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Image 1. This monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus,
is perched on a Valerian flower.



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Image 2. A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus


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Image 3. An anise swallowtail butterfly on vetch.


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Image 4. A checkerspot butterfly.


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Image 5. A checkerspot butterfly.


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Image 6. A painted lady butterfly.


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Image 7. Tiger swallowtails on Clarkia sp.


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Image 8. A tiger swallowtail on Clarkia sp.


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Image 9. A tiger swallowtail


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Image 10. A western pine elfin on Hackelia nervosa, in the Sierra Nevada.


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Image 11. A western pine elfin on Hackelia nervosa, in the Sierra Nevada.


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Image 12. Lorquin's Admiral on Apocynum androsaemifolium
in the Sierra Nevada.



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Image 13. A western tailed-blue on Bistorta bistortoides in the Sierra Nevada.


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Image 14. Possibly western tailed-blues. Mating?


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Image 15. Probably a California hairstreak.


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Image 16. Gulf fritillaries.


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Image 17. A Mexican sulphur,floating on water.
Placed on a dry surface it flew away.



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Image 18. A western tailed-blue on Bistorta bistortoides, in the Sierra Nevada.


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Image 19. A butterfly on lavender flowers, Provence.


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Image 20. A butterfly on thistle, Provence.


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Image 21. A butterfly on thistle, Provence.


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Image 22. The luna moth, Actias luna, on a street tree in Berkeley.


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Image 23. Adela aldrovandella, one of the fairy longhorn moths.



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Image 24. A moth, camouflaged to look like lichens, Northern California.


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Image 25. A blue moth, Provence.


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Image 26. A moth, Provence.

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