Common Butterflies of the Southwest

62 butterfly species are covered, both common and exotic, found in the Southwest, including West Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Utah and Nevada, and desert California. They include swallowtails, fritillaries, metalmarks, sulphurs, skippers, hairstreaks, blues, and more. Images, descriptive captions, and habitat index by Rick Cech (pronounced Check), a well known naturalist and butterfly expert, author of Butterflies of the East Coast (Princeton University Press, 2005).