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Philotes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Philotes is a monotypic genus containing only Philotes sonorensis, the Sonoran blue or stonecrop blue, found in North America in California and Baja California. [2] The habitat consists of rocky washes, outcrops and cliffs in deserts. [3] The wingspan is 22–25 mm. [2]
With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico. The western portion of the Mexico–United States border passes through the Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert region includes the Sonoran Desert and some surrounding areas. All of Sonora, the Baja California Peninsula, and the islands of the Gulf of ...
The Sonoran desert wraps around the northern end of the Gulf of California, from Baja California Sur (El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in central and Pacific west coast, Central Gulf Coast subregion on east to southern tip), north through much of Baja California, excluding the central northwest mountains and Pacific west coast, through southeastern California and southwestern and southern ...
The species is also found on the southern coast of California, where they inhabit prickly pears. [5] Of the four species of Drosophila found in the Sonoran Desert, D. mettleri have the lowest heat tolerance. [6] D. mettleri are abundant through all seasons but are less prevalent during the summer period.
The scientists, who spend time during the holidays monitoring the numbers of monarch butterflies migrating to the coast, say that there's no reason to believe the migration patterns have changed.
Euchloe guaymasensis, the Sonoran marble or Sonoran white, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. [1] It is native to Sonora in Mexico and has been seen once in Arizona in the United States. [1] The butterfly has a wingspan of 31–37 millimetres (1.2–1.5 in). The upperside is pale yellow.
There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies. The number wintering along California's central coast is bouncing back after the population, whose presence ...
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