I visited the Gorgas Science Foundation's research facility at Rancho del Cielo, above Gomez Farias, during March 10 - 13, 2006. Conditions were not typical, as the experienced visitors said that it was the driest that they'd ever seen it. Nonetheless, there were quite a few flowering plants in the clearings, and the butterfly diversity was very good for such a small area.
Many of the hairstreaks shown here are not identified, and I've probably made errors with some of my other IDs - any help in sorting them out would be greatly appreciated!:
page 1: Star Satyr.
page 2: Mystery Hairstreak - looks like a type of lamprospilus.
page 3: Grass Skippers.
page 4: Spread-wing Skippers.
page 5: unidentified Hairstreaks.
page 6: Misc. Hairstreaks.
page 7: Metalmarks.
page 8 : Hedemann's/Stub-tailed Gemmed-Satyr.
page 9 : Whites.
page 10 : Celestrinas.
page 11: Crescents.