Butterflies of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve
Common Name Scientific Name
Hesperiidae: Skippers
Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades
Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius
Pacuvius Duskywing Erynnis pacuvius
Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis
Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis Northern White-Skipper Heliopetes ericetorum
Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides
Rural Skipper Ochlodes agrícola
Sachem Atalopedes campestris
Umber Skipper Poanes melane
Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis Juba Skipper Hesperia juba Papilionidae: Swallowtails
Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon
Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus
Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata
Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon Pieridae: Whites and Sulphurs Checkered White Pontia protodice
Cabbage White Pieris rapae
Margined White Pieris marginalis
Sara Orangetip Anthocaris sara
Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
Lycaenidae: Gossamer-winged Butterflies
Tailed Copper Lycaena arota
Gorgon Copper Lycaena gorgon
Golden Hairstreak Habrodais grunus
Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus
California Hairstreak Satyrium californica
Sylvan Hairstreak Satyrium sylvinus
Gold-hunter’s Hairstreak Satyrium auretorum
Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak Satyrium tetra
Hedgerow Hairstreak Satyrium saepium
Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
Eastern Tailed-Blue Everes comyntas Echo Blue Celastrina ladon echo
Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Boisduval’s Blue Plebejus icarioides
Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon
Nymphalidae: Brush-footed Butterflies
Northern Checkerspot Chlosyne palla
Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta
Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona
Leanira Checkerspot Thessalia leanira
California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis
Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini
California Sister Adelpha californica
California Ringlet Coenonympha tullia california
Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala
Monarch Danaus plexippus Updated 11/2018