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Dinosaur National Monument Butterfly Guide 🦋

This ID guide can be used to help you or others ID butterflies found in Dinosaur National Monument in Utah state (U.S.)

All 57

Small Wood-Nymph ¹
Cercyonis oetus

Western Green Hairstreak ²
Callophrys affinis

Striated Queen ³
Danaus gilippus thersippus

Stanford's Blue ⁴
Euphilotes stanfordorum

Northern Checkerspot ⁵
Chlosyne palla

Afranius Duskywing ⁶
Erynnis afranius

Arrowhead Blue ⁷
Glaucopsyche piasus daunia

Idaho Branded Skipper ⁸
Hesperia colorado idaho

Boisduval's Blue ⁹
Icaricia icarioides

Old World Swallowtail ¹⁰
Papilio machaon

Baird's Swallowtail ¹¹
Papilio machaon bairdii

Nevada Smintheus ¹²
Parnassius smintheus sayii

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ¹³
Papilio glaucus

Mylitta Crescent ¹⁴
Phyciodes mylitta

Rocky Mountain Parnassian ¹²
Parnassius smintheus

Two-tailed Swallowtail ¹⁵
Papilio multicaudata

Melissa Blue ¹⁵
Plebejus melissa

Common Sootywing ¹⁶
Pholisora catullus

Camillus Crescent ¹⁷
Phyciodes pulchella camillus

Field Crescent ¹⁴
Phyciodes pulchella

Painted Lady ¹⁸
Vanessa cardui

Western White ⁹
Pontia occidentalis

Nokomis Fritillary ¹⁹
Speyeria nokomis

Red Admiral ²⁰
Vanessa atalanta

Becker's White ²¹
Pontia beckerii

Checkered White ¹²
Pontia protodice

Juniper Hairstreak ¹⁹
Callophrys gryneus

Monarch ²²
Danaus plexippus

Mourning Cloak ²³
Nymphalis antiopa

Orange Sulphur ³
Colias eurytheme

Arctic Blue ²⁴
Agriades glandon

Viceroy ²⁵
Limenitis archippus

Clouded Sulphur ²⁶
Colias philodice

Desert Marble ²⁷
Euchloe lotta

Silvery Blue ²⁸
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Juba Skipper ²⁹
Hesperia juba

Weidemeyer's Admiral ³⁰
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Yuma Skipper ³¹
Ochlodes yuma

Great Basin Wood-Nymph ³²
Cercyonis sthenele

Anicia Checkerspot ³³
Euphydryas anicia

Northern Cloudywing ³⁴
Thorybes pylades

Common Checkered-Skipper ³⁵
Burnsius communis

Western Branded Skipper ³⁶
Hesperia colorado

Shasta Blue ³⁷
Icaricia shasta

Lupine Blue ³⁸
Icaricia lupini

Sandhill Skipper ³⁹
Polites sabuleti

Gray Hairstreak ¹
Strymon melinus

Greenish Blue ⁴⁰
Icaricia saepiolus

Common Ringlet ⁴¹
Coenonympha california

Ruddy Copper ⁴²
Tharsalea rubidus

Callippe Fritillary ⁴³
Speyeria callippe

Small White ⁴⁴
Pieris rapae

Western Tiger Swallowtail ⁴⁵
Papilio rutulus

Edith's Checkerspot ⁴⁶
Euphydryas editha

Checkered White ⁴⁷
Pontia protodice

Large Marble ⁴⁸
Euchloe ausonides

Ancilla Blue ⁴⁹
Euphilotes ancilla

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