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Pontia sisymbrii, the spring white, California white, or Colorado white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in mountainous areas of western Canada and the United States. [1] It is mostly white with small black markings; females may be yellowish.
The Colorado hairstreak (Hypaurotis crysalus) is a montane butterfly native to oak scrubland in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It was designated the state insect of Colorado in 1996. [2] It is the only species in the genus Hypaurotis. [3] Underside of the wings The Colorado hairstreak is found associated with the Gambel oak.
(state butterfly) Speyeria diana: 2007 [6] California: California dogface butterfly (state butterfly) Zerene eurydice: 1972 [7] Colorado: Colorado hairstreak: Hypaurotis crysalus: 1996 [8] Connecticut: European mantis: Mantis religiosa: 1977 [9] Delaware: 7-spotted ladybug (state bug) Coccinella septempunctata: 1974 [10] Eastern tiger ...
Erebia callias, the Colorado alpine, is a member of the Satyridae subfamily of the Nymphalidae butterflies. It is found in alpine areas of Wyoming and Colorado in the U.S. Rocky Mountains as well as various mountain ranges in eastern Asia .
The Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly (Boloria improba acrocnema) is a species of butterfly in the Order Lepidoptera: Family Nymphalidae that is endemic to Colorado, USA. [ 1 ] Discovered in the summer of 1978, the Uncompahgre fritillary was first described as a subspecies of Boloria improba , commonly known as the dingy fritillary [ 2 ] but ...
Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, [note 1] on several continents as the small cabbage white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. [2]
Hesperia colorado, the western branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from in Eurasia and north-western Africa, coast to coast in North America in boreal and subalpine areas south as far as Colorado, hence the Latin name. [1] The wingspan is 22–30 mm. The flight period is from late June to mid-August in western ...
The Edith's checkerspot is found in North America, where it ranges from southern British Columbia and Alberta south to Baja California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. [5] The species can be found in locations of the San Bernardino Mountains, Sierra Nevada, higher Cascade Mountains of Oregon to Washington, and in areas of the Great Basin, including central Oregon and the Rocky Mountains. [6]