Duskywing

Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica

Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus

Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden

Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis

Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden

Monarch, Danaus plexippus

Pasadena, CA - observed in my home garden on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica

Skipper, family Hesperiidae

Pasadena, CA - observed in my home garden on coneflower

American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis

Pasadena, CA - observed in my home garden on Coreopsis

Gray Hairstreak, Strymon melinus

Pasadean, CA - Observed in my home garden on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica 

American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis

Pasadena, California on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica - Observed in my home garden

Monarch, Danaus plexippus

Pasadena, CA - This monarch emerged in my home garden.  Photos was taken just after coming out of its chrysalis

Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis

Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden on coreopsis

Swallowtail, family Papilionidae

Descanso Gardens, La Canada, Flintridge, CA

Swallowtail, family Papilionidae

Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CA

Marine Blue, Leptotes marina, Male

Pasadena, California - Observed in my home garden

Marine Blue, Leptotes marina, Female

Padadena, California - Observed in my home garden

Monarch, Danaus plexippus

Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden

Cabbage White, Pieris rapae, Male

Pasadena, California on Meadow Sage, Salvia pratensis - Observed in my home garden

Cabbage White, Pieris rapae, Female

Pasadena, California on Rose leaf - Observed in my home garden

Checker White, Pontia protodice

Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden on Dusty Miller blooms

California Sister, Adelpha californica

Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CA

Swallowtail, family Papilionidae

Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CA on Lilac