ANNOTATED FLIGHT CHRONOLOGY OF ARIZONA BUTTERFLIES*
*Adapted from:
Bailowitz, R.A. “Annotated Checklist of Arizona Butterflies.” (Maintained annually). Bailowitz, R.A. & Brock, J. 1991. Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona, Sonoran Arthropod Studies Inc., Tucson.
Taxonomic order from above sources. See both sources for scientific names and original describers of species, comprehensive counties of occurance in AZ, owners of cited records, and taxonomic numbers.
PART I: HESPERIIDAE ALL YEAR IN SOUTH: Funereal Duskywing: below 9500', hilltops, territorial, gardens, most widespread Erynnis Arizona Powdered-Skipper: Feb-Sept N of Gila R; hot canyons below 5560' White Checkered-Skipper: Feb-Nov N of Gila R.; intergrades w/ Common C-S occur Desert Checkered-Skipper: hot, dry canyons below 5250' Erichson's White-Skipper: low canyons and streamsides, below 4600' Orange Skipperling: spr.-fall in far N; all counties but Apache; hot, rocky cyns. Eufala Skipper: city gardens, alfalfa fields Fiery Skipper: city gardens, alfalfa fields, Bermuda grass; pushes N in late summer JANUARY: 22 ('78): end White-patched Skipper (Sonoita Ck., StC); also March and June records; wet spots FEBRUARY: 1 ('73): begin Yucca Giant-Skipper navajo, arizonae, albasuffusa (Wahweap Cpgd., 5 m NW Glen Cyn. Dam, Coco); yuccas 6 ('06): begin Northern White-Skipper (L. Havasu City, Moh); below 8530', no StC records 7 ('99): begin Sleepy Duskywing (Herb Martyr Cpgd., Coch); oaks, usually scrub oaks; hilltops 8 ('87): begin Golden-headed Scallopwing (Baboquivari Cyn., Pim); varied habs., oft. beneath canopy 13 ('72): begin Small Checkered-Skipper (nr. Wickenburg, Yav); deserts, grasslands, ag. fields 14 ('81): single Tropical Least-Skipper (California Gulch, StC); no March records, streams and ponds 15 ('87): begin Pahaska Skipper martini, williamsi, pahaska (5 m SW Patagonia, StC); grlds, hills, nect 17 ('96): begin Mournful Duskywing (Garden Cyn., Coch); oak assoc., low and mid-elev., hilltops 20 ('82): begin Common Streaky-Skipper (Sonoita Ck., StC); mt. foothills 3200-6300' 21 ('82): begin Texas Powdered-Skipper (CA Gulch, StC); no June records, mainly Aug-Oct; Coch, StC 23 ('09): begin Violet-clouded Skipper (Pima Cyn., Pim); saguaro cyns., gardens 23 ('86): begin White-barred Skipper 1st brood (Chino Cyn., StC); more common spring, hilltops 27 ('99): begin Juvenal's Duskywing (Herb Martyr Cpgd., Coch); mid- & high-elev. oak assoc. 27 ('09): begin Meridian Duskywing (Pima Cyn., Pim); all except Apac & Yum; oak woodland 28 ('26): begin Sachem (Yuma, Yum); varied habitats, Bermuda grass, mts. MARCH: 1 ('84): begin Morrison's Skipper (Mule Mts., Coch); strong hilltopper, short flight 2 ('86): begin Saltbush Sootywing, alpheus (12 m S Three Points, Pim); Atriplex canescens flats 6 ('88): begin Mojave Sootywing, libya (Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Pim); Atriplex flats 6 ('82): begin Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Guadalupe Cyn., Coch); moist cyns. beneath canopy 8 ('38): begin Dotted Roadside-Skipper (Patagonia, StC); grassland cyns. 9 ('98): begin Common Sootywing (3 m E Yuma, Yum); wastelands, ag. areas, streamsides 9 ('18): begin