Checklist of Butterflies of the Florissant Region
of Central Colorado

Includes those parts of Teller County contained in the block bounded by Townships 13-15 South and Ranges 69-71 West (i.e., roughly the area between Divide and Lake George, south to Cripple Creek).

Checklist is taken from:

Emmel, Thomas C., Marc C. Minno, & Boyce A. Drummond. 1993. Florissant 
     Butterflies: A Guide to the Fossil and Present-Day Species of Central 
     Colorado.  Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 118 pp.

This list includes the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and vicinity.

HESPERIIDAE

Subfamily PYRGINAE

1. Thorybes mexicana nevada Scudder
2. Erynnis icelus (Scudder and Burgess)
3. Erynnis funeralis (Scudder and Burgess)
4. Erynnis afranius (Lintner)
5. Erynnis persius fredericki H. A. Freeman
6. Pyrgus centaureae loki Evans
7. Pyrgus xanthus W. H. Edwards
8. Pyrgus scriptura (Boisduval)
9. Pyrgus communis (Grote)

Subfamily HESPERIINAE

10. Oarisma garita (Reakirt)
11. Stinga morrisoni (W. H. Edwards)
12. Hesperia uncas uncas W. H. Edwards
13. Hesperia comma ochracea Lindsey
14. Hesperia nevada (Scudder)
15. Polites draco (W. H. Edwards)
16. Polites themistocles (Latreille)
17. Polites sonora utahensis (Skinner)
18. Atalopedes campestris huron (W.H. Edwards)
19. Ochlodes snowi (W. H. Edwards)
20. Euphyes ruricola metacomet (Harris)

PAPILIONIDAE

Subfamily PARNASSIINAE

21. Parnassius phoebus sayii W. H. Edwards

Subfamily PAPILIONINAE

22. Papilio polyxenes asterius Stoll
23. Papilio zelicaon nitra W. H. Edwards
24. Papilio rutulus rutulus Lucas
25. Papilio multicaudatus Kirby
26. Papilio eurymedon Lucas
27. Battus philenor philenor (Linnaeus)

PIERIDAE

Subfamily PIERINAE

28. Neophasia menapia (C. and R. Felder)
29. Pontia sisymbrii elivata (Barnes and Benjamin)
30. Pontia protodice (Boisduval and Leconte)
31. Pontia occidentalis occidentalis (Reakirt)
32. Pieris (Artogeia) rapae (Linnaeus)

Subfamily ANTHOCHARINAE

33. Euchloe ausonides coloradensis (Henry Edwards)

Subfamily COLIADINAE

34. Colias philodice eriphyle W. H. Edwards
35. Colias eurytheme Boisduval
36. Colias alexandra alexandra W. H. Edwards
37. Eurema nicippe (Cramer)
38. Eurema mexicana (Boisduval)
39. Nathalis iole Boisduval

LYCAENIDAE

Subfamily LYCAENINAE

40. Lycaena (Chalceria) rubidus sirius (W. H. Edwards)
41. Lycaena (Chalceria) heteronea heteronea (Boisduval)
42. Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides (Boisduval)

Subfamily EUMAENINAE

43. Harkenclenus titus titus (Fabricus)
44. Satyrium behrii crossi (Field)
45. Satyrium californica (W.H. Edwards)
46. Satyrium calanus godarti (Field)
47. Callophrys apama homoperplexa Barnes and Benjamin
48. Mitoura spinetorum (Hewitson)
49. Mitoura siva siva (W. H. Edwards)
50. Incisalia polios obscurus Ferris and Fisher
51. Incisalia eryphon eryphon (Boisduval)
52. Strymon melinus franki Field

Subfamily POLYOMMATINAE

53. Hemiar us isola alce (W. H. Edwards)
54. Everes amyntula amyntula (Boisduval)
55. Celastrina ladon cinerea (W. H. Edwards)
56. Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro Scudder
57. Lycaeides melissa melissa (W.H. Edwards)
58. Plebejus saepiolus whitmeri F. M. Brown
59. Agriades franklinii rustica (W.H. Edwards)

RIODINIDAE

60. Apodemia mormo duryi (W. H. Edwards)

NYMPHALIDAE

Subfamily HELICONIINAE

61. Agraulis vanillae incarnata (Riley)

Subfamily NYMPHALINAE

62. Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricus)
63. Polygonia satyrus (W. H. Edwards)
64. Polygonia faunus hylas (W. H. Edwards)
65. Polygonia zephyrus (W. H. Edwards)
66. Nymphalis (Nymphalis) antiopa antiopa (Linnaeus)
67. Nymphalis (Aglais) milberti milberti Godart
68. Vanessa virginiensis (Drury)
69. Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)
70. Vanessa atalanta rubria (Fruhstorfer)
71. Euptoieta claudia (Cramer)
72. Speyeria idalia (Drury)
73. Speyeria edwardsii (Reakirt)
74. Speyeria coronis halcyone (W. H. Edwards)
75. Speyeria atlantis electa (W.H. Edwards)
or hesperis (W.H. Edwards)
76. Speyeria mornonia eurynome (W. H. Edwards)
77. Phyciodes tharos pascoensis Wright
78. Phyciodes campestris camillus W. H. Edwards
79. Phyciodes vesta (W.H. Edwards)
80. Phyciodes pallidus (W. H. Edwards)
81. Chlosyne (Charidryas) gorgone carlota (Reakirt)
82. Chlosyne (Charidryas) palla calydon (Holland)
83. Chlosyne (Thessalia) fulvia (W. H. Edwards)
84. Poladryas arachne arachne (W.H. Edwards)
85. Euphydryas (Occidryas) anicia capella (Barnes)
86. Limenitis (Basilarchia) weidemeyerii weidemeyerii (W. H. Edwards)

Subfamily SATYRINAE

87. Cyllopsis pertepida dorothea (Nabokov)
88. Coenonympha tullia ochracea W. H. Edwards
89. Cercyonis meadii meadii (W. H. Edwards)
90. Cercyonis oetus charon (W. H. Edwards)
91. Erebia epipsodea epipsodea Butler
92. Neominois ridingsii ridingsii (W.H. Edwards)
93. Oeneis chryxus chryxus (Doubleday and Hewitson)
94. Oeneis uhleri uhleri (Reakirt)
95. Oeneis alberta oslari Skinner

Subfamily DANAINAE

96. Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus)
97. Danaus gilipus strigosus (Bates)

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