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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 ↓

Yucca Giant-skipper 1
Megathymus yuccae
Common Roadside-Skipper 2
Amblyscirtes vialis
Taxiles Skipper 3
Poanes taxiles
Woodland Skipper 4
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Yuma Skipper 5
Ochlodes yuma
Western Branded Skipper 6
Hesperia colorado
Juba Skipper 7
Hesperia juba
Nevada Skipper 8
Hesperia nevada
Pahaska Skipper 9
Hesperia pahaska
Green Skipper 10
Hesperia viridis
Uncas Skipper 11
Hesperia uncas uncas
Draco Skipper 5
Polites draco
Sandhill Skipper 7
Polites sabuleti
Rhesus Skipper 12
Polites rhesus
Dun Skipper 13
Euphyes vestris
Viereck's Skipper 5
Atrytonopsis vierecki
Garita Skipperling 9
Oarisma garita
Russet Skipperling 14
Piruna pirus
Mexican Cloudywing 9
Thorybes mexicana
Northern Cloudywing 12
Thorybes pylades
Silver-spotted Skipper 15
Epargyreus clarus
Afranius Duskywing 5
Erynnis afranius
Sleepy Duskywing 16
Erynnis brizo
Horace's Duskywing 17
Erynnis horatius
Dreamy Duskywing 18
Erynnis icelus
Pacuvius Duskywing 6
Erynnis pacuvius
Persius Duskywing 6
Erynnis persius
Rocky Mountain Duskywing 19
Erynnis telemachus
Common Checkered-Skipper 20
Pyrgus communis
Northern Grizzled Skipper 21
Pyrgus centaureae
Small Checkered Skipper 22
Pyrgus scriptura
Northern White-Skipper 23
Heliopetes ericetorum
Saltbush Sootywing 13
Hesperopsis alpheus
Mojave Sootywing 24
Hesperopsis libya
Common Sootywing 25
Pholisora catullus

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