Pesticides detected in two urban areas have implications for local butterfly conservation

This dataset contains four files used to generate analyses and figures within "Pesticides detected in two urban areas have implications for local butterfly conservation." sacPlusAbq.csv contains the results from a pesticide detection assay conducted on butterfly plant host genera that were sampled from urban parks and backyards within Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Sacramento, California. SAC_sites_ave_dist.csv contains distances from each of the sampled sites within Sacramento, California, to the nearest agricultural location. exceedances_data.csv contains a literature review of studies that established sublethal and lethal effects for butterflies resulting from exposure to compounds that were detected in this assay. pur_2022_sac_yolo_summary_spring.csv, contains pesticide application data sourced from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for the spring preceding host plant sampling in 2022. A detailed breakdown of how data were generated or compiled is contained within the methods section of the publication.