Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley RegionsThe California Tortoiseshell, West Coast Lady, Red Admiral, and Golden Oak Hairstreak are just a few of the many butterfly species found in the floristically rich San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley regions. This guide, written for both beginning and experienced butterfly watchers by one of the nation’s best-known professional lepidopterists, provides thorough, up-to-date information on all of the butterfly species found in this diverse and accessible region. Written in lively prose, it discusses the natural history and conservation status for these butterflies and at the same time provides an integrated view of butterfly biology based on studies conducted in northern California and around the world. Compact enough for use in the field, the guide also includes tips on butterfly watching, photography, gardening, and more. * Discusses and identifies more than 130 species * Species accounts include information on identifying butterflies through behavior, markings, and host plants * Beautiful full-color plates illustrate top and bottom views of wings for easier identification * Includes a species checklist and a glossary |
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... usually in chaparral . It flies with the Spring White ( Pontia sisymbrii ) and has the same host plants . Males patrol cliff edges and canyon bottoms , and both sexes visit flowers , including those of the hosts and associated species ...
... usually in chaparral . It flies with the Spring White ( Pontia sisymbrii ) and has the same host plants . Males patrol cliff edges and canyon bottoms , and both sexes visit flowers , including those of the hosts and associated species ...
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... usually nearly equal in the Ox - eyed Satyr . They are usually nearly equal in females of both . Also on the ventral forewing , the dark postmedian line ( defining the basal edge of the pale zone around the eyespots ) reaches the top of ...
... usually nearly equal in the Ox - eyed Satyr . They are usually nearly equal in females of both . Also on the ventral forewing , the dark postmedian line ( defining the basal edge of the pale zone around the eyespots ) reaches the top of ...
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... usually com- monest in spring . Great Basin Wood Nymph ( Cercyonis sthenele ) PAGE 211 Noticeably smaller than Ox - eyed Satyr and usually grayer be- neath . Eyespots relatively small , especially on male upperside . On forewing below ...
... usually com- monest in spring . Great Basin Wood Nymph ( Cercyonis sthenele ) PAGE 211 Noticeably smaller than Ox - eyed Satyr and usually grayer be- neath . Eyespots relatively small , especially on male upperside . On forewing below ...
Contents
What Are Butterflies? | 2 |
Where Are Our Butterflies From? | 9 |
Natural Enemies | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley ... Arthur Shapiro No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
Acmon adults Aesculus californica Anglewing Anise Swallowtail Aster Bay Area counties breeding brown buckeye butterfly fauna Cabbage White California Callippe canyons Carduus chaparral Checkered Skipper Checkerspot Coast Range coastal common Copper Crescent dark diapause DISTRIBUTION dogbanes Apocynum eggs Elfin feed female underwing flight flowers fog belt foothill forest forewing Fritillary genetic genus grassland gray ground color habitats Hairstreak hesperiids HOST PLANTS inland larvae late spring Lorquin's Admiral male underwing Marsh mating migration milkweeds Monarch Multiple broods multivoltine mustard native nectar North Northern numbers nymphalids Nymphalis occurs Orange Sulphur Orange-tip overwinter oviposit Painted Lady parasitoids pattern perennial Pieris Pipevine Swallowtail populations pupa rare recorded riparian Sacramento Valley San Francisco Santa SEASONS serpentine sexes Sierra Nevada SIMILAR SPECIES spots subspecies Sutter Buttes Swallowtail Papilio Tailed Blue tion Tortoiseshell usually Variable Checkerspot ventral hindwing weedy West Coast Lady Western Tiger Swallowtail wings winter woodland yellow Zerene