Butter f l ies of North Rim Grand

Canyon

Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon

Baird’s Swallowtail, Papilio machaon bairdii

Kaibab Swallowtail,

Papilio indra kaibabensis

Silver-spotted Skipper, Epargyreus clarus

Taxiles Skipper, Poanes taxiles

Checkered Skipper,

underside

North Rim

endemic

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Boisduval's Blue, Plebejus icarioides

Hedgerow Hairstreak, Satyrium saepium

Gray Hairstreak, Strymon melinus

Tailed Copper, Lycaena arota shellbachi

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor Acmon Blue, Plebejus acmon

Western Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus

undersides

N. Rim

endemic

Similar to

Baird’s

yellow

forms

Rim

14 brown

skippers

4 white mallows

New

Mexico

locust

Legumes, & Buckwheats

Gooseberries

Ceanothus

Lupines

grasses

Mid Summer

Common

Common

generalist

Blue Copper, Lycaena heteronea

grasses

Garita Skipperling, Oarisma garita

grasses Mid Summer

15

blues

undersides

10

hairstreaks

Western Branded Skipper,

Hesperia colorado

Rim

Aspen &

Willows

Smaller

than Two-

tailed

Swallowtail

Rim & just

below

Rim

Rim

Rim

7

Swallowtail

Species

Parsley

Rim

Same

species

Parsley Parsley

Buckwheats

Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui

West Coast Lady, Vanessa annabella

Queen, Danaus gilppus thersippus

Arizona Sister, Adelpha eulalia

Schellbach’s Fritillary, Speyeria

hesperis schellbachi

undersides

undersides undersides

Checkered White, Pontia p. protodice

endemic

Satyr Comma, Polgonia satyrus

Arizona Red Spotted Purple,

Limenitis arthemis arizonensis

North Rim

endemic Common

White

Orange

Common

Late

Summer

Phases

of White,

yellow &

orange

in

females

Similar to

AZ Viceroy

3 similar

Willows/

cottonwoods

Willows/

cottonwoods/

milkweeds

oaks

Found

near

aspen

mallows

Nettles

legumes

mustards

1 similar anglewing

4 crescents

Migratory

American

Lady

Inner

Canyon

Hybrids

possible

Inner

Canyon

to Rim

Inner

Canyon

Inner

Canyon

Inner

Canyon

milkweeds

blue grama

thistles

Migratory

grasses

Great Basin Wood-nymph, Cercyonis

sthenele masoni

Small Wood-Nymph, Cercyonis

grasses Mead's Wood-Nymph,

Cercyonis meadii damei

Weidemeyer’s Admiral,

Limenitis weidemeryeri weidemeryeri Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme Monarch, Danaus plexippus

Mylitta Crescent, Phyciodes pulchella

Loves

thistle

Variegated Fritillary, Euptoieta caudia

violets Open

Areas

on Rim

generalist

Inner

Canyon

Rim