots)

Species: Nymphalis californica Species: Phyciodes campestris California Tortoiseshell Field Crescent Species: Phyciodes mylitta Mylitta Crescent Species: cardui Caterpillars Painted Lady Larvae Diet: Leaves of Family: Nymphalidae plants from over ten families, including the (Brushfoots) sunflower, goosefoot, mallow, pea, and thistle Species: families Mourning Cloak Adult Diet: Flower nectar, most commonly from tall flowers in the sunflower family and also honeydew Habitat: Open or disturbed areas

Species: Nymphalis milberti Milbert’s Tortoiseshell Larvae Diet: Leaves of deciduous trees, including willow, cottonwood, aspen, Larvae Diet: Leaves of nettles , and hackberry Adult Diet: Flower nectar and Adult Diet: Fruit, tree sap, and occasionally occasionally sap flower nectar Habitat: Cool environments, such Habitat: Woodlands, gardens, suburbs, as in woodlands or at higher and along rivers and streams elevations Butterflies Family: Nymphalidae (Brushfoots)

Species: Nymphalis milberti Milbert’s Tortoiseshell

Species: Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak Species: Painted Lady Caterpillars Family: Nymphalidae Family: Nymphalidae (Brushfoots) (Satyrs) Species: pegala Species: Common Wood‐Nymph Red Admiral Species: tullia Common

Larvae Diet: Leaves of stinging nettles Larvae Diet: Leaves of various and other members of the nettle family Larvae Diet: Leaves of various grasses, grasses such as purpletop Adult Diet: Tree sap, rotting fruit, bird Adult Diet: Flower nectar Adult Diet: Flower nectar, often droppings, and occasionally drink flower Habitat: Open habitats, from fields alfalfa and spiraea, rotting fruit, and nectar and meadows to open woodlands tree sap Habitat: Moist woods, meadows, and and tundra Habitat: Open, grassy areas, such fields as fields meadows, prairies, and open woodlands Butterflies Family: Nymphalidae Family: Nymphalidae (Brushfoots) (Satyrs)

Species: Cercyonis pegala Common Wood‐Nymph

Species: Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral Species: Common Ringlet Family: Nymphalidae Caterpillars (Milkweed Butterflies) Family: Nymphalidae Species: plexippus (Satyrs) Monarch Species: Dark Wood‐Nymph Species: Great Basin Wood‐Nymph

Larvae Diet: Leaves and flowers of Larvae Diet: Leaves of various milkweeds and dogbane grasses Larvae Diet: Leaves of various Adult Diet: Flower nectar from Adult Diet: Flower nectar from California grasses milkweeds, members of the sunflower buckeye, white sweet clover, and other Adult Diet: Flower nectar from yellow family, and other flowers flowers flowers in the sunflower and Habitat: Open places, including buckwheat families Habitat: Drier habitats, such as meadows, fields, and valley bottoms Habitat: Drier habitats, such as sagebrush steppe, chaparral, and sagebrush steppe, chaparral, and pine woodlands of oak, pine, or juniper forests Butterflies Family: Nymphalidae Family: Nymphalidae (Satyrs) (Milkweed Butterflies)

Species: Cercyonis oetus Species: Cercyonis sthenele Dark Wood‐Nymph Species: Danaus plexippus Great Basin Wood‐Nymph Monarch Caterpillars Family: Hesperiidae Family: Hesperiidae (Spreadwing Skippers) (Grass‐Skippers) Species: Hesperia juba Species: Pyrgus communis Juba Skipper Common Checkered‐Skipper Species: Hesperia comma Common Branded Skipper

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Larvae Diet: Leaves of several Larvae Diet: Leaves of several species grasses, including slender of wild and cultivated mallows Larvae Diet: Leaves of various hairgrass, needlegrass, and Adult Diet: Flower nectar from white grasses and sedges, including bluegrass flowers belonging to the sunflower bluegrass and brome family and also obtain moisture and Adult Diet: Flower nectar Adult Diet: Flower nectar salts from mud Habitat: Open areas such as Habitat: Open, sunny areas such Habitat: Open habitats, such as sagebrush steppe, chaparral, as fields, meadows, and forest fields, prairies, woodland openings, grasslands, and open woodlands openings and disturbed areas Butterflies Family: Hesperiidae Family: Hesperiidae (Spreadwing Skippers) (Grass‐Skippers)

Species: Hesperia juba Species: Pyrgus communis Juba Skipper Common Checkered‐Skipper Species: Hesperia comma Common Branded Skipper