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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Butterflies and Moths

This guide contains butterflies and moths that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Dorcas Copper 1
Lycaena dorcas
Purplish Copper 2
Lycaena helloides
Bronze Copper 3
Lycaena hyllus
Lustrous Copper 4
Lycaena cupreus
Echo Azure 5
Celastrina echo
Hops Azure 6
Celastrina humulus
Spring Azure 7
Celastrina ladon
Lucia Azure 8
Celastrina lucia
Silvery Blue 2
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Arrowhead Blue 9
Glaucopsyche piasus
Ancilla Blue 10
Euphilotes ancilla
Dotted Blue 11
Euphilotes enoptes
Rita's Blue 12
Euphilotes rita
Western Pygmy-Blue 13
Brephidium exilis
Marine Blue 14
Leptotes marina
Western Tailed-Blue 15
Cupido amyntula
Eastern Tailed-Blue 16
Cupido comyntas
Reakirt's Blue 17
Echinargus isola
Arctic Blue 18
Agriades glandon
Boisduval's Blue 19
Icaricia icarioides
Lupine Blue 16
Icaricia lupini
Greenish Blue 20
Icaricia saepiolus
Shasta Blue 16
Icaricia shasta
Melissa Blue 12
Plebejus melissa
Southern Dogface 21
Zerene cesonia
Little Yellow 22
Pyrisitia lisa
Lyside Sulphur 22
Kricogonia lyside
Cloudless Sulphur 12
Phoebis sennae
Mexican Yellow 23
Eurema mexicana
Dainty Sulphur 12
Nathalis iole
Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur 16
Colias alexandra
Orange Sulphur 24
Colias eurytheme
Mead's Sulphur 25
Colias meadii
Clouded Sulphur 24
Colias philodice
Scudder's Sulphur 16
Colias scudderii
Sleepy Orange 26
Abaeis nicippe
Julia Orangetip 27
Anthocharis julia
Large Marble 28
Euchloe ausonides
Olympia Marble 29
Euchloe olympia
Pine White 30
Neophasia menapia
Margined White 31
Pieris marginalis
Cabbage White 32
Pieris rapae
Western White 33
Pontia occidentalis
Checkered White 34
Pontia protodice
Spring White 12
Pontia sisymbrii
Nais Metalmark 12
Apodemia nais
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla 35
Morning-glory Plume Moth 36
Emmelina monodactyla
Clover Looper Moth 37
Caenurgina crassiuscula
Forage Looper Moth 38
Caenurgina erechtea
Aholibah Underwing Moth 30
Catocala aholibah
Sweetheart Underwing 39
Catocala amatrix
Western Underwing Moth 40
Catocala californica
Grote's Underwing Moth 41
Catocala grotiana
Joined Underwing Moth 42
Catocala junctura
Little Underwing 43
Catocala minuta
Semirelict Underwing Moth 44
Catocala semirelicta
Ultronia Underwing 45
Catocala ultronia
Shadowy Arches 46
Drasteria adumbrata
Drasteria howlandii 30
Northern Arches 47
Drasteria hudsonica
Inept Graphic 48
Drasteria inepta
Paler Graphic 49
Drasteria pallescens
Merry Graphic Moth 50
Melipotis jucunda
Black Witch 51
Ascalapha odorata
The Herald 52
Scoliopteryx libatrix
Common Idia Moth 53
Idia aemula
American Idia Moth 15
Idia americalis
Glossy Black Idia Moth 30
Idia lubricalis
Idia occidentalis 30
Bent-winged Owlet 54
Bleptina caradrinalis
Yellow-spotted Renia Moth 55
Renia flavipunctalis
Alfalfa Looper Moth 56
Tathorhynchus exsiccata
Salt Marsh Moth 57
Estigmene acrea
Fall Webworm Moth 54
Hyphantria cunea
Ruby Tiger Moth 58
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
California Tiger Moth 11
Leptarctia californiae
Isabella Tiger Moth 59
Pyrrharctia isabella
Virginian Tiger Moth 38
Spilosoma virginica
Many-spotted Tiger Moth 43
Hypercompe permaculata
Painted Tiger Moth 60
Arachnis picta
Blake's tiger moth 61
Apantesis blakei
Carlotta's Tiger Moth 61
Apantesis carlotta
Apantesis f-pallida 62
Nevada tiger moth 19
Apantesis nevadensis
Parthenice Tiger Moth 63
Apantesis parthenice
Phyllira Tiger Moth 61
Apantesis phyllira
Williams' Tiger Moth 43
Apantesis williamsii
Garden Tiger 64
Arctia caja
St. Lawrence Tiger Moth 65
Arctia parthenos
Orange Virbia Moth 66
Virbia aurantiaca
Fragile Virbia 67
Virbia fragilis
Police Car Moth 68
Gnophaela vermiculata
Yellow-collared Scape Moth 69
Cisseps fulvicollis
Cresson's ctenucha 70
Ctenucha cressonana
Veined Ctenucha Moth 71
Ctenucha venosa
Oregon Cycnia Moth 61
Cycnia oregonensis
Freckled glassy-wing 72
Hemihyalea labecula
Red-banded aemilia 43
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua
Grote's bertholdia 73
Bertholdia trigona

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