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 ↓

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

Western Giant Swallowtail ⁶
Papilio rumiko

Pale Swallowtail ⁷
Papilio eurymedon

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ⁸
Papilio glaucus

Two-tailed Swallowtail ⁹
Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail ¹⁰
Papilio rutulus

Pipevine Swallowtail ¹¹
Battus philenor

Yucca Giant-skipper ¹²
Megathymus yuccae

Bronze Roadside-Skipper ¹³
Amblyscirtes aenus

Dotted Roadside-Skipper ¹⁴
Amblyscirtes eos

Common Roadside-Skipper ¹⁵
Amblyscirtes vialis

Oslar's Roadside-Skipper ¹⁶
Amblyscirtes oslari

Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper ¹⁷
Amblyscirtes phylace

Taxiles Skipper ¹⁸
Lon taxiles

Morrison's Skipper ¹⁹
Stinga morrisoni

Snow's Skipper ²⁰
Paratrytone snowi

Arogos Skipper ²¹
Atrytone arogos

Sachem ²⁰
Atalopedes campestris

Woodland Skipper ²²
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Yuma Skipper ²³
Ochlodes yuma

Western Branded Skipper ²⁴
Hesperia colorado

Juba Skipper ²⁵
Hesperia juba

Leonard's Skipper ²⁶
Hesperia leonardus

Nevada Skipper ²⁷
Hesperia nevada

Ottoe Skipper ²⁸
Hesperia ottoe

Pahaska Skipper ²⁹
Hesperia pahaska

Uncas Skipper ³⁰
Hesperia uncas

Green Skipper ³¹
Hesperia viridis

Long Dash ³²
Polites mystic

Crossline Skipper ²⁶
Polites origenes

Sonoran Skipper ²⁴
Polites sonora

Draco Skipper ²³
Polites draco

Peck's Skipper ²⁶
Polites peckius

Sandhill Skipper ²⁵
Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper ³³
Polites themistocles

Rhesus Skipper ²⁰
Polites rhesus

Dun Skipper ³⁴
Euphyes vestris

Delaware Skipper ²⁰
Anatrytone logan

Garita Skipperling ²⁹
Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling ³⁵
Piruna pirus

Mexican Cloudywing ²⁹
Thorybes mexicana

Nevada Cloudywing ³⁶
Thorybes nevada

Northern Cloudywing ²⁰
Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper ³⁷
Epargyreus clarus

Afranius Duskywing ²³
Erynnis afranius

Sleepy Duskywing ³⁸
Erynnis brizo

Funereal Duskywing ²⁹
Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing ³⁹
Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing ³²
Erynnis icelus

Mottled Duskywing ²⁹
Erynnis martialis

Pacuvius Duskywing ²⁴
Erynnis pacuvius

Persius Duskywing ²⁴
Erynnis persius

Rocky Mountain Duskywing ³³
Erynnis telemachus

Common Checkered-Skipper ⁴⁰
Burnsius communis

Two-banded Checkered Skipper ⁴¹
Pyrgus ruralis

Small Checkered Skipper ⁴²
Pyrgus scriptura

Hayhurst's Scallopwing ⁴³
Staphylus hayhurstii

Common Sootywing ⁴⁴
Pholisora catullus

Mexican Sootywing ⁴⁵
Pholisora mejicanus

Goatweed Leafwing ⁴⁶
Anaea andria

Common Mestra ²⁹
Mestra amymone

Hackberry Emperor ⁴⁷
Asterocampa celtis

Bredow's Sister ⁴⁸
Adelpha bredowii

Viceroy ⁴⁹
Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral ²³
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Texas Crescent ⁵⁰
Anthanassa texana

Variable Checkerspot ⁵¹
Euphydryas chalcedona

Northern Crescent ⁵²
Phyciodes cocyta

Vesta Crescent ⁵³
Phyciodes graphica

Pale Crescent ¹⁶
Phyciodes pallida

Painted Crescent ²⁹
Phyciodes picta

Field Crescent ⁵⁴
Phyciodes pulchella

Gorgone Checkerspot ⁵⁵
Chlosyne gorgone

Silvery Checkerspot ²⁴
Chlosyne nycteis

Northern Checkerspot ⁵⁶
Chlosyne palla

Dotted Checkerspot ²³
Poladryas minuta

West Coast Lady ⁵⁷
Vanessa annabella

Red Admiral ⁵⁸
Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady ⁵⁹
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ⁶⁰
Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak ⁶¹
Nymphalis antiopa

