Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay Area

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  • Brushfoot (Nymphalidae)
  • Gossamer Wing (Lycaenidae)
  • Riodinidae
  • Skippers (Hesperiidae)
  • Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
  • Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)
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Acmon Blue

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American Lady

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Anise Swallowtail

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Bay Checkerspot

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Behr’s Silvery Blue

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Bernardino Blue

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Boisduval’s Blue

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Bramble Hairstreak

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Brown Elfin

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Cabbage White

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California Dog-Face

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California Hairstreak

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California Pipevine Swallowtail

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California Ringlet

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California Sister

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California Tortoiseshell

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Callippe Fritillary

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Ceraunus Blue

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Checkered White

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Clodius Parnassian

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Cloudless Sulphur

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Columbian Skipper

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Common Buckeye

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Common Checkered Skipper

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Common Hairstreak

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Common Sootywing

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Common Sulphur

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Common Wood Nymph

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Comstock’s Fritillary

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Coronis Fritillary

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Dainty Sulphur

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Desert Marble

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Dotted Blue

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Dryope Hairstreak

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Eastern Tailed Blue

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Echo Azure

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Edith’s Checkerspot

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Eufala Skipper

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Field Crescent

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Fiery Skipper

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Funereal Duskywing

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Gold Hunter’s Hairstreak

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Golden Hairstreak

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Gorgon Copper

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Gray Hairstreak

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Gray Marble

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Great Arctic

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Great Basin Wood Nymph

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Great Copper

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Great Purple Hairstreak

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Greenish Blue

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Gulf Fritillary

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Hedgerow Hairstreak

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Hoary Comma

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Hydaspe Fritillary

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Juba Skipper

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Juniper Hairstreak

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Lange’s Metalmark

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Large Marble

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Leanira Checkerspot

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Lindsey’s Skipper

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Lorquin’s Admiral

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Lotus Hairstreak

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Margined White

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Marine Blue

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Milbert’s Tortoiseshell

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Mission Blue

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Monarch

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Mormon Metalmark

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Moss’ Elfin

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Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak

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Mournful Duskywing

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Mourning Cloak

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Muir’s Hairstreak

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Mylitta Crescent

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Northern Checkerspot

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Northern Cloudy-Wing

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Northern White-Skipper

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Orange Sulphur

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Oreas Comma

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Pacific Fritillary

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Painted Lady

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Pale Swallowtail

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Persius Duskywing

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Propertius Duskywing

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Purplish Copper

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Queen

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Red Admiral

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Roadside Skipper

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Rural Skipper

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Sachem

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Sagebrush Checkerspot

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Sandhill Skipper

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Sara Orangetip

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Satyr Comma

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Silver Spotted Skipper

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Silvery Blue

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Sleepy Duskywing

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Small Checkered Skipper

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Small Veined White

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Sonoran Blue

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Sonoran Skipper

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Spring White

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Sylvan Hairstreak

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Tailed Copper

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Thicket Hairstreak

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Two Banded Checkered Skipper

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Two Tailed Swallowtail

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Umber Skipper

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Unsilvered Fritillary

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Variable Checkerspot

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West Coast Lady

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Western Branded Skipper

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Western Brown Elfin

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Western Pine Elfin

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Western Pygmy Blue

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Western Tailed Blue

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Western Tiger Swallowtail

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White Checkered Skipper

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Woodland Skipper

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