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The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly (Dione vanillae) is a bright orange butterfly in the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. That subfamily was formerly set apart as a separate family, the Heliconiidae. The Heliconiinae are "longwing butterflies", which have long, narrow wings compared to other butterflies.
Anthocharis sara, the Sara orangetip, is one of three species in the Sara orangetip complex.It has a population extending from Baja California into extreme southwest Oregon and another extending from the east slope of the Sierra Nevada into far western Nevada. [1]
Anthocharis cethura catalina, the Catalina orangetip, is a subspecies of the desert orangetip butterfly that is endemic to Santa Catalina Island, off the California coast of the United States. Very little is known about the subspecies, except that they tend to be found on isolated ridgetops. [1] [2]
The population of orange and black insects has rebounded in recent years to the hundreds of th. The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year ...
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 ...
Many schoolchildren have watched in wonder as large orange and black butterflies emerge from cocoons. Although once a common sight, the beautiful butterflies are "plummeting toward extinction due ...
Adelpha californica, the California sister, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. They are common in California, but can also be found in western Nevada and Oregon, as well as in northern Baja California. The upper surfaces of their wings are dark brown to black with wide cream white bands dissecting both wings and two orange ...
Chlosyne californica, the California patch, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in the Southwestern United States and Mexico. It lives in desert washes and canyons in regions between southern Nevada south to southwestern Arizona, southeastern California, Baja California and Sonora. [1] The wingspan is 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 inches (32–51 ...