http://10.70.15.71/taxonomy/term/8/0 en http://10.70.15.71/butterfly/Heliopetes/ericetorum <p>This <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term169"><acronym title="The primary unit of classification below genus under the Linnaean system. For our purposes, groups of interbreeding or potentially interbreeding populations of individuals that share an evolutionary history and ancestry. However, there is significant debate on what exactly constitutes a species and many definitions and concepts have been proposed. The most common of these is the biological species concept, which requires that sets of populations must be able to successfully and regularly interbreed and produce viable, fertile offspring.">species</acronym></a> is uncommon in our area but can turn up literally anywhere, from sea level to near tree-line-generally as singletons. It appears to migrate through our area twice a year, northward in May-June and southward in September-October, but we do not know where it is coming from or where it is going. Breeding populations are scarce, generally in <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term88"><acronym title="A vegetation type characterized by dense, generally evergreen shrubs that usually experience hot dry summers and cool, wet winters. The lower elevations of many California mountain ranges are covered in chaparral, especially on more exposed, south-facing slopes.">chaparral</acronym></a>, where the host - Bush Mallow, genus <i>Malacothamnus</i>, occurs. Adults visit a great variety of flowers and turn up as often in urban and suburban gardens as anywhere else.</p> Heliopetes Sun, 28 May 2006 18:09:02 +0000 admin 68 at http://10.70.15.71