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California Butterflies and California Native Plants |
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Most of the butterfly pictures taken on this page and on the web site have been taken in the Las Pilitas Nursery, Santa Margarita, garden. They are all alive and often going about their business as usual undisturbed by the photographer (my father or myself.) If you have ever looked at dried specimens you will notice that although it may be more difficult to see identifying characteristics the live specimens are far more colorful and intense. Colors fade and change with drying and chemical preserves. You can also see behavior patterns, posture,etc. These are things you will never see in a shriveled, spread specimen! Click on the butterfly picture to learn more about what plants the butterfly uses and see more pictures of it! |
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Order Lepidoptera Butterflies and Moths |
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Family Danidae Milkweed Butterflies |
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Family Nymphalidae Brush-footed Butterflies |
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 Hoary Comma Butterfly |
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Family Papilionidae Swallowtail and Parnassian Butterflies |
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Family Pieridae White, Sulfur, Marbel, and Orange-tip Butterflies |
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Family Riodinidae Metalmark Butterflies |
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Family Lycaenidae Hairstreak, Copper, and Blue Butterflies |
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Family Megathymidae Giant Skipper Butterflies |
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Family Hesperiidae Skippers |
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Family Saturniidae, Ceanothus Moths |
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Family Sphingidae Sphinx moths, Hummingbird Moths |
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