Butterflies of the Cariboo - Williams Lake Field Naturalists
Butterflies of the Cariboo - Williams Lake Field Naturalists
Butterflies of the Cariboo - Williams Lake Field Naturalists
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Common <strong>Butterflies</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cariboo</strong>-Chilcotin<br />
EARLY SPRING BUTTERFLIES Host plant(s) for larva<br />
first appear : March to mid-April family /genus<br />
Compton Tortoiseshell Roddia l-album willow, birch<br />
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa willow, cottonwood<br />
Grey Comma Polygonia progne currant, gooseberry<br />
Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti Stinging Nettle<br />
SPRING BUTTERFLIES<br />
first appear : mid-April to mid-May<br />
Satyr Anglewing Polygonia satyrus Stinging Nettle<br />
Green Comma Polygonia faunus birch, willow<br />
Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilis currant, rhododendron<br />
Boreal Spring Azure Celastrina ladon blueberry, Red-osier Dogwood<br />
Western White Pontia occidentalis mustard family<br />
Mustard White Pieris oleracea mustard family<br />
Cabbage White Pieris rapae mustard family<br />
Large Marble Euchloe ausonides mustard family<br />
Stella Orangetip Anthocharis stella rockcress<br />
Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice pea family / clover, alfalfa<br />
Western Sulphur Colias occidentalis pea family / vetch, lupines<br />
Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamuspea family<br />
Persius Duskywing Erynnis persius pea family, willow<br />
Western Elfin Incisalia iroides Kinnikinnick<br />
Hoary Elfin Incisalia polia sedum<br />
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui aster family, thistle<br />
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Stinging Nettle<br />
LATE SPRING BUTTERFLIES<br />
first appear : mid-May to mid-June<br />
Common Ringlet Coenonympha california grass family<br />
Common Alpine Erebia epipsodea grass family<br />
Silver-bordered Fritillary Clossiana selene violets<br />
Meadow Fritillary Clossiana bellona violets<br />
Blue Copper Lycaena heteronea buckwheat<br />
Purplish Copper Lycaena helloides knotweed, dock<br />
Juniper Hairstreak Mitoura siva Rocky Mountain Juniper<br />
Western Pine Elfin Incisalia eryphon Lodgepole Pine<br />
Western Tailed Blue Everes amyntula pea family<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Cloudywing Thorybes pylades pea family
LATE SPRING BUTTERFLIES cont'd.<br />
first appear : mid-May to mid-June<br />
Freija Fritillary Clossiana freija blueberry, Kinnikinnick<br />
Frigga's Fritillary Clossiana frigga willow, avens<br />
Anicia Checkerspot Euphydryas anicia snowberry, honeysuckle<br />
Rocky Mountain Apollo Parnassius smin<strong>the</strong>us stonecrop<br />
Baird's Swallowtail Papilio bairdii tarragon (Artemisia)<br />
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon cow-parsnip, angelica<br />
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis willow, birch, aspen<br />
Two-tailed Swallowtail Pterourus multicaudatus willow, cherry, aspen<br />
Macoun's Arctic Oeneis macounii grass, sedge family<br />
Chryxus Arctic Oeneis chryxus grass family<br />
EARLY SUMMER BUTTERFLIES<br />
first appear : mid-June to mid-July<br />
Pink-edged Sulphur Colias interior blueberry<br />
Tawny-edged Skipper Polites <strong>the</strong>mistocles grass family<br />
Square-spotted Blue Euphilotes battoides buckwheat<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Blue Lycaeides idas Dwarf Blueberry<br />
Greenish Blue Plebeius saepiolus clover<br />
Boisduval's Blue Icaricia icarioides lupine<br />
Acmon Blue Icaricia acmon buckwheat, pea family<br />
Arctic Blue Agriades glandon saxifrage<br />
Aphrodite Fritillary Speyeria aphrodite violets<br />
Northwestern Fritillary Speyeria hesperis violets<br />
Callippe Fritillary Speyeria callippe violets, sagebrush<br />
Reakirt's Copper Lycaena mariposa blueberry<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Checkerspot Charidryas palla aster family<br />
Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos aster family<br />
<strong>Field</strong> Crescent Phyciodes pratensis aster family<br />
Pale Crescent Phyciodes pallidus thistle<br />
White Admiral Limenitis ar<strong>the</strong>mis willow, aspen, birch<br />
Common Woodnymph Cercyonis pegala grass family<br />
Great Basin Woodnymph Cercyonis s<strong>the</strong>nele grass family<br />
Small Woodnymph Cercyonis oetus grass family<br />
Alexandra's Sulphur Cloias alexandra pea family<br />
LATE SUMMER BUTTERFLIES<br />
first appear : mid-July to August<br />
Common Branded Skipper Hesperia comma grasses / sedges<br />
Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides grass family
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