Results of Eugene 4th of July Butterfly Count

July 13, 2002
Compiler: Sharon Blick, NABA Eugene-Springfield
24 species found at six sites

			NC	WEW	BP	MPA	SH	AP	Total
Swallowtails:
Western tiger (Papilio rutulus)			27	10	24	0	17	1	52
Pale (Papilio eurymedon)			0	0	0	0	3	0	3
Anise (Papilio zelicaon)			0	0	1	0	10	0	10
Whites and Sulfurs:
Pine White			0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Western White			0	0	0	0	12	0	12
Mustard			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabbage (Pieris rapae)			0	6	2	0	2	11	21
White sp.			0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Orange sulfur (Colias eurytheme)			0	9	0	0	9	1	10
Sulfur sp.			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hairstreaks:
Gray (Strymon melinus)			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blues:
Eastern Tailed-Blue			0	4	11	0	0	0	15
Western Tailed-Blue			0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Acmon			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
unidentified			0	1	1	0	3	0	5
Brushfoots:
Great-spangled fritillary			0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Hydaspe fritillary			0	0	0	0	2	0	2
California sister (Adelpha bredowii)			0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini)			0	0	1	0	14	0	15
Mylitta crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)			0	10	3	0	2	0	15
Field crescent			0	3	1	0	2	0	6
Satyr comma (Polygonia satyrus)			0	0	1	0	2	0	3
Comma sp. (Polygonia sp.)			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lady sp.			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Satyrs:
Common woodnymph (Cercyonis pegala)			0	132	201	0	38	2	373
Common ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)			0	32	14	0	4	0	50
Milkweed Butterflies:
Monarch (Danaus plexippus)			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skippers:
Dun skipper (Euphyes vestris)			0	20	7	0	3	0	30
Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)			1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Propertius duskywing			0	0	2	0	5	0	7
Silver-spotted skipper			0	0	0	0	4	0	4
Sonoran Skipper			0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Hesperia sp.			0	0	1	0	4	0	5
Total number of individuals:			0	228	274	0	127	15	644

Key: NC = North-Central (Westmoreland, Skinner's Butte, Armitage, and Alton Baker Parks), WEW = West Eugene Wetlands, BP = Buford Park (outside of MPA), MPA = Mount Pisgah Arboretum, SH = South Hills, AP = Amazon Park to Kincaid Park, D = seen while driving.