Sandhill Skipper, chusca (Yuma, Yum); river thickets, ag. fields; no May or June records 11 ('97): begin Scudder's Duskywing (Mule Mts., Coch); Coch, Pim, StC, scarce, hilltops 12 ('84): begin White-striped Longtail (Box Cyn., Pim); 2300-6600', varied habitats 12 ('84): begin Gold-costa Skipper (Box Cyn., Pim); limestone cyns. 3900-6600' 12 ('83): begin Nysa Roadside-Skipper (5 m SW Patagonia, StC); hot, rocky cyns. below 5900' 12 ('07): begin Carus Skipper (Patagonia Lake, StC); several broods, foothills and cyns. 13 ('89): #1 of 4 Mottled Bolla (Pena Blanca Cyn., StC); Pim, StC; common in Sonora 15 ('80): begin Short-tailed Skipper (French Joe Cyn., Coch); oak assoc., pref. Gambel's 19 ('09): begin Pacuvius Duskywing (Miller Cyn., Coch); Ceanothus, hilltops above 5600' 19 ('95): begin Southern Skipperling 1st brood (California Gulch, StC); Coch. snd StC. only; tiny 20 ('88): begin Acacia Skipper (Elkhorn Ranch. Pim); hot cyns. 2900-5250' 22 ('09): begin Arizona Skipper (Gunsight Pass, Pim); Coch, Pim, StC, kidneywood, below 5900' 26 ('96): begin Saltbush Sootywing oricus (Cottonwood, Yav); prob. late summer brood, Atriplex 29 ('84): begin Desert Cloudywing (Molino Basin, Pim); wooded cyns., mostly 4000-7220' 31 ('09): begin Sheep Skipper (Box Cyn., Pim); one mid-Jan. record; low to mid elev., mostly morns. APRIL: 1 ('93): begin Afranius Duskywing (3 m NW Portal, Coch); most N counties, taxonomy unclear 3 ('18): begin MacNeill's Sootywing 1st brood (Gadsden, Yum); LaP, Yum; Atriplex lentiformis 4 ('69): begin Rocky Mountain Duskywing (Hualapai Mts., Moh); N counties, moisture, oaks 5 ('11): begin Laviana White-Skipper 1st brood (½ m SW Patagonia, StC); below 5250' 5 ('86): single Tropical Least Skipper (Aravaipa Cyn., Pin); no March records, streams and ponds 7 ('96): begin Sunrise Skipper (2 m S Palominas, Coch); Coch, Pim, StC; Paspalum assoc., 4000-6230' 9 ('89): begin Silver-spotted Skipper (Garden Cyn., Coch); 4265-9200', Robinia assoc. 10 ('94): begin Cestus Skipper 1st brood (Sycamore Cyn., StC); upper lim. saguaros, mornings, usu. R 15 ('84): begin Clouded Skipper (Elkhorn Ranch, Pim); Nogales gardens; increasing 16 ('05): begin Bronze Roadside-Skipper (Mt. Lemmon 5500', Pim); varied habitats 3600-8530' 17 ('33): early Western Branded-Skipper harpalus, susanae (Mt. Graham, Grah); no May records, high 18 ('64): end MacNeill's Sootywing 1st brood (Parker, LaP); LaP, Yum; Atriplex lentiformis 20 ('69): begin Mountain Checkered-Skipper (South rim, GCNP, Coco); above 6900', ground flowers 21 ('91): #1 of 4 Potrillo Skipper (Chino Cyn., StC); common in Sonora 22 ('78): begin Long-tailed Skipper (Elkhorn Ranch, Pim); Coch, Pim, StC, mostly fall, varied habs. 22 ('78): begin Deva Skipper (E. Turkey Ck., Coch); males perch and patrol cyns. 23 ('78): begin Northern Cloudywing (Miller Cyn., Coch); var. habs., wooded, mid-elev. 27 ('87): begin Umber Skipper (Garden Cyn., Coch); Coch & StC only; above 5575', very rare 28 ('62): begin Viereck's Skipper (Redington Pass, Pim); steep hillsides, cyns., spotty dist. 29 ('89): begin Mexican Cloudywing (Peter's Flat, Grah); moist meadows at high alt. 29 ('89): begin Persius Duskywing (Peter's Flat, Grah); similar