Notes from the Road Region
 

Butterfly Life List

I'm just opening this new section and will identify and update this page soon. Butterflies are amazing creatures once you get a chance to look at them up close. Like everybody else, I've lived most of my life not paying much attention to them.

When my son was transitioning from baby to toddler and I started pointing things out to him, I started to notice things I hadn't noticed much since I was...two? Now my toddler enjoys sitting in the yard with me, looking at bugs.

Butterflies are mentioned in many of articles, especially in The Blue Butterfly at the End of the Loneliest Road and in several articles in the Isthmus section.

I welcome any corrections and comments.

  
 

California Sister

California Sister Butterfly
Common Ringlet

Sonoran Metalmark

Sonoran Metalmark

Isabella's Heliconian

Isabella's Heliconian
Monarch
Tracta Sister (Nicaragua)

Erato Heliconian

Butterfly
Banded Peacock (Panama)

Butterfly
Orange Sulphur (Oregon)

Sulphur in Oregon
 
Cloudless Sulphur (Panama)

Butterfly

Mylitta Crescent

Butterfly

Butterfly

 

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

 

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Carolina Satyr

Butterfly
Unidentified Skipper (Panama)

Butterfly
Heliconius Sapho (Panama)

Butterfly

Menelaus Blue Morpho (Panama)

Butterfly

Elf (Nicaragua)

Butterfly, Nicaragua

Mexican Bluewing (Nicaragua)

Butterfly, Nicaragua

Cabbage White

Western White Butterfly

California Tortoiseshell

Butterfly

Butterfly
Western Tiger Swallowtail (Oregon)

Square-spotted Blue (Mt Hood)

Butterfly

Silvery Blue (Mt Hood)

Butterfly

Western White (Mt Hood)

Butterfly

Lorquin's Admiral (Oregon)

Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly

Acmon Blue

Butterfly

Leanira Checkerspot

Butterfly

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Butterfly

Blue Copper

Butterfly

 

Hoffman's Checkerspot

Butterfly

 

Woodland Skipper

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Butterfly (Panama) - a Ithomiinae/Clearwing, possible Olyras crathis

Woodland Skipper

Ithomiidae Chiapas Glasswing Butterfly (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Longwing (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Three Banded Crescent (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Claudina Crescent (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Blue-patched Eyed-Metalmark (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Two-Barred Flasher (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Creon Skipper, Lilliana subspecies (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

 

 

Smooth-Banded Sister (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Lagora Eyemark (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Long Tailed Skipper (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Oileus Giant Owl (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Hyalina Metalmark (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Satyr (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Elegant Flat Spreadwing (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Thoas Swallowtail (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Orange-patched Crescent (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Yellow-veined Skipper (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified Skipper (Panama)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified (Austria)

Woodland Skipper

Unidentified (Austria)

Woodland Skipper

 

Western Pygmy Blue (California)

Woodland Skipper

Costa-Spotted Mimic White (Panama)

Woodland Skipper


 
 

 

  
     

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About Home
The Notes from the Road story, about Erik Gauger, his equipment and approach.

Along the Way
Photos I took along the way, and just had to show you.

Worthwhile Sites
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Reviews
Reviews, press clippings, criticism and more of Notes from the Road.

Lost Sons of Afghanistan
The first of two articles I wrote in the San Fernando Valley in 2001.

A Museum for Kabul
The follow-up to A Museum for Kabul.

Birds
A collection of birds I have identified while on the road. I always keep an eye out for new birds and this is one of the greatest pleasures of travel.
Count: 652

Fishes
A collection of fish species I've counted in the wild over the course of my life.
Count: 147

Mammals
A collection of every mammal I have positively identified over the course of my life.
Count: 77

Reptiles & Amphibians
A collection of reptiles and amphibians I have managed to identify positively.
Count: 55

Butterflies
A collection of butterflies I have managed to identify positively.
Count: 45

Seashore Creatures
Tidepooling and snorkeling is one of the greatest joys of independent travel. This is my collection of seashore creatures I have identified during my Notes from the Road years.
Count: 67

Dragonflies
A list of all my dragonfly and damselfly identifications.
Count: 1