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The spelling of Pandermis lamprosana was corrected to Pandemis lamprosana.

Two hundred and nine California butterfly records were added to the database from submitters Al Rubbert, Bret Boyd, Bruce Boyd, Dave Pierce, J. A. Comstock, J. Brock & C. Sekerman, J. D. Gunder, J. E. Cottle, J. H. Gerdes, J. T. Emmel, Jim Brock, John F. Emmel, John G. Pasko, John S. Garth, Kevin Davenport, Ken Davenport, M. L. Grinnell, Mike Smith, Norbert Kondla, Oakley Shields, Paul Opler, Phil Nordin, Ray Bruun, Ray Stanford, Robert J. Ford, Robert L. Langston, and T. P. Webster. (CA-21Aug09)

As of today, the database contains:
256,819 records
4,336 species
2,779 images

Eighty-one new butterfly photographs were added to the database from photographer Bill Berthet for the following species: Manuel's Skipper, Northern Cloudywing, Southern Cloudywing, Confused Cloudywing, Horace's Duskywing, Zarucco Duskywing, Tropical Checkered-skipper, Swarthy Skipper, Three-spotted Skipper, Southern Skipperling, Dotted Skipper, Meske's Skipper, Sachem, Whirlabout, Southern Broken-Dash, Arogos Skipper, Delaware Skipper, Byssus Skipper, Zabulon Skipper, Dion Skipper, Dukes' Skipper, Palmetto Skipper, Dun Skipper, Monk, Dusted Skipper, Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper, Dusky Roadside-Skipper, Eufala Skipper, Twin-spot Skipper, Brazilian Skipper, Salt Marsh Skipper, Ocola Skipper, Tiger Mimic-Queen, and Androgeus Swallowtail.

The genus Euagrotis is now considered a subgenus of Anicla by Don Lafontaine and others, so all species of Euagrotis were moved to Anicla.

Acronicta pruni was sunk into a form of Acronicta clarescens by Forbes (Franclemont) in 1954, though this change has been missed in much of the literature since. Our database has been updated to move A. pruni to Acronicta clarescens.

The spelling of the genus for the Plebeian Sphinx was corrected from Paratrea to Paratraea.

Two hundred and six California butterfly records of Colias, Papilio, and Zerene species were added to the database from submitters Arthur Shapiro, B. Gendron & K. Davenport, Bruce & Bret Boyd, C. H. Ericksen, Cottle, D. Dirks, David Horner, Ed Moran, Emmel & Emmel, Fred Heath, George T. Austin, Hohn S. Garth, J. & T. Emmel, J. A. Comstock, J. W. Tilden, J. Winglinger, James R. Mori, John B. Vernon, John F. Emmel, John G. Pasko, John S. Garth, K. Davenport & R. Meyer, Ken Davenport, Oakley Shields, Oscar Johnson, P. M. Tuskes, P. Opler, K. Davenport, Paul Opler, R. Robertson, Randy Emmitt, Ray Stanford, Richard Funk, Robert L. Langston, Susan Steele, T. M. Blackman, Tony Leigh, V. Clemence, and W. McDonald. (CA-16Aug09)

One hundred and eighty-four California records of Anthocharis, Pieris, Pontia, Speyeria, and Zerene were added to the database from submitters Bill Gendron, Bruce & Bret Boyd, G. Gorelick, James R. Mori, Jim Brock, John Emmel & K. Davenport, John G. Pasko, John S. Garth, K. Davenport & W. H. Howe, K. Hughes & C. Sekerman, K. Hughes & R. Stanford, Ken Davenport, L. M. Martin, L. Martin & C. Inghams, Oakley Shields, Oscar Johnson, Paul Opler, Paul Thompson, Randy Emmitt, Ray Stanford, and Robert Langston. (CA-15Aug09)

Two dubious records (with no documentation) of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) in Washington's Okanogan and Ferry Counties were deleted from the database.