to afranius, high elev. 29 ('89): begin Python Skipper (Box Cyn., Pim); mid-elev., steep cyns., yellow composites MAY: 2 ('06): begin Juba Skipper (Lime Kiln Cyn., Moh); no July records, trans. & higher; Apac, Coco, Moh 3 ('74): one Horace's Duskywing (11 mi. NE Lukachukai, Apac); barely enters state 4 ('91): #2 of 4 Mottled Bolla (Holden Cyn., StC); Pim, StC; common in Sonora 8 ('01): early Many-Spotted Skipperling (3 m W Pena Blanca, StC); oak grassland 11 ('91): odd early Texas Roadside-Skipper (Muleshoe Ranch, Coch); low cyns., limestone grassland 13 ('78): begin Toltec Roadside-Skipper (Aravaipa Cyn., Pina); cyns. below 4900', scarcer in spring 13 ('89): begin Rhesus Skipper (Green's Peak Rd., Apac); Apac, Coco, Yav; pinyon grlnd, hillsides 15 ('91): begin Slaty Roadside-Skipper (5 m S Patagonia, StC); moist hillsides above 5250' 17 ('96): begin Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper (Miller Cyn., Coch); Coch. only; high cyns., roadsides 18 ('74): begin Strecker's Giant-Skipper (E. Sunset Mt., Coco); Apac, Coco, Nav; high grassland yuccas 18 ('91): end Southern Skipperling 1st brood (California Gulch, StC); Coch and StC only; tiny 18 ('78): begin Uncas Skipper (San Rafael Valley, StC); grasslands, 4300-7550', thistles 18 ('89): begin Draco Skipper (nr. Green's Pk.., Apac); lush streamsides, cienegas, nectar 18 ('89): begin Tawny-edged Skipper (nr. Green's Pk., Apac); Apac, Coco, Gila, Gree; pine cyns., str. 21 ('78): begin Common Checkered-Skipper (Lime Kiln Cyn., Moh); dist. and taxonomy unclear 22 ('04): #1 of 3Faceted Skipper (Pena Blanca Lake, StC); common in Sonora 23 ('79): #2 of 4 Potrillo Skipper (Curtiss Siding Marsh, Coch); common in Sonora 25 ('01): begin Russet Skipperling (Mt. Graham, Grah); moist cyns. above 5575' 26 ('86): begin Garita Skipperling (Escudilla Mt., Apac); pine woods clearings above 6200' 29 ('91): end Laviana White-Skipper 1st brood (California Gulch, StC); below 5250' 29 ('68): begin Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper (10 m NE Flagstaff, Coco); lush cyns. above 5600' 30 ('82): end Cestus Skipper 1st brood (Redfield Cyn., Grah); upper lim. saguaros, mornings, usu. R JUNE: 1 ('77): begin Dreamy Duskywing (Pt. Imperial, Coco); moist cyns. & meadows above 6200' 2 ('88): begin Long Dash (Duran Ranch, Coco); restricted range in AZ (Coco only), easlily overlooked 3 ('07): begin Golden-banded Skipper (Wet Cyn., Grah); moist, mid-elev. cyns. 4 ('71): begin Ursine Giant-Skipper incl. deserti (Camp Ck., Mari); mid-elev. yucca assoc. 4 ('89): begin Sandhill Skipper, sabuleti (Ashurst Run, Coco); Apac & Green only; parks, grasslands 4 ('83): end White-barred Skipper 1st brood (AW Research Ranch, StC); more common spring, hilltops 5 ('11): begin Cassus Roadside-Skipper (Col. Devlin Tr., Gila); moist cyns. above 5250', flowers 7 ('59): begin Nevada Skipper (Big Lake, Apache); Apache only, cienegas above 8530' 7 ('42): begin Taxiles Skipper (South Rim GCNP, Coco); wet cyns. above 5250', flowers 9 ('74): end Sleepy Duskywing (Roof Butte, Apac); oaks, usually scrub oaks; hilltops 9 ('74): end Yucca Giant-Skipper incl. navajo, arizonae, albasuffusa (Chusca Mts., Apac); yuccas 13 ('92): 1st of 2 