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Butterflies of Rocky Mountain National Park

All butterflies known to occur in Rocky Mountain National Park, according to Oppler, Bray, and Simpson (2012) on the NPS website.

Sheridan's Hairstreak 1
Callophrys sheridanii
Thicket Hairstreak 2
Callophrys spinetorum
Lustrous Copper 3
Lycaena cupreus
Blue Copper 4
Lycaena heteronea
Ruddy Copper 4
Lycaena rubidus
Purplish Copper 5
Lycaena helloides
Echo Azure 6
Celastrina echo
Lucia Azure 7
Celastrina lucia
Silvery Blue 8
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Arrowhead Blue 9
Glaucopsyche piasus
Ancilla Blue 10
Euphilotes ancilla
Marine Blue 11
Leptotes marina
Western Tailed-Blue 12
Cupido amyntula
Eastern Tailed-Blue 13
Cupido comyntas
Reakirt's Blue 14
Echinargus isola
Arctic Blue 15
Agriades glandon
Cotundra Blue
Icaricia cotundra
Boisduval's Blue 16
Icaricia icarioides
Lupine Blue 17
Icaricia lupini
Icaricia lupini texanus 18
Greenish Blue 2
Icaricia saepiolus
Shasta Blue 19
Icaricia shasta
Melissa Blue 2
Plebejus melissa
Southern Dogface 20
Zerene cesonia
Mexican Yellow 21
Eurema mexicana
Dainty Sulphur 22
Nathalis iole
Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur 23
Colias alexandra
Orange Sulphur 24
Colias eurytheme
Mead's Sulphur 25
Colias meadii
Clouded Sulphur 26
Colias philodice
Scudder's Sulphur 27
Colias scudderii
Sleepy Orange 28
Abaeis nicippe
Julia Orangetip 29
Anthocharis julia
Large Marble 30
Euchloe ausonides
Olympia Marble 31
Euchloe olympia
Pine White 9
Neophasia menapia
Margined White 32
Pieris marginalis
Cabbage White 33
Pieris rapae
Becker's White 34
Pontia beckerii
Western White 16
Pontia occidentalis
Checkered White 35
Pontia protodice
Spring White 2
Pontia sisymbrii

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