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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 ↓

Striped Hairstreak 1
Satyrium liparops
Sylvan Hairstreak 2
Satyrium sylvinus
Brown Elfin 2
Callophrys augustinus
Western Pine Elfin 3
Callophrys eryphon
Juniper Hairstreak 4
Callophrys gryneus
Sheridan's Green Hairstreak 5
Callophrys sheridanii
Desert Green Hairstreak 6
Callophrys sheridanii comstocki
Thicket Hairstreak 7
Callophrys spinetorum
Great Purple Hairstreak 8
Atlides halesus
Tailed Copper 9
Lycaena arota
Blue Copper 10
Lycaena heteronea
Purplish Copper 11
Lycaena helloides
Lilac-Bordered Copper 12
Lycaena nivalis
Sirius Ruddy Copper 13
Lycaena rubidus sirius
Spring Azure 14
Celastrina ladon
Arrowhead Blue 15
Glaucopsyche piasus
Silvery Blue 16
Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro
Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue 17
Euphilotes ancilla
Buckwheat Blue 3
Euphilotes battoides
Ellis' Blue 18
Euphilotes ellisii
Western Pygmy Blue 19
Brephidium exilis
Marine Blue 20
Leptotes marina
Western Tailed-Blue 21
Cupido amyntula
Reakirt's Blue 3
Echinargus isola
Arctic Blue 22
Agriades glandon
Boisduval's Blue 23
Icaricia icarioides
Lupine Blue 3
Icaricia lupini
Greenish Blue 24
Icaricia saepiolus
Melissa Blue 7
Plebejus melissa
Southern Dogface 25
Zerene cesonia
Dainty Sulphur 7
Nathalis iole
Orange Sulphur 26
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 27
Colias philodice
Scudder's Sulphur 3
Colias scudderii
Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 28
Colias alexandra alexandra
Sleepy Orange 29
Abaeis nicippe
Southwest Orangetip 30
Anthocharis sara thoosa
Large Marble 31
Euchloe ausonides
Desert Marble 32
Euchloe lotta
Pine White 33
Neophasia menapia
Margined White 34
Pieris marginalis
Cabbage White 35
Pieris rapae
Becker's White 9
Pontia beckerii
Western White 23
Pontia occidentalis
Checkered White 7
Pontia protodice
Spring White 7
Pontia sisymbrii
Mormon Metalmark 3
Apodemia mormo

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