Bay Area Butterfly Photographs

Photographs of identified museum specimens by John Steiner, 1990. [click image to enlarge]

HESPERIIDAE (skippers)
PAPILIONIDAE (swallowtails)
PIERIDAE (whites, sulfurs, orange tips)
LYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers, hairstreaks, metalmarks)
NYMPHALIDAE (buckeyes, painted ladies, etc.)

HESPERIIDAE

Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Northern cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
Dreamy duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
Dreamy duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
Sleepy duskywing (Erynnis brizo lacustra)
Propertius duskywing (Erynnis propertius) male
Propertius duskywing (Erynnis propertius) female
Mournful duskywing (Erynnis tristis)

Pacuvius duskywing (Erynnis pacuvius pernigra)
Funeral duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
Persius duskywing (Erynnis persius)
Two-banded checkered skipper (Pyrgus ruralis)
Small checkered skipper (Pyrgus scriptura)
Common checkered skipper (Pyrgus communis)
Norther white skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum) male
Norther white skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum) female
Common sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
Arctic skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
Fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus) female
Juba skipper (Hesperia juba)
Juba skipper (Hesperia juba) ventral
Tilden’s western branded skipper (Hesperia colorado tildeni) male
Tilden’s western branded skipper (Hesperia colorado tildeni) female
Dodge’s western branded skipper (Hesperia colorado dodgei) male
Dodge’s western branded skipper (Hesperia colorado dodgei) female
Columbian skipper (Hesperia columbia) male
Columbian skipper (Hesperia columbia) female
Lindsey’s skipper (Hesperia lindseyi) female
Sandhill skipper (Polites sabuleti) male
Sandhill skipper (Polites sabuleti) female
Sandhill skipper (Polites sabuleti) ventral
Dog star skipper (Polites sonora siris) male
Dog star skipper (Polites sonora siris) female
Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) male
Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) female
Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) ventral
Woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) male
Woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) female
Woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) ventral
Rural skipper (Ochlodes agricola) male
Rural skipper (Ochlodes agricola) female
Rural skipper (Ochlodes agricola) ventral
Yuma skipper (Ochlodes yuma) male
Yuma skipper (Ochlodes yuma) female
Yuma skipper (Ochlodes yuma) ventral
Umber skipper (Poanes melane)
Dun skipper (Euphyes vestris)
Common roadside skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
Eufala skipper (Lerodea eufala)

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PAPILIONIDAE

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PIERIDAE

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LYCAENIDAE

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NYMPHALIDAE

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