Finding Utah Butterflies-->Montane

 

Although this section is entitled "Montane," the butterflies of some of Utah's mountain ranges already have been reviewed in the Wasatch Canyons, Wasatch Hilltops, Basin and Range Province, Arctic Alpine, and Utah's Dixie web pages.  These pages cover the butterflies of the Pine Valley and Beaver Dam Mountains in the southwest corner of the state, the Dugway, Little Drum, Confusion and several other Great Basin Ranges in Utah's West Desert, the Wasatch Front, and the High Uintas in the NE corner of Utah. 

The remaining mountain regions which are included in this section include the La Sal Mountains from southeast region of the state, the Paunsaugunt Plateau in the southern part of the state, the Wasatch Plateau in the central part of the state, and the East Tavaputs Plateau in eastern Utah.  There is a substantial amount of montane habitat in these regions and many canyons where you can find unique mixes of butterflies.

 

Specific Habitat Locations:

Price Canyon Recreation Area

Mill Fork Canyon

Ephraim Canyon

Otter Creek and Koosharem Canyon

 

 

Utah State Butterfly Checklist for Montane Region:

 

Swallowtails and Parnassians (Family Papilionidae)

Papilio bairdi (baird's swallowtail)
Papilio zelicaon nitra (anise swallowtail)
Papilio indra minori (mesa rim cliff swallowtail)
Papilio eurymedon (pale swallowtail)
Papilio multicaudata multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail)

Papilio rutulus rutulus (western tiger swallowtail)

Parnassius clodius menetriesi (clodius parnassian)

 

Whites, Orangetips, and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Pontia beckeri (becker's white)
Pontia sisymbri sisymbri (spring white)
Pontia sisymbri nigravenosa (dark-veined spring white)
Pontia protodice (western white)
Pieris marginalis pallidissima (Utah all white)
Pieris rapae (cabbage white)
Neophasia menapia menapia (pine white)
Euchloe hyantis lotta (desert marble)
Anthocharis julia browningi (Utah julia orangetip)

Anthocharis thoosa thoosa (southwestern orangetip)

Colias philodice eriphyle (yellow sulphur)
Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur)
Colias alexandra alexandra (queen alexandra's sulphur)
Zerene cesonia (southern dogface)
Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur)

 

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary)
Speyeria cybele charlotti (great spangled fritillary)
Speyeria aphrodite ethne (aphrodite fritillary)
Speyeria nokomis apacheana (nokomis fritillary)
Speyeria edwardsi (edwards fritillary)
Speyeria coronis snyderi (coronis fritillary)
Speyeria zerene platina (zerene fritillary)
Speyeria callippe harmonia (callippe fritillary)
Speyeria egleis utahensis (great basin fritillary)
Speyeria hesperis wasatchia (northwestern fritillary)
Speyeria hesperis chitone (northwestern fritillary)
Speyeria mormonia eurynome (mormon fritillary)
Boloria kriemhild (relict fritillary)
Poladryas arachne expedita (arachne checkerspot)
Thessalia fulvia pariaensis (fulvia checkerspot)
Thessalia leanira alma (leanira checkerspot)

Chlosyne acastus acastus (sagebrush checkerspot)
Phyciodes tharos riocolorado (pearl crescent)
Phyciodes cocyta cocyta (northern crescent)
Phyciodes batesii anasazi (tawny crescent)
Phyciodes pulchellus camillus (field crescent)
Phyciodes picta (painted crescent)
Phyciodes pallida barnesi (pale crescent)
Phyciodes mylitta mylitta (thistle crescent)
Euphydyras anicia maria (anicia checkerspot
Euphydyras anicia wecoeut (anicia checkerspot)
Euphydyras anicia alena (anicia checkerspot)
Euphydyras editha lehmani (edith's checkerspot)
Polygonia satyrus satyrus (satyr comma)
Polygonia gracilis zephyrus (hoary comma)
Nymphalis antiopa (mourning cloak)
Nymphalis californica (california tortoiseshell)
Nymphalis milberti subpallida (milbert's tortoiseshell)
Vanessa virginiensis virginiensis (Virginia lady)
Vanessa cardui (painted lady)
Vanessa carye annabella (west coast lady)
Vanessa atalanta rubria (red admiral)
Junonia coenia grisea (common buckeye)
Limenitis weidemeyeri latifascia (weidemeyer's admiral)
Limenitis weidemeyeri angustifascia (weidemeyer's admiral)
Adelpha eulalia (arizona sister)

