Bugs of Mueller State Park
Mueller State Park preserves an area of semi-wilderness within a short drive of one of Colorado’s largest metropolitan areas – Colorado Springs. The park is located on the western flank of Pike’s Peak, at elevations between 8900-9800 feet. Mueller is comprised of 5,121 acres of land, owned by ...more ↓
Canyonland Satyr
Cyllopsis pertepida, known generally as the canyonland satyr or canyonland gemmed-satyr, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America.
Aphrodite Fritillary
The Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary butterfly, from North America. This orange coloured fritillary has rows of dark dots or chevrons at the wing edges and black or brown lines more proximally. The ventral side of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots. Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.
Atlantis Fritillary
Speyeria atlantis, the Atlantis fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is from the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador to northern British Columbia, across the northern United States south as far as Colorado and West Virginia. It resides as far north as James Bay.
Coronis Fritillary
Speyeria coronis, the Coronis fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is common from Baja California to Washington and east to Colorado and western South Dakota and once reported in Alberta.
Edwards' Fritillary
The Edwards' Fritillary (Speyeria edwardsii) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is common from Alberta west to Manitoba and south as far as northern New Mexico.
Northwestern Fritillary
The Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada, as far east as Manitoba and the Dakotas.
Regal Fritillary
The regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) is a striking nymphalid butterfly found among some of the remaining tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in the east-central United States. This prairie-specialist butterfly has a characteristic deep orange color and unmistakable dark hindwings with two bands of spots (Brock 2003). On the female, both bands of spots are white. However, on the ...more ↓
Mormon Fritillary
Speyeria Mormonia, commonly known as the Mormon Fritillary, is a North American butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is highly diverse, having differentiated into several subspecies which occupy a wide geographic range. Furthermore, S. mormonia exhibit extreme protandry, or the emergence of male adults before female adults; this has several consequences on ...more ↓
Purplish Fritillary
The Arctic Fritillary or Purplish Fritillary (Boloria chariclea) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the northern part of the Palearctic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone.
Bog Fritillary
The Bog Fritillary or Ocellate Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
Freija Fritillary
The Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija or Clossiana freija) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra. Its range includes Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, occasionally more southern locations, the Urals, Siberia, the Russian Far East, mountains of Northern Mongolia and Hokkaido, as well as North America, ...more ↓
Silver-bordered Fritillary
The small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene), called the silver-bordered fritillary in North America, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The small pearl-bordered fritillary is found across Europe and North America, consuming exclusively violets in its larval stages. This species is well known to live in wet grassland habitats, where its larval food source, ...more ↓
Variegated Fritillary
The Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the Variegated Fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria Fritillaries, it is still closely related to them. Some of the differences are: Variegated Fritillaries have 2–3 broods per year vs. one per year in Speyeria; ...more ↓
Gulf Fritillary
The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) is a bright orange butterfly of the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Heliconiinae. That subfamily was formerly set apart as a separate family, the Heliconiidae. The Heliconiinae are "longwing butterflies", which have long, narrow wings compared to other butterflies. Gulf fritillary is the only member of ...more ↓
Queen
The queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 70–88 mm (2.8–3.5 in). It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface. The ventral hindwings have black veins and small white ...more ↓
Monarch
The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names depending on region include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species. Its ...more ↓
Colorado Hairstreak
The Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly (Hypaurotis crysalus) is a montane butterfly native to oak scrubland in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It was designated the state insect of Colorado in 1996.
Gray Hairstreak
The gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) is one of the most common hairstreaks in North America, ranging over nearly the entire continent. It occurs also throughout Central America and in northern South America.
Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii, the Behr's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in western North America from western Texas north and west through New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California to British Columbia.
California Hairstreak
The California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from British Columbia south to southern California and east to Colorado.
Coral Hairstreak
The Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus) is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Western Green Hairstreak
The Western Green Hairstreak or Immaculate Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in western Canada and western USA.
Brown Elfin
The Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in from Newfoundland north and west through the northern United States and the prairie provinces to Alaska. To the south it ranges in Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and northern Alabama, further south through the western mountains to northern Baja California. Subspecies ...more ↓
Western Pine Elfin
The Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphron) is a North American butterfly that ranges from British Columbia east to Maine and south to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Males are brown and females are orange-brown, with both having bold patterned hind wings. The top of the wings have dark bars with a lighter chevron shaped margin. The body is 19–32 mm in ...more ↓
Juniper Hairstreak
The Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus) is a butterfly native to North America. It belongs in the family Lycaenidae.
