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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.

Yucca Giant-skipper 1
Megathymus yuccae
Bronze Roadside-Skipper 2
Amblyscirtes aenus
Dotted Roadside-Skipper 3
Amblyscirtes eos
Common Roadside-Skipper 4
Amblyscirtes vialis
Oslar's Roadside-Skipper 5
Amblyscirtes oslari
Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper 6
Amblyscirtes phylace
Morrison's Skipper 7
Stinga morrisoni
Snow's Skipper 8
Paratrytone snowi
Arogos Skipper 9
Atrytone arogos
Fiery Skipper 10
Hylephila phyleus
Taxiles Skipper 11
Poanes taxiles
Sachem 8
Atalopedes campestris
Woodland Skipper 12
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Western Branded Skipper 13
Hesperia colorado
Common Branded Skipper 14
Hesperia comma
Juba Skipper 15
Hesperia juba
Leonard's Skipper 16
Hesperia leonardus
Pawnee Skipper 17
Hesperia leonardus pawnee
Nevada Skipper 18
Hesperia nevada
Ottoe Skipper 19
Hesperia ottoe
Pahaska Skipper 20
Hesperia pahaska
Uncas Skipper 21
Hesperia uncas
Green Skipper 22
Hesperia viridis
Long Dash 23
Polites mystic
Crossline Skipper 16
Polites origenes
Sonoran Skipper 13
Polites sonora
Draco Skipper 6
Polites draco
Peck's Skipper 16
Polites peckius
Sandhill Skipper 15
Polites sabuleti
Tawny-edged Skipper 24
Polites themistocles
Rhesus Skipper 20
Polites rhesus
Dun Skipper 25
Euphyes vestris
Dusted Skipper 1
Atrytonopsis hianna
Delaware Skipper 26
Anatrytone logan
Least Skipper 27
Ancyloxypha numitor
Garita Skipperling 20
Oarisma garita
Russet Skipperling 28
Piruna pirus
Mexican Cloudywing 20
Thorybes mexicana
Northern Cloudywing 8
Thorybes pylades
Silver-spotted Skipper 29
Epargyreus clarus
Afranius Duskywing 30
Erynnis afranius
Sleepy Duskywing 31
Erynnis brizo
Funereal Duskywing 20
Erynnis funeralis
Horace's Duskywing 32
Erynnis horatius
Dreamy Duskywing 23
Erynnis icelus
Mottled Duskywing 20
Erynnis martialis
Pacuvius Duskywing 13
Erynnis pacuvius
Persius Duskywing 33
Erynnis persius
Rocky Mountain Duskywing 24
Erynnis telemachus
Common Checkered-Skipper 34
Pyrgus communis
Northern Grizzled Skipper 35
Pyrgus centaureae
Two-banded Checkered Skipper 36
Pyrgus ruralis
Small Checkered Skipper 10
Pyrgus scriptura
Mountain Checkered- Skipper 30
Pyrgus xanthus
Common Sootywing 37
Pholisora catullus
Mexican Sootywing 3
Pholisora mejicanus

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