Santa Monica Mountains List

Probable in Griffith Park Abundance Codes: A- Abundant C- Common Possible in Griffith Park U- Uncommon R- Rare ?- Not Yet Found

Food Plant Flight Time Swallowtails Papilionidae

Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon Fennel or other carrot family All year Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphones Citrus Mar-Oct Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus Mostly sycamore; cottonwood, , alder All year Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon , other buckthorn family Feb-Oct

White and Sulphurs

Whites Becker's White beckerii Bladderpod Feb-Aug Checkered White Mustards, native and non-native All year Cabbage White Pieris rapae Black mustard, wild radish, nasturtium All year Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara Native mustards Feb-June

Sulphurs Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme Various pea family: lotus, clover, vetch All year Harford's Sulphur Colias harfordii Astragalus (locoweed or rattleweed) Apr-Sept California Dogface Colias eurydice False indigo (Amorpha californica) Mar-Sept Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae Cassia (Senna) Mar-Oct Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe Cassia (Senna) Mar-Oct Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole Various sunflower family Mar-Nov

Gossamer-Wings

Coppers Tailed Copper arota Wild currant or goooseberry (Ribes) May-July Gorgon Copper Lycaena gorgon Wand Buckwheat ( elongatum) Apr-July

Hairstreaks Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus Mistletoe in sycamores or cottonwood Mar-Oct California Hairstreak californica Ceanothus (wild lilac) and May-Aug Silvan Hairstreak Satyrium sylvinus Willow May-July Gold-hunters Hairstreak Scrub Oak May-July --Santa Monica Mts Hairstreak --S.auretorum fumosum other than scrub oak May-July Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak Mountain Mahogany May-July Hedgerow Hairstreak Ceanothus (wild lilac) May-July Bramble Hairstreak Callophrys dumetorum Deerweed, ceanothus, buckwheat Feb-Apr Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus Mostly dodder, but also ceanothus Feb-July Gray Hairstreak melinus Many: mallow, buckwheat, coffeeberry, pea Feb-Nov

Blues Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exile Saltbush (Atriplex) and goosefoot All year Marine Blue Lepotes marina Plumbago and various pea family All year Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus Various pea family Mar-Oct Western Tailed-Blue Everes amyntula Astragalus (locoweed or rattleweed) Feb-Sept Spring Azure Celastrina ladon Ceanothus (wild lilac), Feb-July Sonoran Blue Philotes sonorensis Lance-leaved Dudleya Mar-Apr 'Bernardino' Square-spotted Blue Euphilotes battoides bernardino California Buckwheat Apr-Aug Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus Deerweed (Lotus scoparius) Feb-May Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon Deerweed, Buckwheat Feb-Nov

Metalmarks Riodinidae

Fatal Metalmark Calephelis nemesis Mule Fat, Bush Sunflower Feb-Oct 'Behr's' Mormon Metalmark Apodemia mormo California Buckwheat Mar-Nov Brushfoots

Heliconians and Fritillaries Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae Passionvine All year 'Comstock's' Callippe Fritillary Speyeria callippe comstocki Violets May-July

True Brushfoots Gabb's Checkerspot Chlosyne gabbii Wooly Aster, Telegraph Weed, other asters Mar-July Mylitta Crescent mylitta Thistles (such as ) Mar-Oct Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona Bush Monkeyflower and other figwort family Apr-June Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus Stinging Nettle Feb-Sept California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica Ceanothus (wild lilac) Apr-Sept Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa Willow, cottonwood All year American Lady Vanessa virginiensis Everlasting (Gnaphalium) All year Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Many: thistle, mallow, lupine, fiddleneck All year West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella Mallows, especially Cheeseweed; nettle All year Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Nettles including Baby Tears All year Common Buckeye Junonia coenia Mostly plantain; snapdragon, monkeyflower Feb-Nov

Admirals and Relatives Lorquin's Admiral Limenitis lorquini Apr-Oct California Sister Adelphia bredowii californica Oaks Mar-Oct

Satyrs 'California' Common Ringlet Coenonympha tullia california Bunch grass Feb-Sept Great Basin Wood-Nymph Cercyonis sthenele Bunch grass May-Aug

Monarchs Monarch Danaus plexippus Milkweed All year Queen Danaus gilippus Milkweed Mar-Nov

Skippers Hesperiidae

Spread-wing Skippers Propertius Erynnis propertius Coast Live Oak Mar-June Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis Various oaks Feb-Sept Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis Deerweed and other pea family Feb-Oct White Checkered- Pyrgus albescens Mallows Mar-Oct Northern White-Skipper Heliopetes ericetorum Various mallows, especially Bush Mallow Feb-Oct

Grass-Skippers Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiacus Grasses Apr-Sept Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus Grasses including crab grass All year Sandhill Skipper Polites sabuleti Saltgrass Apr-Sept Sachem Atalopetes campestris Grasses Apr-Nov Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides Grasses, including rye grass Jul-Oct Rural Skipper Ochlodes agricola Grasses Apr-July Umber Skipper Poanes melane Grasses Jan-Nov Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala Grasses Jun-Nov Wandering Skipper Panoquina errans Saltgrass Jul-Sept

Hypothetical Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata Choke Cherry June-Aug Arrowhead Blue Glaucopsyche piasus Bush lupine (Lupinus excubitus) Mar-May

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