New Mexico Butterflies

Steve Cary’s blog about butterflies of New Mexico.

Cyllopsis pertepida dorothea in the family tree

What’s In a Scientific Name?

In this post we feature Mike Toliver’s fascinating write-up about scientific names and nomenclature among butterflies. And I’m delighted to announce that the Butterflies of New Mexico can now be searched for individual butterfly names: common (English) names as well as scientific (Latin) names.

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More on Butterfly Names

What Else is in a Name? by Marta Reese. A four-hour drive followed by miles of bushwhacking up steep slopes through head-high vegetation and over dead tree trunks should be rewarded, preferably with a new-to-me butterfly species.

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