Two-barred Flasher (Garden Cyn., Coch); regular in Sonora 13 ('89): begin Green Skipper (Walnut Cyn., Coco); cyns., 5250-7200', not on hilltops 16 ('68): end Rhesus Skipper (30 m NW Flagstaff, Coco); Apac, Coco, Yav; pinyon grasslands, hills 17 ('84): begin Large Roadside-Skipper (Mt. Hopkins, StC); damp pine/oak cyns. 18 ('78): begin 3 White-fringed Cloudywing (Mt. Hopkins Rd., StC); reg. in N Sonora 18 ('63): end Umber Skipper (Madera Cyn. StC); Coch & StC only; above 5600', very rare; also 9/21 18 ('78): begin Dun Skipper (2 m SW Jerome, Yav); mostly N of Gila R, flowers 20 ('77): end Saltbush Sootywing, oricus (20 m SW Fredonia, Coco); prob. late summer brood, Atriplex 21 ('89): begin Four-spotted Skipperling (Gooseberry Ck., Apac); moist meadows above 7200' 21 ('89): begin Peck's Skipper (Gooseberry Ck., Apac); Apac & Green only, high cienegas & streams 22 ('65): end Viereck's Skipper (Roaring Spr., GCNP, Coco); steep hillsides, cyns., spotty dist. 24 ('76): begin Mojave Sootywing, lena (1 m W Leupp, Coco); Coco, Nava, Atriplex assoc. 24 ('67): end Morrison's Skipper (Kehl Spr., Coco); strong hilltopper, short flight 25 ('67): end Strecker's Giant-Skipper (Flagstaff, Coco); Apac, Coco, Nav; high grassland yuccas 25 ('89): end Long Dash (Dick Hart Tank, Coco); restr. range in AZ (Coco only), easlily overlooked 25 ('79): begin Simius Roadside-Skipper (4 m SE Springerville, Apac); Apac, Coch, StC; cindercone 27 ('58): one specific record Delaware Skipper, lagus (White Mts., Apac); 2 non-specific from Nav 30 ('80): begin Edwards' Skipperling (Pinery Cyn., Coch); pine/oak cyns., riparian areas JULY: 1 ('89): begin Drusius Cloudywing (Garden Cyn., Coch); Coch, Pim, StC, cyns., oak woods 3 ('37): end Mountain Checkered-Skipper (Hannegan Mdws., Green); above 6800', ground flowers 3 ('77): begin Yuma Skipper (1 m W Tuba City, Coco); Apac, Coco, Moh only; Phragmites assoc., local 4 ('90): begin Texas Roadside-Skipper (French Joe Cyn., Coch), see 11 May; low cyns., limest. grlnd 4 ('80): begin Western Branded-Skipper harpalus, susanae (Riggs L., Grah); no May records, high alt. 5 ('89): begin Snow's Skipper (Mt. Graham, Grah); pine & fir forests 6 ('64): end Mojave Sootywing, lena (5 m N Winslow, Nav); Coco, Nav, Atriplex assoc. 6 ('60): begin Oslar's Roadside-Skipper (Tucson, Pim); cyns. & grasslands, oft. late afternoon 7 ('89): begin Tropical Least Skipper (Garden Cyn., Coch); no March records, streams and ponds 7 ('76): end Deva Skipper (Onion Saddle, Coch); males perch and patrol cyns. 8 ('00): begin Valeriana Skipper (3 n SW Patagonia, StC); Pim, StC; nr 4200', often crepuscular 8 ('09): begin Dull Firetip (W. Turkey Cr., Coch); Coch, Grah, Pim, Pin, StC; oaks 4250-7900' 8 ('00): begin Elissa Roadside-Skipper (3R Cyn., StC); Coch, Pim, StC only; can be scarce 8 ('53): end Sandhill Skipper, sabuleti (Parks, Coco); Apac & Green only; parks, grasslands 9 ('90): #1 of 3 Fitzgaertner's Flat (Patagonia Lake, StC); crepuscular, reg. in Sonora 9 ('77): end Persius Duskywing (Agassiz Pk., Coco); similar to afranius, high elev. 9 ('58): begin Moon-marked Skipper (Sunnyside Cyn., Coch); pine/oak cyns., thistles 12 ('84): begin Hammock Skipper (Tucson Mt. Park, Pim); gen. below 8200' 12 ('41): end Rocky Mountain Duskywing (Hannegan Meadows, Green); N counties, moisture, oaks 12 ('76): #1 of 3 Emorsa Spurwing (Box Cyn., Pim); reg. in Sonora 13 ('00): begin Dorantes Longtail (Carr Cyn., Coch); legume feeder, mt. cyns. 13 ('36): begin Woodland Skipper (North Rim GCNP, Coco); Coco & Moh only, strip country 14 ('84): begin Brazilian Skipper (Tucson Mt. Pk., Pim); Coch, Coco, Pim, StC, Yum; Canna assoc. 