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Butterflies / Moths of Highline Lake State Park

Highline Lake State Park lies within the Grand Valley of western Colorado at the eastern edge of the Great Basin, about 20 miles west and north of Grand Junction. The park encompasses about 570 acres and consists of Mack Mesa Reservoir and Highline Lake, and lands surrounding these bodies of ...more ↓

Achemon Sphinx 1
Eumorpha achemon
White-lined Sphinx 2
Hyles lineata
Rocky Mountain Clearwing 3
Hemaris thetis
Asella Sphinx 4
Sphinx asellus
Great Ash Sphinx 5
Sphinx chersis
Doll's Sphinx 6
Sphinx dollii
Vashti Sphinx Moth 7
Sphinx vashti
Apple Sphinx 8
Sphinx gordius
Pink-spotted Hawkmoth 9
Agrius cingulata
One-eyed Sphinx 8
Smerinthus cerisyi
Twin-spotted Sphinx 5
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Western Poplar Sphinx 10
Pachysphinx occidentalis
Columbia Silk Moth 11
Hyalophora columbia
Polyphemus Moth 12
Antheraea polyphemus
Grote's Buckmoth 13
Hemileuca grotei
Nuttall's Sheep Moth 14
Hemileuca nuttalli
Rocky Mountain Parnassian 15
Parnassius smintheus
Indra Swallowtail 16
Papilio indra
Old World Swallowtail 17
Papilio machaon
Anise Swallowtail 18
Papilio zelicaon
Pale Swallowtail 19
Papilio eurymedon
Two-tailed Swallowtail 20
Papilio multicaudata
Western Tiger Swallowtail 21
Papilio rutulus
Yucca Giant-skipper 22
Megathymus yuccae
Common Roadside-Skipper 23
Amblyscirtes vialis
Taxiles Skipper 24
Poanes taxiles
Woodland Skipper 25
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Yuma Skipper 26
Ochlodes yuma
Western Branded Skipper 27
Hesperia colorado
Juba Skipper 28
Hesperia juba
Nevada Skipper 29
Hesperia nevada
Pahaska Skipper 30
Hesperia pahaska
Green Skipper 31
Hesperia viridis
Uncas Skipper 32
Hesperia uncas uncas
Draco Skipper 26
Polites draco
Sandhill Skipper 28
Polites sabuleti
Rhesus Skipper 33
Polites rhesus
Dun Skipper 6
Euphyes vestris
Viereck's Skipper 26
Atrytonopsis vierecki
Garita Skipperling 30
Oarisma garita
Russet Skipperling 34
Piruna pirus
Mexican Cloudywing 30
Thorybes mexicana
Northern Cloudywing 33
Thorybes pylades
Silver-spotted Skipper 35
Epargyreus clarus
Afranius Duskywing 26
Erynnis afranius
Sleepy Duskywing 36
Erynnis brizo
Horace's Duskywing 37
Erynnis horatius
Dreamy Duskywing 38
Erynnis icelus
Pacuvius Duskywing 27
Erynnis pacuvius
Persius Duskywing 27
Erynnis persius
Rocky Mountain Duskywing 39
Erynnis telemachus
Common Checkered-Skipper 40
Pyrgus communis
Northern Grizzled Skipper 41
Pyrgus centaureae
Small Checkered Skipper 42
Pyrgus scriptura
Northern White-Skipper 43
Heliopetes ericetorum
Saltbush Sootywing 6
Hesperopsis alpheus
Mojave Sootywing 1
Hesperopsis libya
Common Sootywing 44
Pholisora catullus
Hackberry Emperor 45
Asterocampa celtis
Bredow's Sister 46
Adelpha bredowii
Viceroy 47
Limenitis archippus
Lorquin's Admiral 48
Limenitis lorquini
Weidemeyer's Admiral 26
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Variable Checkerspot 49
Euphydryas chalcedona
Edith's Checkerspot 39
Euphydryas editha
Tawny Crescent 50
Phyciodes batesii
Northern Crescent 51
Phyciodes cocyta
Mylitta Crescent 52
Phyciodes mylitta
Pale Crescent 53
Phyciodes pallida
Field Crescent 54
Phyciodes pulchella
Pearl Crescent 55
Phyciodes tharos
Sagebrush Checkerspot 56
Chlosyne acastus
Leanira Checkerspot 27
Chlosyne leanira
Silvery Checkerspot 27
Chlosyne nycteis
Northern Checkerspot 57
Chlosyne palla
Carlota Checkerspot 58
Chlosyne gorgone carlota
Dotted Checkerspot 26
Poladryas minuta
West Coast Lady 59
Vanessa annabella
Painted Lady 60
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 61
Vanessa virginiensis
American Red Admiral 62
Vanessa atalanta rubria
Mourning Cloak 63
Nymphalis antiopa antiopa
Green Comma 64
Polygonia faunus
Hoary Comma 65
Polygonia gracilis
Grey Comma 6
Polygonia progne
Satyr Comma 59
Polygonia satyrus
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 66
Aglais milberti
Common Buckeye 67
Junonia coenia
Ochre Ringlet 68
Coenonympha tullia ochracea
Ridings' Satyr 69
Neominois ridingsii ridingsii
Chryxus Arctic 39
Oeneis chryxus
Common Alpine 70
Erebia epipsodea
Magdalena Alpine 53
Erebia magdalena
Small Wood-Nymph 26
Cercyonis oetus
Common Wood-Nymph 59
Cercyonis pegala
Great Basin Wood-Nymph 26
Cercyonis sthenele
Canyonland Satyr 71
Cyllopsis pertepida
Aphrodite Fritillary 25
Speyeria aphrodite
Callippe Fritillary 42
Speyeria callippe
Edwards' Fritillary 30
Speyeria edwardsii

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