Butterflies of Canyonlands and Capitol Reef National Parks

Dr. Paul A. Opler

Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
paul_opler@usgs.gov

April 27, 1998

Specimens collected during expeditions led by Dr. Boris Kondratieff and volunteers, Colorado State University. Study funded by National Park Service.

CL = Canyonlands National Park, Utah
CR = Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

Hesperiidae
- 3966 Pyrgus communis (Grt.) - CL
- 4057 Ochlodes yuma (Edw.) - CL
Pieridae
- 4193 Pontia protodice (Bdv.) - CL
- 4210 Colias eurytheme Bdv. - CL
- 4248 Nathalis iole Bdv. - CL, CR
Lycaenidae
- 4276 Satyrium behrii (Edw.) - CL
- 4316 Callophrys grynea siva (Edw.) - CL
- 4353 Brephidium exile (Bdv.) - CL
Nymphalidae
- 4587 Cercyonis pegala (F.) - CL
- 4615 Danaus gilippus (Cram.) - CL

We thank scientists who helped by identifying voucher specimens. T. D. Eichlin, California Department of Agriculture, Sacramento [Sesiidae]; D.C. Ferguson, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. [Geometridae]; D. Hawks, University of California, Riverside [Catocala], J.D. Lafontaine, Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa [Noctuidae]; and J.A. Powell, California Insect Survey, University of California, Berkeley [Oecophoridae and Tortricidae].

Reference

Hodges, R.W. et al., editors. 1983. Check list of the Lepidoptera of America
     North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington,
     D.C. 284 pp.

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