15 ('31): end Nevada Skipper (nr. Greer, Apac); Apac only, cienegas above 8500' 16 ('58): #2 of 3 White-fringed Cloudywing (Sunnyside Cyn., Coch); reg. in N Sonora 16 ('80): end Mexican Cloudywing (Crosby Crossing, Apac); moist meadows at high alt. 16 ('51): end Python Skipper (Madera Cyn., StC); mid-elev., steep cyns., yellow composites 24 ('73): begin Julia's Skipper (Pena Blanca Cpgd., StC); scarce, ag. fields, irrig. ditches 26 ('00): begin Many-Spotted Skipperling (Red Rock Cyn., StC); oak grassland 26 ('75): end Draco Skipper (North Rim GCNP, Coco); lush streamsides, cienegas, nectar 30 ('80): end Dreamy Duskywing (Pt. Imperial, Coco); moist cyns. & meadows above 6200' AUGUST: 1 ('60): begin Ocola Skipper (Sycamore Cyn., StC); Coch, Pim, StC; occ. multiples 3 ('91): begin Southern Skipperling 2nd brood (Sycamore Cyn., StC); Coch. and StC. only; tiny 3 ('77): end Tawny-edged Skipper (Tsaile Ck., Apac); Apac, Coco, Gila, Gree; pine cyns., streams 6 ('05): #3 of 4 Potrillo Skipper (Patagonia, StC); common in Sonora 7 ('99): begin 14+ Brown-banded Skipper (½ m E Lyle Cyn., StC); Coch, Pim, StC; reg. in Sonora 8 ('64): begin Huachuca Giant-Skipper (Ramsy Cyn., Coch); middle and high Huachuca Mts. only 8 ('75): #2 of 3 Faceted Skipper (Molino Basin, Pim); common in Sonora 11 ('76): end Russet Skipperling (Hospital Flat, Grah); moist cyns. above 5500' 12 ('05): end 3 White-fringed Cloudywing (Guadalupe Cyn., Coch); reg. in N Sonora 12 ('76): end Peck's Skipper (16 m E McNary, Apac); Apac & Green only, high cienegas & streams 13 ('81) begin White-patched Skipper (Leslie Cyn., Coch), also March and June records; wet spots 15 ('64): end Edwards' Skipperling (Miller Cyn., Coch); pine/oak cyns., riparian areas 16 ('81): begin Cestus Skipper 2nd brood (CA Gulch, StC); upper lim. saguaros, mornings, usu. R 17 ('79): end Green Skipper (Parker Cyn., Coch); cyns., 5250-7200', not on hilltops 18 ('01): begin Zilpa Longtail (Bear Valley, StC); Coch, Pim, StC; avid flower feeder 18 ('92): begin Laviana White-Skipper 2nd brood (California Gulch, StC); below 5250' 21 ('81): #2 of 3 EmorsaSpurwing (Elkhorn Cyn., Pim); reg. In Sonora 21 ('84): end Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper (South Fork, Coch); Coch. only, high cyns., roadsides 23 ('83): #2 of 3 Fitzgaertner's Flat (Cottonwood Cyn., Coch); crepuscular, reg. in Sonora 23 ('83): 1 Wind's Skipper (Cottonwood Cyn., Coch); reg. in Sonora 23 ('78): #3 of 4 Mottled Bolla (Sycamore Cyn., StC); Pim, StC; common in Sonora 23 ('86): end Elissa Roadside-Skipper (4 m SW Patagonia, StC); Coch, Pim, StC only; can be scarce 25 ('54): #3 of 3 Fitzgaertner's Flat (Madera Cyn., Pim); crepuscular, reg. in Sonora 25 ('91): end Woodland Skipper (Mt. Logan, Moh); Coco & Moh only, strip