Hoary Elfin
The Hoary Elfin (Callophrys polios) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It has a very local distribution from Maine south to New Jersey and in the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia, west across the Great Lakes states and the southern prairie provinces and north to Alaska. Along the Pacific Coast it is found to northern California and in the Rocky Mountains south to northern ...more ↓
Thicket Hairstreak
The Thicket Hairstreak (Callophrys spinetorum) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Hewitson in 1867. It is found from British Columbia through the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico and Mexico and through California to Baja California. The habitat consists of pinyon-juniper forests, mixed woodlands, and coniferous forests.
Tailed Copper
The Tailed Copper (Lycaena arota) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from New Mexico north and west to Oregon, south to southern California and Baja California.
Blue Copper
Lycaena heteronea, the blue copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the western Canada and the United States.
Ruddy Copper
Lycaena rubidus, the ruddy copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the western mountains of North America.
Purplish Copper
The Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Great Lakes area to British Columbia, south to Baja California.
Lustrous Copper
The Lustrous Copper (Lycaena cuprea) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the western mountains of North America.
Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus, the silvery blue, is a small butterfly native to North America. Its upperside is a light blue in males and a dull grayish blue in females. The underside is gray with a single row of round spots of differing sizes depending upon the region.
Arrowhead Blue
The Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus) is a western North American butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a locally common butterfly that favors prairie, open woodland, and woodland edges and trails.
Marine Blue
The Marine Blue or Striped Blue (Leptotes marina) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in from South America through Mexico up to Southern Texas, Arizona and California.
Western Tailed-Blue
The western tailed-blue (Cupido amyntula) is a member of the family Lycaenidae and is seen across western North America as far north as Alaska. The upperside of the male butterfly is blue while the female has a darker brown band on the outer side of the wing. The underside is riddled with black spots, with a wingspan of 2.2 to 2.9 cm. The larvae feed on Thermopsis, ...more ↓
Reakirt's Blue
The Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Central America and the extreme southern U.S., isola migrates regularly throughout most of the U.S. almost to the Canadian border, and very rarely into the southern Prairies.
Arctic Blue
Agriades glandon, the Arctic blue or Glandon blue is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. In North America it is found from Alaska east to Newfoundland, south through the mountains to Washington, northern Arizona, and northern New Mexico. In Europe, it is found in mountainous areas like the Pyrenees and Alps, as well as the far north. It is also found in parts of ...more ↓
Boisduval's Blue
Aricia icarioides, or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family found in North America.
Shasta Blue
Plebejus shasta, the Shasta blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from the northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Melissa Blue
The Melissa Blue (Lycaeides melissa) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Western North America, from Canada to Mexico. The Karner Blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) is a subspecies of the Melissa Blue, and was described by the novelist/lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov. It is sometimes placed in the genus Plebejus.
Southern Dogface
The Southern Dogface, Colias cesonia, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae (until recently the species was sometimes placed in the related genus Colias instead of Zerenia).
Cloudless Sulphur
The Cloudless Sulphur or Cloudless Giant Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) is a midsized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the New World. There are several similar species such as the Yellow Angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula), which has angled wings, or other sulphurs, which are much smaller.
Mexican Yellow
The Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana, sometimes called the Wolf-Face Sulphur) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It occurs mainly in Mexico but occasionally is found in central and southwestern USA and rarely in Canada.
Dainty Sulphur
The Dainty Sulphur or Dwarf Yellow (Nathalis iole) is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.
Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra, the Queen Alexandra's sulphur, Alexandra sulphur, or ultraviolet sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in western North America. Its range includes Alaska to the Northwest Territories and south to Arizona and New Mexico.
Orange Sulphur
The Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), also known as the Alfalfa Butterfly and in its larval stage as Alfalfa Caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of "clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico, but is absent from the central and ...more ↓
Mead's Sulphur
The Mead's Sulphur (Colias meadii) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the USA.
Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice, the common sulphur or clouded sulphur, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae.
Scudder's Sulphur
Colias scudderii, the Willow Sulphur, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Alaska south through the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico. The habitat consists of mountain meadows and willow bogs.
Sleepy Orange
The Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe) is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.
Large Marble
Euchloe ausonides, the large marble or creamy marblewing, is a species of butterfly that occurs in North America.
Olympia Marble
Euchloe olympia, the Olympia marble, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is southern Canada and the midwest, down into the southwestern United States.
Pine White
The Pine White (Neophasia menapia) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in western USA and in southern British Columbia.
Cabbage White
The Small White (Pieris rapae) is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the Yellows-and-Whites family Pieridae. It is also known as the Small Cabbage White and in New Zealand, simply as White Butterfly. The names "Cabbage Butterfly" and "Cabbage White" can also refer to the Large White.
Western White
Pontia occidentalis, the western white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Western North America.
Checkered White
The Checkered White (Pontia protodice), also called Southern Cabbage Butterfly, is a common North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its green larva is a type of cabbage worm.
