Bugs of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

Harvey Gap and Rifle Falls are both headquartered at Rifle Gap, and are all within about 4.5 miles of one another.

Harvey Gap is a total of about 320 acres, 160 of which is the reservoir and the other 160 acres are the lands surrounding the reservoir. The park lies at approximately ...more ↓

Rocky Mountain Parnassian ¹
Parnassius smintheus

Indra Swallowtail ²
Papilio indra

Old World Swallowtail ³
Papilio machaon

Black Swallowtail ⁴
Papilio polyxenes

Anise Swallowtail ⁵
Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail ⁶
Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail ⁷
Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail ⁸
Papilio rutulus

Yucca Giant-skipper ⁹
Megathymus yuccae

Common Roadside-Skipper ¹⁰
Amblyscirtes vialis

Taxiles Skipper ¹¹
Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper ¹²
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Yuma Skipper ¹³
Ochlodes yuma

Western Branded Skipper ¹⁴
Hesperia colorado

Juba Skipper ¹⁵
Hesperia juba

Nevada Skipper ¹⁶
Hesperia nevada

Pahaska Skipper ¹⁷
Hesperia pahaska

Uncas Skipper ¹⁷
Hesperia uncas uncas

Draco Skipper ¹³
Polites draco

Sandhill Skipper ¹⁵
Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper ¹⁸
Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper ¹⁹
Euphyes vestris

Viereck's Skipper ¹³
Atrytonopsis vierecki

Garita Skipperling ¹⁷
Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling ²⁰
Piruna pirus

Mexican Cloudywing ¹⁷
Thorybes mexicana

Northern Cloudywing ²¹
Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper ²²
Epargyreus clarus

Afranius Duskywing ¹³
Erynnis afranius

Sleepy Duskywing ²³
Erynnis brizo

Funereal Duskywing ¹⁷
Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing ²⁴
Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing ²⁵
Erynnis icelus

Persius Duskywing ¹⁴
Erynnis persius

Rocky Mountain Duskywing ¹⁸
Erynnis telemachus

Common Checkered-Skipper ²⁶
Burnsius communis

Northern Grizzled Skipper ²⁷
Pyrgus centaureae

Saltbush Sootywing ¹⁹
Hesperopsis alpheus

Mojave Sootywing ²⁸
Hesperopsis libya

Common Sootywing ²⁹
Pholisora catullus

Viceroy ³⁰
Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral ¹³
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Variable Checkerspot ³¹
Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot ¹⁸
Euphydryas editha

Tawny Crescent ³²
Phyciodes batesii

Northern Crescent ³³
Phyciodes cocyta

Pale Crescent ³⁴
Phyciodes pallida

Field Crescent ³⁵
Phyciodes pulchella

Pearl Crescent ³⁶
Phyciodes tharos

Sagebrush Checkerspot ³⁷
Chlosyne acastus

The Leanira Checkerspot ¹⁴
Chlosyne leanira

Silvery Checkerspot ¹⁴
Chlosyne nycteis

Northern Checkerspot ³⁸
Chlosyne palla

Carlota Checkerspot ³⁹
Chlosyne gorgone carlota

Dotted Checkerspot ¹³
Poladryas minuta

West Coast Lady ⁴⁰
Vanessa annabella

Painted Lady ⁴¹
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ⁴²
Vanessa virginiensis

American Red Admiral ⁴³
Vanessa atalanta rubria

Mourning Cloak ⁴⁴
Nymphalis antiopa

Green Comma ⁴⁵
Polygonia faunus

Hoary Comma ²⁷
Polygonia gracilis

Question Mark ⁴⁶
Polygonia interrogationis

Grey Comma ¹¹
Polygonia progne

Satyr Comma ⁴⁰
Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ⁴⁷
Aglais milberti

Ochre Ringlet ⁴⁸
Coenonympha tullia ochracea

Ridings' satyr ⁴⁹
Neominois ridingsii ridingsii

Chryxus Arctic ¹⁸
Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine ⁵⁰
Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph ¹³
Cercyonis oetus