country 26 ('60): end Drusius Cloudywing (Madera Cyn., StC); Coch, Pim, StC, cyns., oak woods 26 ('83): 2nd of 2 Two-barred Flasher (½ m E Sycamore Cyn., StC); regular in Sonora 26 ('09): end Slaty Roadside-Skipper (Garden Cyn., Coch); moist hillsides above 5250' 27 ('01): begin 4 Gold-spotted Aguna (Garden Cyn., Coch); Coch, StC; occ. in Sonora 28 ('08): #1 of 3 Mithrax Skipper (Alamo Cyn., StC); common in Sonora 28 ('83): end Ursine Giant-Skipper incl. deserti (6 m E Douglas, Coch); mid-elev. yucca assoc. 28 ('82): end Simius (Roadside-)Skipper (AW Research Ranch, StC); Apac, Coch, StC; cindercone 29 ('67): end Garita Skipperling (Alpine Divide, Apac); pine woods clearings above 6200' 30 ('86): end Valeriana Skipper (2 m W Pena Blanca Lake, StC); Pima, StC, nr 4300', often crepusc. 30 ('97): #2 of 3 Mithrax Skipper (Sonoita, StC); common in Sonora 30 ('05): begin Bauer's Giant-Skipper incl. freemani (Verde Hot Sprgs., Yav); common at moisture SEPTEMBER: 1 ('69): begin Orange Giant-Skipper (Pine, Gila); Gila and Yav only, agave assoc. 1 ('50): begin Arizona Giant-Skipper (Ramsey Cyn., Coch); agave assoc., 3600-6200' 2 ('73): begin 5 Brown Longtail (O'Donnell Cyn., StC); Pim & StC only 2 ('73): #4 of 4 Potrillo Skipper (Parker Cyn., Coch); common in Sonora 2 ('10): end Many-Spotted Skipperling (Cienega Ck., Pim); oak grassland 3 ('99): end Moon-marked Skipper (Portal, Coch); pine/oak cyns., thistles 4 ('43): begin MacNeill's Sootywing 2nd brood (Yuma, Yum); LaP, Yum; Atriplex lentiformis 4 ('60): end Juvenal's Duskywing (4 m SE McNary, Apac); mid- & high-elev. oak assoc. 4 ('76): begin Violet-banded Skipper (5 m N Nogales, StC); four records; Pim, StC; low-mid elev. 5 ('95): only Hermit Skipper (Bisbee, Coch); stray 5 ('82): end Oslar's Roadside-Skipper (AW Research Ranch, StC); cyns. & grasslands, oft. late aft. 6 ('77): end Northern Cloudywing (nr. Patagonia, StC); var. habs., wooded, mid-elev. 6 ('86): end Scudder's Duskywing (Garden Cyn., Coch); all except Apac & Yum; oak woodland 6 ('64): begin Apache Skipper (Hualapai Mts., Moh); clearings in pines, flowers, occ. hilltops 7 ('87): end Large Roadside-Skipper (Guadalupe Cyn., Coch); damp pine/oak cyns. 8 ('91): end Golden-banded Skipper (Alum Gulch StC); moist, mid-elev. cyns. 8 ('99): end Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper (Herb Martyr, Coch); lush cyns. above 5500' 9 ('74): end Short-tailed Skipper (Madera Cyn., Pim); oak assoc., preferably Gambel's 12 ('92): only Mercurial Skipper (Sopori Bosque, StC) 12 ('05): only Pelopidus Skipper (Sycamore Cyn., StC); unknown from Sonora 12 ('90): end Four-spotted Skipperling (Comfort Sprg., Coch); moist meadows above 7200' 12 ('74): end Dun Skipper (Groom Ck., Yav); mostly N of Gila R, flowers 13 ('91): end Cassus Roadside-Skipper (Garden Cyn., Coch); moist cyns. above 5250', flowers 14 ('76): end Juba Skipper (Schultz Pass, Coco), no July records; trans. & higher; Apac, Coco, Moh 15 ('01): end Saltbush Sootywing, alpheus (Cebadilla Pond, Pim); Atriplex canescens flats 16 ('54): begin Mojave Giant-Skipper incl. Paiute (15 m W Cameron, Coco); Agave utahensis assoc. 