Common Butterflies of the BCCER
Family	Common Name Scientific Name
Papilionidae : Swallowtails	Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata   Western tiger swallowtail Papilio rutulus   Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon   Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon   Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
Pieridae : Whites and Sulphurs	Alfalfa butterfly Colias eurytheme * Cabbage white Pieris rapae
Nymphalidae: Brush-footed Butterflies	California Sister Adelpha bredowii   Orange tip Anthocharis spp   Common Wood-nymph Cercyonis pegala   :Northern Checkerspot Chlosyne palla   California ringlet Coenonympha tullia   Monarch Danaus plexippus   Queen Danaus gilippus   Chalcedon checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona   Common buckeye Junonia coenia   Lorquins Admiral Limenitis lorquini   Mourning cloak Nymphalis antiopa   California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica   Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta   Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta   Painted lady Vanessa cardui
Lycaenidae : Gossamer-winged Butterflies	Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus   Spring Azure Celastrina ladon   Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus   Acmon Blue Icaricia acmon   Fender's blue Icaricia icarioides   Golden Hairstreak Habrodais grunus   Gorgon Copper Lycaena gorgon   Tailed Copper Lycaena arota   Gold-hunter's Hairstreak Satyrium auretorum   California hairstreak Satyrium californica   Hedgerow Hairstreak Satyrium saepium   Sylvan Hairstreak Satyrium sylvinus   Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak Satyrium tetra
Hesperiidae : Skippers	Propertius dusky-wing Erynnis propertius   Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis   Rural skipper Ochlodes agricola   Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis   Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades
* Non-Native
See 2006 Butterf;y Survey