Spring White
Pontia sisymbrii, the spring white, California white, or Colorado white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in mountainous areas of western Canada and the United States.
California Tiger Moth
Leptarctia californiae is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found in western North America, from New Mexico and Colorado to California and north to British Columbia. The habitat consists of open forests, meadows and clearings in the mountains.
Isabella Tiger Moth
Pyrrharctia isabella, the isabella tiger moth or woollybear, occurs in the United States and southern Canada. It was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797.
Agreeable Tiger Moth
The Agreeable Tiger Moth (Spilosoma congrua) is one of three species of white tiger moth which are common in the US. It has pronounced black eyes, white abdomen, and orange "bib" which set it apart from its cousin the Virginia Tiger Moth. Like its cousins, it tents its wings when at rest.
Many-spotted Tiger Moth
The Many-Spotted Tiger Moth (Hypercompe permaculata) is a tiger moth of the Arctiidae family and one of more than 80 species of Hypercompe. It is native to the western United States and parts of northern Mexico.
Nevada Tiger Moth
Grammia nevadensis, the Nevada Tiger-moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Grote and Robinson in 1866. It is found in the Pacific Northwest of North America, as well as the inter mountain region and the Rocky Mountain states. In Canada, it is found in Alberta and southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The habitat consists of deserts, juniper woodlands ...more ↓
Williams' Tiger Moth
Grammia williamsii, Williams' Tiger Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Dodge in 1871. It is found from the Northwest Territories east to the northern Great Lakes region, New Brunswick and New England. It also occurs throughout the northern Great Plains, south at higher elevations to Arizona and New Mexico, west to south-eastern British Columbia ...more ↓
Virbia fragilis
Virbia fragilis is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Strecker in 1878. It is found in open fields in the Black Hills in South Dakota and in Boulder, Colorado. The range extends north to Alberta and British Columbia and south to New Mexico.
Police Car Moth
The Police-Car Moth or Green Lattice (Gnophaela vermiculata) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the western parts of the United States and south-western Canada, from British Columbia to California, east to New Mexico and north to Manitoba.
Yellow-collared Scape Moth
The Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) is a species of the Arctiidae family.
Cressonana Tiger Moth
Ctenucha cressonana (Cresson's ctenucha) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Rocky Mountains, including Colorado and New Mexico.
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua, the red-banded aemilia, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern Wyoming to Durango, Mexico.
Impure Lichen Moth
Crambidia impura is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Barnes and McDunnough in 1913. There are two disjunct populations. It has been recorded from southern Rocky Mountain states, the Yukon and northern British Columbia and Alberta. The habitat consists of stabilized sand dunes dominated by open jack pine forests.
Bicolored Moth
Manulea bicolor, the Bicolored Moth or Yellow-edged Footman, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in boreal North America, from Labrador and Massachusetts to Yukon and British Columbia. In the Rocky Mountains, it ranges south to southern Colorado. The habitat consists of boreal forests, parklands and riparian cottonwoods in the prairies.
Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth
The Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth or Scarlet Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia miniata) is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from British Columbia south through the western side of the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and Texas. It is also found throughout eastern North America.
Grote's Lycomorpha Moth
Lycomorpha grotei, Grote's Lycomorpha Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found in North America, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
Black-rimmed Prominent Moth
The Black-rimmed Prominent Moth, Fissured Prominent or False-sphinx (Pheosia rimosa) is a species of moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found from coast to coast in North America, although it is less common in the south-eastern United States.
Dusky Marbled Brown
The Dusky Marbled Brown (Gluphisia crenata) is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Europe, east over parts of Russia and China up to Japan. It is also found in North America, where it was traditionally treated as a separate species, Gluphisia septentrionis.
Silver-banded Gem Moth
Schinia cumatilis, or the silver-banded gem, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Southwestern United States into Southern Canada.
Jaguar Flower Moth
The Jaguar Flower Moth (Schinia jaguarina) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on the Great Plains from Saskatchewan and Alberta south to Texas, eastward on coast to Florida and westward in south to Arizona. In Mexico it is found down to Mexico City.
White-spotted Midget
The White-spotted Midget (Eutricopis nexilis) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia and New England west across southern Canada to southern Vancouver Island, north to Yukon and south in the mountains to California and Colorado.
Soft-lined Wave
Scopula inductata (soft-lined wave) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, from Newfoundland to the coast of British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories, south to Alabama and at least Utah.
Viper's Bugloss Moth
Ethmia semilugens is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in the arid parts of Colorado through central Texas, New Mexico, northern Chihuahua, Arizona and southern California.
American Lappet Moth
Phyllodesma americana, the American lappet moth, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west through Texas to California, north to British Columbia and Yukon.