17 ('77): end Bronze Roadside-Skipper (Sycamore Cyn., StC); varied habitats 3600-8500' 18 ('99): end Toltec Roadside-Skipper (Elkhorn Ranch, Pim); cyns. below 5000', scarcer in spring 19 ('92): #3 of 3 Mithrax Skipper (Patagonia, StC); common in Sonora 19 ('76): end Uncas Skipper (5 m N Prescott, Yav); grasslands, 4200-7600', thistles 19 ('33): end Western Branded-Skipper harpalus, susanae (SF Pks., Coco); no May records, high 21 ('96): end Texas Roadside-Skipper (Guadalupe Cyn., Coch), see 11 May; low cyns., limest. grlnd 21 ('76): one fall record Umber Skipper (Miller Cyn., Coch); Coch & StC only; above 5500' 23 ('79): end Silver-spotted Skipper (High Ck., Grah); 4200-9200', Robinia assoc. 23 ('79): end Taxiles Skipper (High Creek, Grah); wet cyns. above 5250', flowers 23 ('84): end Snow's Skipper (Ladybug Saddle, Grah); pine & fir forests 24 ('98): begin Poling's Giant-Skipper (Molino Basin, Pim); mostly on Agave schottii, doesn't water 24 ('77): begin White-barred Skipper 2nd brood (Alamo Cyn., StC); more common spring, hilltops 26 ('95): end 4 Gold-spotted Aguna (nr. Portal, Coch); Coch, StC; occ. in Sonora 27 ('59): #3 of 3 Emorsa Spurwing (Sonoita Creek, StC); reg. in Sonora 27 ('68): end Common Streaky-Skipper (Seven Springs, Mari); mt. foothills 3200-6300' 29 ('90): only Eight-spotted Longtail (Temporal Gulch, StC) OCTOBER: 2 ('88): end Afranius Duskywing (Hualapai Mts., Moh); most N counties, taxonomy unclear 3 ('87): end Cestus Skipper 2nd brood (Elkhorn Ranch, Pim); upper lim. aguaros, mornings, usu. rare 4 ('67): only Mexican Longtail (Box Canyon, Pima) 4 ('80): end Desert Cloudywing (French Joe Cyn., Coch); wooded cyns., mostly 3900-7200' 5 ('69): last of 5 Brown Longtail (Cottonwood Spr., StC); Pim & StC only 5 ('04): end Yuma Skipper (Indian Gardens, GCNP, Coco); Apac, Coco, Moh only; Phragmites assoc. 6 ('96): end Southern Skipperling 2nd brood (California Gulch, StC); Coch. and StC. only; tiny 8 ('95): end Common Sootywing (Hereford, Coch); wastelands, ag. areas, streamsides 9 ('82): end Dull Firetip (AW Research Ranch, StC); Coch, Grah, Pim, Pin, StC; oaks 4200-7900' 9 ('71): end Orange Giant-Skipper (2 m S Jerome, Yav); Gila and Yav only, agave assoc. 10 ('76): end MacNeill's Sootywing 2nd brood (1 m W Gadsden, Yum); LaP, Yum; Atriplex lentiformis 12 ('85): end Dotted Roadside-Skipper (Cinega Ck., Pim); grassland cyns. 13 ('67): end Mojave Giant-Skipper incl. paiute (8 km S Toroweap, GCNP, Moh); A. utahensis assoc. 15 ('77): end Arizona Skipper (Elkhorn Ranch, Pima); Coch, Pima, StC, kidneywood, below 5900' 16 ('88): #4 of 4 Mottled Bolla (California Gulch, StC); Pim, StC; common in Sonora 18 ('81): end Sunrise Skipper (Babocomari Ranch, StC); Coch, Pim, StC; Paspalum, 3950-6300' 18 ('61): end Sandhill Skipper, chusca (Parker, LaP); river thickets, ag. fields; no May or June records 19 (95): end Gold-costa Skipper (3 m NW Portal, Coch); limestone cyns. 3900-6600' 21 ('82): end Pacuvius Duskywing (Garden Cyn., Coch); Ceanothus, hilltops above 5500' 24 ('82): end White-barred Skipper 2nd brood (AW Research Ranch, StC); more common spring, hills 25 ('65): begin Gentry's Giant-Skipper (Bull Pasture, Pim); Mari, Pim, Yum; near Agave deserti 26 ('69): end Bauer's Giant-Skipper incl. Freemani (Seven