Butterflies found at BB Brown's Gardens on July 16, 2016

Following is the list of butterflies that we found at BB Brown's Gardens on July 16, 2016.  It was very hot that day and we found a lot of butterflies such as a Great Purple Hairstreak, White M Hairstreaks, Red-banded Hairstreaks, Viceroys, and Carolina Satyrs on the woodland trail hanging out in the shade under the oak trees.  We had a total of 25 species.

GROUP	SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	NUMBER OF ADULTS
Broad-winged Skippers	Urbanus proteus	Long-tailed Skipper	1
Broad-winged Skippers	Urbanus dorantes	Dorantes Skipper	1
Spread-winged Skippers	Erynnis horatius	Horace's Duskywing	3
Grass Skippers	Cymaenes tripunctus	Three-spotted Skipper	1
Grass Skippers	Lerema accius	Clouded Skipper	1
Grass Skippers	Hylephila phyleus	Fiery Skipper	1
Grass Skippers	Panoquina ocola	Ocola Skipper	2
Swallowtails	Battus philenor philenor	Pipevine Swallowtail	1
Swallowtails	Battus polydamas lucayus	Polydamas Swallowtail	3
Swallowtails	Heraclides cresphontes	Giant Swallowtail	6
Swallowtails	Pterourus glaucus australis	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	2
Swallowtails	Pterourus troilus troilus	Spicebush Swallowtail	4
Swallowtails	Pterourus palamedes	Palamedes Swallowtail	1
Whites	Ascia monuste phileta	Great Southern White	3
Sulphurs	Phoebis sennae eubule	Cloudless Sulphur	6
Sulphurs	Phoebis philea	Orange-barred Sulphur	1
Hairstreaks	Atlides halesus	Great Purple Hairstreak	1
Hairstreaks	Calycopis cecrops	Red-banded Hairstreak	4
Hairstreaks	Parrhasius m-album	White-M Hairstreak	4
Milkweed Butterflies	Danaus gilippus berenice	Queen	1
Passionflower Butterflies	Agraulis vanillae nigrior	Gulf Fritillary	44
Passionflower Butterflies	Heliconius charithonia tuckeri	Zebra Heliconian	31
Passionflower Butterflies	Euptoieta claudia	Variegated Fritillary	1
Admirals	Limenitis archippus floridensis	Viceroy	2
Satyrs and Wood-Nymphs	Hermeuptychia sosybius	Carolina Satyr	2

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BIOBLITZ Results for February 20, 2016

B.B. Brown’s Gardens & Florida Scrub Jay Trail

Lake County, Florida

BIOBLITZ Results for February 20, 2016

compiled by Marc Minno

Butterflies

Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Atalopedes campestris huron (Sachem) 2

Copaeodes minima (Southern Skipperling) ? possible brief sighting

Cymaenes tripunctus (Three-spotted Skipper) 1

Hylephila phyleus (Fiery Skipper) 4

Lerema accius (Clouded Skipper) 1

Polites vibex (Whirlabout Skipper) 2

Hesperiidae: Pyrginae (Spread-winged Skippers)

Erynnis horatius (Horace's Duskywing) ? 1

Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae (Blues)

Hemiargus ceraunus antibubastus (Ceraunus Blue) 1

Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae (Passionflower Butterflies)

Agraulis vanillae nigrior (Gulf Fritillary) 9

Heliconius charithonia tuckeri (Zebra Heliconian) 5

Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Junonia coenia (Common Buckeye) 1

Pieridae: Coliadinae (Sulphurs)

Abaeis nicippe (Sleepy Orange) 3

Eurema daira daira (Barred Yellow) 3

Phoebis sennae eubule (Cloudless Sulphur) 7

Spring Insects and Wildflowers at B.B. Brown's Gardens (The Florida Scrub Jay Trail)