California Tortoiseshell ⁶²
Nymphalis californica

Eastern Comma ⁶³
Polygonia comma

Green Comma ⁶⁴
Polygonia faunus

Hoary Comma ⁶⁵
Polygonia gracilis

Question Mark ⁶⁶
Polygonia interrogationis

Grey Comma ¹⁸
Polygonia progne

Satyr Comma ⁵⁷
Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ⁶⁷
Aglais milberti

Common Buckeye ⁶⁸
Junonia coenia

Common Ringlet ⁶⁹
Coenonympha california

Ochre Ringlet ⁷⁰
Coenonympha california ochracea

Ridings' Satyr ⁷¹
Neominois ridingsii

Alberta Arctic ²⁰
Oeneis alberta

Chryxus Arctic ³³
Oeneis chryxus

Uhler's Arctic ⁷⁰
Oeneis uhleri

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Butterflies and Moths of Lory State Park

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

Western Giant Swallowtail 6 Papilio rumiko

Pale Swallowtail 7 Papilio eurymedon

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8 Papilio glaucus

Two-tailed Swallowtail 9 Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail 10 Papilio rutulus

Pipevine Swallowtail 11 Battus philenor

Yucca Giant-skipper 12 Megathymus yuccae

Bronze Roadside-Skipper 13 Amblyscirtes aenus

Dotted Roadside-Skipper 14 Amblyscirtes eos

Common Roadside-Skipper 15 Amblyscirtes vialis

Oslar's Roadside-Skipper 16 Amblyscirtes oslari

Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper 17 Amblyscirtes phylace

Taxiles Skipper 18 Lon taxiles

Morrison's Skipper 19 Stinga morrisoni

Snow's Skipper 20 Paratrytone snowi

Arogos Skipper 21 Atrytone arogos

Sachem 20 Atalopedes campestris

Woodland Skipper 22 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Yuma Skipper 23 Ochlodes yuma

Western Branded Skipper 24 Hesperia colorado

Juba Skipper 25 Hesperia juba

Leonard's Skipper 26 Hesperia leonardus

Nevada Skipper 27 Hesperia nevada

Ottoe Skipper 28 Hesperia ottoe

Pahaska Skipper 29 Hesperia pahaska

Uncas Skipper 30 Hesperia uncas

Green Skipper 31 Hesperia viridis

Long Dash 32 Polites mystic

Crossline Skipper 26 Polites origenes

Sonoran Skipper 24 Polites sonora

Draco Skipper 23 Polites draco

Peck's Skipper 26 Polites peckius

Sandhill Skipper 25 Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper 33 Polites themistocles

Rhesus Skipper 20 Polites rhesus

Dun Skipper 34 Euphyes vestris

Delaware Skipper 20 Anatrytone logan

Garita Skipperling 29 Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling 35 Piruna pirus

Mexican Cloudywing 29 Thorybes mexicana

Nevada Cloudywing 36 Thorybes nevada

Northern Cloudywing 20 Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper 37 Epargyreus clarus

Afranius Duskywing 23 Erynnis afranius

Sleepy Duskywing 38 Erynnis brizo

Funereal Duskywing 29 Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing 39 Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing 32 Erynnis icelus

Mottled Duskywing 29 Erynnis martialis

Pacuvius Duskywing 24 Erynnis pacuvius

Persius Duskywing 24 Erynnis persius

Rocky Mountain Duskywing 33 Erynnis telemachus

Common Checkered-Skipper 40 Burnsius communis

Two-banded Checkered Skipper 41 Pyrgus ruralis

Small Checkered Skipper 42 Pyrgus scriptura

Hayhurst's Scallopwing 43 Staphylus hayhurstii

Common Sootywing 44 Pholisora catullus

Mexican Sootywing 45 Pholisora mejicanus

Goatweed Leafwing 46 Anaea andria

Common Mestra 29 Mestra amymone

Hackberry Emperor 47 Asterocampa celtis

Bredow's Sister 48 Adelpha bredowii

Viceroy 49 Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral 23 Limenitis weidemeyerii

Texas Crescent 50 Anthanassa texana

Variable Checkerspot 51 Euphydryas chalcedona

Northern Crescent 52 Phyciodes cocyta

Vesta Crescent 53 Phyciodes graphica

Pale Crescent 16 Phyciodes pallida

Painted Crescent 29 Phyciodes picta

Field Crescent 54 Phyciodes pulchella

Gorgone Checkerspot 55 Chlosyne gorgone

Silvery Checkerspot 24 Chlosyne nycteis

Northern Checkerspot 56 Chlosyne palla