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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Butterflies Superfamily Papilionoidea
- Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs Family Pieridae
  - 7 Yellows and Sulphurs Subfamily Coliadinae
  - 10 Whites Subfamily Pierinae

Southern Dogface ¹
Zerene cesonia

Dainty Sulphur ²
Nathalis iole

Orange Sulphur ³
Colias eurytheme

Clouded Sulphur ⁴
Colias philodice

Scudder's Sulphur ⁵
Colias scudderii

Queen Alexandra's Sulphur ⁶
Colias alexandra alexandra

Sleepy Orange ⁷
Abaeis nicippe

Southwest Orangetip ⁸
Anthocharis sara thoosa

Large Marble ⁹
Euchloe ausonides

Desert Marble ¹⁰
Euchloe lotta

Pine White ¹¹
Neophasia menapia

Margined White ¹²
Pieris marginalis

Cabbage White ¹³
Pieris rapae

Becker's White ¹⁴
Pontia beckerii

Western White ¹⁵
Pontia occidentalis

Checkered White ²
Pontia protodice

Spring White ²
Pontia sisymbrii

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Butterflies / Moths of Highline Lake State Park

Southern Dogface 1 Zerene cesonia

Dainty Sulphur 2 Nathalis iole

Orange Sulphur 3 Colias eurytheme

Clouded Sulphur 4 Colias philodice

Scudder's Sulphur 5 Colias scudderii

Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 6 Colias alexandra alexandra

Sleepy Orange 7 Abaeis nicippe

Southwest Orangetip 8 Anthocharis sara thoosa

Large Marble 9 Euchloe ausonides

Desert Marble 10 Euchloe lotta

Pine White 11 Neophasia menapia

Margined White 12 Pieris marginalis

Cabbage White 13 Pieris rapae

Becker's White 14 Pontia beckerii

Western White 15 Pontia occidentalis

Checkered White 2 Pontia protodice

Spring White 2 Pontia sisymbrii