Common Wood-Nymph ⁴⁰
Cercyonis pegala

Great Basin Wood-Nymph ¹³
Cercyonis sthenele

Canyonland Satyr ¹⁷
Cyllopsis pertepida

Aphrodite Fritillary ¹²
Speyeria aphrodite

Callippe Fritillary ⁵¹
Speyeria callippe

Great Spangled Fritillary ¹⁷
Speyeria cybele

Edwards' Fritillary ¹⁷
Speyeria edwardsii

Nokomis Fritillary ¹⁴
Speyeria nokomis

Coronis Fritillary ⁵²
Speyeria coronis halcyone

Eurynome Fritillary ²⁷
Speyeria mormonia eurynome

Meadow Fritillary ²¹
Boloria bellona

Purplish Fritillary ⁵³
Boloria chariclea

Variegated Fritillary ⁵⁴
Euptoieta claudia

Queen ⁵⁵
Danaus gilippus

Monarch ⁵⁵
Danaus plexippus

Colorado Hairstreak ⁵⁶
Hypaurotis crysalus

Behr's Hairstreak ²¹
Satyrium behrii

Banded Hairstreak ⁵⁷
Satyrium calanus

California Hairstreak ²¹
Satyrium californica

Striped Hairstreak ⁵⁸
Satyrium liparops

Sylvan Hairstreak ³⁵
Satyrium sylvinus

Coral Hairstreak ⁵⁹
Satyrium titus

Brown Elfin ³⁵
Callophrys augustinus

Western Pine Elfin ²¹
Callophrys eryphon

Juniper Hairstreak ⁴⁸
Callophrys gryneus

Sheridan's Green Hairstreak ⁶⁰
Callophrys sheridanii

Great Purple Hairstreak ¹⁸
Atlides halesus

Tailed Copper ²⁹
Lycaena arota

Blue Copper ⁴⁰
Lycaena heteronea

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Bugs of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

Rocky Mountain Parnassian 1 Parnassius smintheus

Indra Swallowtail 2 Papilio indra

Old World Swallowtail 3 Papilio machaon

Black Swallowtail 4 Papilio polyxenes

Anise Swallowtail 5 Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail 6 Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail 7 Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail 8 Papilio rutulus

Yucca Giant-skipper 9 Megathymus yuccae

Common Roadside-Skipper 10 Amblyscirtes vialis

Taxiles Skipper 11 Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper 12 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Yuma Skipper 13 Ochlodes yuma

Western Branded Skipper 14 Hesperia colorado

Juba Skipper 15 Hesperia juba

Nevada Skipper 16 Hesperia nevada

Pahaska Skipper 17 Hesperia pahaska

Uncas Skipper 17 Hesperia uncas uncas

Draco Skipper 13 Polites draco

Sandhill Skipper 15 Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper 18 Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper 19 Euphyes vestris

Viereck's Skipper 13 Atrytonopsis vierecki

Garita Skipperling 17 Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling 20 Piruna pirus

Mexican Cloudywing 17 Thorybes mexicana

Northern Cloudywing 21 Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper 22 Epargyreus clarus

Afranius Duskywing 13 Erynnis afranius

Sleepy Duskywing 23 Erynnis brizo

Funereal Duskywing 17 Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing 24 Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing 25 Erynnis icelus

Persius Duskywing 14 Erynnis persius

Rocky Mountain Duskywing 18 Erynnis telemachus

Common Checkered-Skipper 26 Burnsius communis

Northern Grizzled Skipper 27 Pyrgus centaureae

Saltbush Sootywing 19 Hesperopsis alpheus

Mojave Sootywing 28 Hesperopsis libya

Common Sootywing 29 Pholisora catullus

Viceroy 30 Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral 13 Limenitis weidemeyerii

Variable Checkerspot 31 Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot 18 Euphydryas editha

Tawny Crescent 32 Phyciodes batesii

Northern Crescent 33 Phyciodes cocyta

Pale Crescent 34 Phyciodes pallida

Field Crescent 35 Phyciodes pulchella

Pearl Crescent 36 Phyciodes tharos

Sagebrush Checkerspot 37 Chlosyne acastus

The Leanira Checkerspot 14 Chlosyne leanira

Silvery Checkerspot 14 Chlosyne nycteis

Northern Checkerspot 38 Chlosyne palla

Carlota Checkerspot 39 Chlosyne gorgone carlota

Dotted Checkerspot 13 Poladryas minuta

West Coast Lady 40 Vanessa annabella

Painted Lady 41 Vanessa cardui

American Lady 42 Vanessa virginiensis

American Red Admiral 43 Vanessa atalanta rubria

Mourning Cloak 44 Nymphalis antiopa

Green Comma 45 Polygonia faunus

Hoary Comma 27 Polygonia gracilis

Question Mark 46 Polygonia interrogationis

Grey Comma 11 Polygonia progne

Satyr Comma 40 Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 47 Aglais milberti

Ochre Ringlet 48 Coenonympha tullia ochracea

Ridings' satyr 49 Neominois ridingsii ridingsii

Chryxus Arctic 18 Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine 50 Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph 13 Cercyonis oetus

Common Wood-Nymph 40 Cercyonis pegala

Great Basin Wood-Nymph 13 Cercyonis sthenele

Canyonland Satyr 17 Cyllopsis pertepida

Aphrodite Fritillary 12 Speyeria aphrodite

Callippe Fritillary 51 Speyeria callippe

Great Spangled Fritillary 17 Speyeria cybele

Edwards' Fritillary 17 Speyeria edwardsii

Nokomis Fritillary 14 Speyeria nokomis