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Image 1. A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus,
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. Lorquin's Admiral on Apocynum androsaemifolium
in the Sierra Nevada.


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Image 12. A western tailed-blue on Bistorta bistortoides in the Sierra Nevada.

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Image 13. Possibly western tailed-blues. Mating?

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Image 14. Probably a California hairstreak

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Image 15. Gulf fritillaries.

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Image 16. A Mexican sulphur, floating on water.
Placed on a dry surface it flew away.


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Image 17. A western tailed-blue on Bistorta bistortoides, in the Sierra Nevada.

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Image 18. A butterfly on lavender flowers, Provence


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