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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 ↓

Colorado Hairstreak 1
Hypaurotis crysalus
Gray Hairstreak 2
Strymon melinus
Behr's Hairstreak 3
Satyrium behrii
Banded Hairstreak 4
Satyrium calanus
California Hairstreak 5
Satyrium californica
Striped Hairstreak 6
Satyrium liparops
Sylvan Hairstreak 7
Satyrium sylvinus
Brown Elfin 7
Callophrys augustinus
Western Pine Elfin 3
Callophrys eryphon
Juniper Hairstreak 8
Callophrys gryneus
Sheridan's Green Hairstreak 9
Callophrys sheridanii
Desert Green Hairstreak 10
Callophrys sheridanii comstocki
Thicket Hairstreak 11
Callophrys spinetorum
Great Purple Hairstreak 12
Atlides halesus
Tailed Copper 13
Lycaena arota
Blue Copper 14
Lycaena heteronea
Purplish Copper 15
Lycaena helloides
Lilac-Bordered Copper 16
Lycaena nivalis
Sirius Ruddy Copper 17
Lycaena rubidus sirius
Spring Azure 18
Celastrina ladon
Arrowhead Blue 19
Glaucopsyche piasus
Silvery Blue 20
Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro
Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue 21
Euphilotes ancilla
Buckwheat Blue 3
Euphilotes battoides
Ellis' Blue 5
Euphilotes ellisii
Western Pygmy Blue 22
Brephidium exilis
Marine Blue 23
Leptotes marina
Western Tailed-Blue 24
Cupido amyntula
Reakirt's Blue 3
Echinargus isola
Arctic Blue 25
Agriades glandon
Boisduval's Blue 26
Icaricia icarioides
Lupine Blue 3
Icaricia lupini
Greenish Blue 27
Icaricia saepiolus
Melissa Blue 11
Plebejus melissa

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