Butterflies and Moths of the Elfin Forest

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Size	Flight	Color	Host/Nectar Plant #
	Acmon Blue	Plebejus acmon acmon	1"	5-7	Bl	13, 72, 120, 128 / 72, 99
	Anise Swallowtail	Papilio zelicaon	3"	3-7	Y/Bk	85 / 165, 78, 63
	Behr’s (Mormon) Metalmark	Apodemia mormo virgulti	1"	5-9	O/Bk	72 / 72
	Cabbage White	Pieris rapae	2"	3-10	W	20, 153 / 99
	Coastal Bramble Hairstreak	Callophrys dumetorum viridis	1"	3-4	G	72, 120 /
	Common Ringlet	Coenonympha tullia	1.5"	2-9	W	82, 83, 84 /
	Gabb's Checkerspot	Chlosyne gabbii	1.5"	4-7	O	96, 112 / 79
	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	1"	5-7	Gr	72, 154, 125, 128 /
	Gulf Fritillary	Agraulis vanillae	2.5"	1-12	O	Not present /
	Hedgerow Hairstreak	Satyrium saepium	1"	3-7	Br	41 / 150, 99, 72
	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	4.5"	10-2	O	Not present /
	Morro Blue	Plebejus icarioides moroensis	1"	5-6	Bl	123 / 120
	Orange Sulfur	Colias eurytheme	2"	3-10	Bl	13, 118, 119, 120 /
	Pacific Sara Orangetip	Anthocharis sara sara	1.5"	3-4	W/O	20, 62, 153 /
	Pale Swallowtail	Papilio eurymedon	3.5"	4-7	W/Bk	41, 154, 155, 150 /
	Silvery Blue	Glaucopsyche lygdamus	1"	3-5	Bl	120 / 120
	Variable Checkerspot	Euphydryas chalcedona	2"	4-7	Bk	131, 174 / 6, 165, 78, 3, 99, 63, 72
	Umber Skipper	Poanes melane	1"	5-10	Br	58 / 6
	West Coast Lady	Vanessa annabella	2"	3-6	O/Bk	125, 196, 197 / 71 72
	Western Pygmy Blue	Brephidium exile	0.5"	3-9	Bl	15 16 /
	Western Tailed-blue	Everes amyntula	1"	5-6	Bl	13 /
	Western Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio rutulus	3.5"	2-8	Y/Bk	144, 147, 162 / 36, 49, 50, 112
	California Oak Moth	Phryganidia californica	0.5"	6-7	Br	152 / none
	Ceanothus Silk Moth	Hyalophora euryalus	2.5"	1-7	Br	41 / none
	Ctenuchid Moth	Ctenucha species	1"	3-7	Br/R	Grasses & sedges

Key

Size – The size of the front wing, from base to tip, given in inches. Flight – the months in which a species is "normally" seen flying in the Elfin Forest. Weather can change these dates. Host / Nectar Plant:  Plant ID number of host plant (plant larvae feed on) / ID of nectar plant (plant adults drink from) - see below:   #   Common name   3 Yarrow   6 Seaside fiddleneck 13 Pomona milk-vetch 15 Watson's saltbrush 20 Mustards ●● 36 Italian thistle ●● 41 Buck brush 46 California goosefoot 49 Cobwebby thistle 50 Bull thistle ●● 58 Bermuda grass ●● 62 Yellow tansy mustard 63 Blue dicks 71 Mock heather 72 Dune buckwheat 78 Suffrutescent wallflower 79 California poppy 82 Tall fescue ● 83 California fescue 84 Meadow fescue ● 85 Fennel ●● 96 Telegraph weed ● = non-native plant ●● = invasive non-native plant

Color – predominant color(s)        W = white        Y = yellow        O = orange        G = green        Gr = gray        Bl = blue        Br = brown        Bk = black.   #    Common name   99 Wedgeleaf horkelia 112 California aster 118 Birdfoot trefoil ● 119 Rush deerweed 120 Deerweed 123 Silver dune lupine 125 Cheeseweed ● 128 White sweet-clover ● 131 Sticky monkey-flower 144 Sycamore 147 Black cottonwood 150 Hollyleaf cherry 152 Coast live oak 153 Wild radish ● 154 California coffeeberry 155 Redberry 162 Arroyo willow 165 Black sage 174 California figwort 196 Stinging nettle 197 Dwarf nettle ●

 "The Butterflies of the Estero Bay Area" 
 MBNEP / California State Park's guide 
Good information plus lots of color photographs.