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Wildlife of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area attracts millions of visitors each years to enjoy the 148 mile river corridor between Leadville and Canon City. The 24 parcels of land are managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife alongside the Bureau of Land Management and span elevations of 10,000 feet to ...more ↓

Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
Papilio multicaudata
Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
Papilio rutulus
Taxiles Skipper 3
Lon taxiles
Simius Skipper 4
Notamblyscirtes simius
Leonard's Skipper 5
Hesperia leonardus
Crossline Skipper 5
Polites origenes
Rhesus Skipper 6
Polites rhesus
Dusted Skipper 7
Atrytonopsis hianna
Silver-spotted Skipper 8
Epargyreus clarus
Xanthus Skipper 9
Pyrgus xanthus
Weidemeyer's Admiral 10
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Painted Crescent 11
Phyciodes picta
Painted Lady 12
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 13
Nymphalis antiopa
Alberta Arctic 6
Oeneis alberta
White-veined Arctic 14
Oeneis bore
Polixenes Arctic 15
Oeneis polixenes
Common Alpine 16
Erebia epipsodea
Mead’s Wood-Nymph 4
Cercyonis meadii
Common Wood-Nymph 17
Cercyonis pegala
Monarch 18
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 19
Strymon melinus
Moss's Elfin 20
Callophrys mossii
Ruddy Copper 21
Tharsalea rubidus
Ruddy Copper 22
Lycaena rubidus
Hops Azure 23
Celastrina humulus
Colorado Blue 15
Euphilotes rita coloradensis
Northern Blue 24
Plebejus idas
Dainty Sulphur 25
Nathalis iole
Cabbage White 26
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 27
Pontia protodice

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