Day 25 - eye of ORANGE

Species: Lorquin's Admiral (Limenitis lorquini)
Size: 2 - 2.5 inches (Opler and Wright 1999)
Geography: Pacific Northwest into California (Glassberg 2017)
Habitat: moist woodlands and stream corridors (Glassberg 2011)
Behavior: prone to holding wings at 45 degree angle when landing (Pyle 1981)

Indexed by: #BD_Limenitis_lorquini

Day 24 - ORANGE of intricate pattern

Species: Arizona Sister (Aldelpha eulalia)
Size: 3 - 5 inch wingspan (http://bit.ly/2Pm8HGD)
Geography: southwest U.S. into Mexico (Glassberg 2017)
Habitat: Stream corridors with oak (Pyle 1981)
Behavior: mud puddles and drinks fruit juices (Brock and Kaufman 2003)

Indexed by: #BD_Aldelpha_eulalia

Day 23 - blatantly ORANGE

Species: California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)
Size: 1.75 - 2.1 inch wing span (Opler and Wright 1999)
Geography: American West eastward to upper Midwest (Glassberg 2017)
Habitat: typically mountainous (below subalpine) (Pyle 1981)
Garden plantings: Ceanothus (Glassberg 2011)
Behavior: takes nectar, but relies on sap and fruit. Overwinters as adult (Pyle 2002).

Indexed by: #BD_Nymphalis_californica

Day 22 - muted ORANGE

Species: Chryxus Arctic (Oeneis chryxus)
Size: 1.6 - 2 inch wingspan (Opler and Wright 1999)
Geography: mountains of the American West and upper Midwest (Glassberg 2017).
Habitat: conifer forest openings, meadows, tundra (Pyle 1981)
Behavior: Biennial, separate populations-odd year vs. even year (James and Nunnallee 2011).

Indexed by: #BD_Oeneis_chryxus

Day 21 - a tawny orange butterfly

Species: Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
Size: 1 - 1.3 inch wingspan (Opler and Wright 1999)
Geography: Found in the American Northeast, upper Midwest and West (Glassberg 2017)
Habitat: Grasslands (dry and wet) from low to subalpine elevations (Pyle 2002)
Behavior: "fly weakly close to the ground" (Brock and Kaufman 2003)
Garden Plantings: nectar on a wide variety of wildflower

Indexed by: #BD_Coenonympha_tullia

Day 20 - darker side of ORANGE

Species: Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia)
Size: 1.5 - 2 inch wingspan (Opler and Wright 1999)
Geography: extreme southwest U.S. into Mexico (Glassberg 2017)
Habitat: watercourse corridors with Hackberry (Pyle 1981)
Behavior: perch either on tree trunks head down or ground; eat decaying fruit (Pyle 1981)

Indexed by: #BD_Asterocampa_leilia

Day 19 - small butterfly, impressive burst of ORANGENESS

Species: Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minimus)
Size: "smallest North American skipper" at .75 inch (Opler and Wright 1999)
Geography: southern tier of U.S. into Mexico (Glassberg 2017)
Habitat: grasses of forest edges and fields (Pyle 1981)
Garden plantings: Bermuda grass for larvae (Brock and Kaufman 2003)

Indexed by: #BD_Copaeodes_minimus

Day 18 - Orange checkered pattern

Species: Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes vesta)
Size: Wingspan is 1.25 - 1.5 inches (Opler and Wright 1999)
Geography: restricted to the American Southwest into Mexico (Glassberg 2017)
Habitat: "grassy savannahs with mesquite trees" (Pyle 1981).
Behavior: "direct, low flight, with alternating series of flaps and flat-winged glides" (Brock and Kaufman 2003).
Garden Plantings: species from the Acanthus family (tube-tongues) (Opler and Wright 1999).

Indexed by: #BD_Phyciodes_vesta

Day 17 - washed out Orange
Species: Common Mestra (Mestra amymone)
Size: 1.375 - 1.75 inches (Opler and Wright 1999)
Geography: south Texas, vagrants north to Nebraska and Iowa (Glassberg 2017)
Habitat: open brush (Pyle 1981) that has Noseburn (Tragia sp.) understory
Garden plantings: seldom nectars (Opler and Wright 1999)
Indexed by: #BD_Mestra_amymone