We spent the weekend in the mountains of northeastern Arizona chasing butterflies with some members of the Central Arizona Butterfly Association.
![tiger swallowtail](https://i0.wp.com/growingwithscience.com/tiger.jpg?resize=320%2C197)
![fritillary](https://i0.wp.com/growingwithscience.com/frit.jpg?resize=320%2C213)
![fritillary flying](http://growingwithscience.com/frit fly.jpg)
Some of the butterflies were not ready to pose.
![common ringspot](https://i0.wp.com/growingwithscience.com/ringspot.jpg?resize=320%2C216)
![painted lady](https://i0.wp.com/growingwithscience.com/lady.jpg?resize=320%2C216)
Others were very cooperative.
Although I learned a lot about butterflies this weekend, I mostly learned how little I know. There are many more butterfly species out there than I ever imagined.
For more information, try:
Dave Powell has Arizona Butterflies, identified to species.
Finding Butterflies in Arizona: A Guide to the Best Sites by Richard Bailowitz, Hank Brodkin (Author, Photographer), Priscilla Brodkin (Photographer), Kenn Kaufman (Foreword)
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Butterflies of Arizona: A Photographic Guide by Hank Brodkin, Priscilla Brodkin and Bob Stewart
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Arizona Butterflies & Moths: An Introduction to Familiar Species (A Pocket Naturalist Guide) by James Kavanagh and Raymond Leung (Illustrator)
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Butterflies through Binoculars: The West A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America (Butterflies and Others Through Binoculars Field Guide Series.) by Jeffrey Glassberg
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You also might be interested in our list of butterfly and moth books for children at Science Books for Kids.
![moth-and-butterfly-books-for-children-list](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/moth-and-butterfly-books-for-children-list.jpg?resize=220%2C287&ssl=1)
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