Butterflies and Moths of Lory State Park

Lory State Park's 2,492 acres are situated 7 miles west of Fort Collins in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park borders Horsetooth Reservoir and reaches 7,015 feet at its highest point. The park contains a gradual gradation of ecosystems from grasslands and riparian areas into ...more ↓

Sleepy Orange 1
Abaeis nicippe
Large Marble 2
Euchloe ausonides
Olympia Marble 3
Euchloe olympia
Pine White 4
Neophasia menapia
Margined White 5
Pieris marginalis
Cabbage White 6
Pieris rapae
Becker's White 7
Pontia beckerii
Western White 8
Pontia occidentalis
Checkered White 9
Pontia protodice
Spring White 9
Pontia sisymbrii
Nais Metalmark 9
Apodemia nais
Shadowy Arches 10
Drasteria adumbrata
Black Witch 11
Ascalapha odorata
Fall Webworm Moth 12
Hyphantria cunea
Ruby Tiger Moth 13
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
California Tiger Moth 7
Leptarctia californiae
Virginian Tiger Moth 14
Spilosoma virginica
Many-spotted Tiger Moth 15
Hypercompe permaculata
Painted Tiger Moth 16
Arachnis picta
Nevada Tiger Moth 8
Apantesis nevadensis
Parthenice Tiger Moth 19
Apantesis parthenice
Phyllira Tiger Moth 20
Apantesis phyllira
Police Car Moth 24
Gnophaela vermiculata
Yellow-collared Scape Moth 25
Cisseps fulvicollis
Cresson's ctenucha 26
Ctenucha cressonana
Oregon Cycnia Moth 20
Cycnia oregonensis
Freckled Glassy-wing 27
Hemihyalea labecula
Grote's bertholdia 28
Bertholdia trigona
Clio Tiger Moth 29
Ectypia clio
Red-banded Aemilia 30
Aemilia ambigua
Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth 33
Hypoprepia miniata
Grote's Lycomorpha Moth 20
Lycomorpha grotei
Barnes' Lichen Moth 20
Cisthene barnesii
Unicorn Prominent 4
Coelodasys unicornis
Sigmoid Prominent 36
Clostera albosigma
Alfalfa Looper 14
Autographa californica
Eight-spotted Forester 37
Alypia octomaculata
Clouded Crimson Moth 41
Schinia gaurae
Rockies Boneset Flower Moth 42
Schinia grandimedia
Hulst's Flower Moth 43
Schinia hulstia
Jaguar Flower Moth 20
Schinia jaguarina

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