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Calibas/CCSA Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon The Acmon Blue (Plebejus acmon) is a North American butterfly. It ranges mainly in California but...	Kenneth Dwain Harrelson/CCSA American Lady Vanessa virginiensis The American Painted Lady or American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) is a butterfly found throughout North America. Vanessa...	calibas/CCSA Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon A common swallowtail butterfly of western North America. Both the upper and lower sides of its...
Arrowhead Blue Glaucopsyche piasus The Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus) is a western North American butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It...	US Fish and Wildlife Service Boisduval's Blue Plebejus icarioides (Icaricia icarioides) Boisduval's Blue (Aricia icarioides) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family found in North America. A. icarioides...	Linda Tanner/CCSA Bramble Hairstreak Callophrys dumetorum The Coastal Green Hairstreak, Bramble Green Hairstreak, or Bluish Green Hairstreak (Callophrys dumetorum) is butterfly of...
Walter Siegmund/CCSA Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus The Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in from...	S Sepp/CCSA Cabbage White Pieris rapae The Small White (Pieris rapae) is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the Yellows-and-Whites family...	California Dogface Colias eurydice Zerene eurydice, the California dogface butterfly, is sometimes placed in the related genus as Colias eurydice....
Joe Littlejohn/CCSA California Sister Adelpha bredowii ...	Walter Siegmund (talk) /CCSA California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica ...	SACRAMENTO FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICE; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Callippe Fritillary Speyeria callippe The Callippe Silverspot, a subspecies of the Callippe Fritillary, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List....
Anne Toal/CCSA Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus The ceraunus blue butterfly, Hemiargus ceraunus is a Neotropical butterfly common in southern portions of the...	Megan McCarty/CCSA Checkered White Pontia protodice The Checkered White (Pontia protodice), also called Southern Cabbage Butterfly, is a common North American butterfly...	Robert Lawton/CCSA Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae The Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) is a small to midsized butterfly in the family Pieridae found...