Sprgs., Mari); common at moisture 28 ('95): end Zilpa Longtail (Montezuma Cyn. Rd., Coch); Coch, Pim, StC; avid flower feeder 29 ('95): end end Ocola Skipper (2 m S Palominas, Coch); Coch, Pim, StC; occ. multiples 30 ('81): end 14+ Brown-banded Skipper (6 m SE Arivaca, Pim); Coch, Pim, StC; reg. in Sonora 30 ('95): end Meridian Duskywing (Paradise, Coch); all except Apac & Yum; oak woodland 30 ('85): one Purple-washed Skipper (Tucson, Pim) 31 ('05): end Julia's Skipper (Kansas Settlement, Coch); scarce, ag. fields, irrig. ditches NOVEMBER: 1 ('81): end Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Guadalupe Cyn., Coch); moist cyns. beneath canopy 1 ('81): #3 of 3 Faceted Skipper (Guadalupe Cyn., Coch); common in Sonora 2 ('05): end Small Checkered-Skipper (Greaterville, Pim); deserts, grasslands, ag. fields 2 ('76): end Northern White-Skipper (8 m SW Prescott, Yav); below 8500', no StC records 2 ('76): end Poling's Giant-Skipper (Molino Basin, Pim); mostly on Agave schottii, doesn't water 2 ('76): end Apache Skipper (7 m SW Prescott, Yav); clearings in pines, flowers, occ. hilltops 6 ('05): end Acacia Skipper (Pena Blanca L., StC); hot cyns. 2950-5250' 6 ('88): end Carus Skipper (California Gulch, StC); several broods, foothills and cyns. 8 ('10): end Hammock Skipper (Harshaw, StC); gen. below 8200' 8 ('75): end Gentry's Giant-Skipper (Agua Dulce Sprg., Pim); Mari, Pim, Yum; near Agave deserti 9 ('47): end Brazilian Skipper (Yuma, Yuma); Coch, Coco, Pim, StC, Yum; Canna assoc., strong flier 9 ('84): end Violet-banded Skipper (Tucson Mt. Park, Pim); four records; Pim, StC; low-mid elev. 10 ('98): end Mournful Duskywing (Montezuma Cyn., Coch); oak assoc., low and mid-elev, hilltops 11 ('87): end Long-tailed Skipper (Elkhorn Ranch, Pim); Coch, Pim, StC, mostly fall, varied habs 11 ('83): end Huachuca Giant-Skipper (Garden Cyn., Coch); middle and high Huachuca Mts. only 14 ('95): end Arizona Giant-Skipper (Paradise, Coch); agave assoc., 3600-6300' 15 ('90): end Texas Powdered-Skipper (CA Gulch, StC); no June records, mainly Aug-Oct; Coch, StC 15 ('02): end Common Checkered-Skipper (Chase Ck., Green); dist. and taxonomy unclear 18 ('84): end Mojave Sootywing, libya (Organ Pipe NM, Pim); Atriplex flats 21 ('81): end Sheep Skipper (CA Gulch, StC); one mid-Jan. record; low to mid elev., mostly morns 22 ('81): end Dorantes Longtail (Rock Corral Cyn., StC); legume feeder, mt. cyns. 24 ('90): end Nysa Roadside-Skipper (Presumido Cyn., Pim); hot, rocky cyns. below 5900' DECEMBER: 1 ('90): end Laviana White-Skipper 2nd brood (California Gulch, StC); below 5250' 1 ('90): end Sachem (California Gulch, StC); varied habitats, Bermuda grass, mts. 3 ('77): end White-striped Longtail (Sonoita Ck., StC); 2300-6600', varied habitats 4 ('95): end Golden-headed Scallopwing (3 m NW Portal, Coch); varied habs., often beneath canopy 4 ('77): end Pahaska Skipper martini, williamsi, pahaska (Alamo Cyn., StC); grasslands, hilltops, nectar 8 ('05): end Clouded Skipper (Tucson, Pim); Nogales gardens; increasing 9 ('95): end Tropical Least-Skipper (California Gulch, StC); no March records, streams and ponds 11 ('77): end Violet-clouded Skipper (Sonoita Ck., StC); saguaro cyns., gardens