SoWestLep is a listserv dedicated to the discussion of the Butterfly species that occur in Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, northern and Southern Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. Texas has its own listserv and is not covered here.
We're most interested in sightings of any kind and any discussions about the Butterflies of the region. Taboo is the debate of Collecting/Anti-collecting.
Ken Kertell has already posted highlights of our outing on Saturday, 11 July. I now have a bit more to add. I have just spread some of my catch from that trip
John, Same thing happened last year. Someone had one in great shape at Bog Hole and then I had an absolute rag at the Patagonia Butterfly Garden a few days
or, A Tail (sic) of Two Swallowtails... On 7/9/09 Bob Behrstock had a male in Ash Canyon which subsequently disappeared. On 7/11/09 Judy Winslow and I had a
Dear Lepsters, A tardy report as I was awaiting confirmation. On 9 July, I photographed a male Broad-banded Swallowtail (Papilio astyalus) in the yard. It was