 

Milkweed Butterflies (Family Danaidae)

Danaus plexippus (monarch)
Danaus gilippus thersippus (queen)

 

Satyrs (Family Satyridae)

Cyllopsis pertepida dorothea (canyonland satyr)
Coenonympha ochracea pseudobrenda ([mountain] common ringlet)
Cercyonis pegala paludum (common wood nymph)
Cercyonis meadi meadi (mead's wood nymph)
Cercyonis sthenele masoni (great basin wood nymph)
Cercyonis oetus charon (small wood nymph)
Erebia epipsodea epipsodea (common alpine)
Neominois ridingsi stretchi (riding's satyr)
Neominois ridingsi coloalbiterra (riding's satyr)
Oeneis chryxus chryxus (chryxus arctic)
Oeneis uhleri SW Utah segregate (uhler's arctic)

Coppers, Hairstreaks, and Blues (Family Lycaenidae)

Lycaena arota schellbachi (tailed copper)
Lycaena editha montana (edith's copper)
Lycaena hyllus (bronze copper)
Lycaena heteronea heteronea (blue copper)
Lycaena rubidus sirius (ruddy copper)
Lycaena dorcas castro (purplish copper)

Lycaena nivalis browni (lilac-bordered copper)

Hypaurotis crysalus citima (colorado hairstreak)
Satyrium titus immaculosis (coral hairstreak)
Satyrium behri behri (behr's hairstreak)
Satyrium fuliginosum semiluna (sooty hairstreak)
Satyrium californica (california hairstreak)
Satyrium sylvinus putnami (sylvan hairstreak)
Callophrys affinis affinis (western green hairstreak)
Callophrys affinis apama (western green hairstreak)
Callophrys sheridani neoperplexa (sheridan's green hairstreak)
Callophrys sheridani comstocki (desert green hairstreak)
Incisalia fotis fotis (desert elfin)
Incisalia eryphon eryphon (western pine elfin)
Mitoura spinetorum (thicket hairstreak)
Mitoura siva siva (juniper hairstreak)
Strymon melinus franki (gray hairstreak)
Brephidium exile (western pygmy-blue)
Leptotes marina (marine blue)
Hemiargus isola alce (reakirt's blue)
Everes amyntula (western tailed blue)
Celastrina ladon echo (spring azure)
Euphilotes ellisi ellisi (ellis' dotted-blue)
Euphilotes mojave virginensis (mojave dotted-blue)
Euphilotes stanfordorum (stanford's blue)
Euphilotes pallescens emmeli (pallid dotted-blue)
Euphilotes spaldingi spaldingi (spalding's dotted-blue)
Glaucopsyche piasus daunia (arrowhead blue)

Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro (silvery blue)
Plebejus melissa melissa (melissa blue)
Plebejus melissa annetta (melissa blue)
Plebejus saepiolus gertschi (greenish blue)
Plebejus icarioides lycea (boisduval's blue)
Plebejus lupini lutzi (lupine blue)
Plebejus glandon (arctic blue)

 

Metalmarks (Family Riodinidae)

Calephelis nemesis (fatal metalmark)
Apodemia mormo parva (mormon metalmark)

 

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper)
Thorybes pylades (northern cloudywing)
Thorybes mexicana nevada (mexican cloudywing)
Erynnis icelus (dreamy duskywing)
Erynnis brizo burgessi (sleepy duskywing)
Erynnis telemachus (rocky mountain duskywing)
Erynnis pacuvius pacuvius (white-fringed pacuvius duskywing)
Erynnis pacuvius lilius (pacuvius duskywing)
Pyrgus ruralis ruralis (two-banded checkered skipper)
Pyrgus xanthus (mountain checkered skipper)
Pyrgus communis communis (common checkered skipper)
Heliopetes ericetorum (great white skipper)
Pholisora catullus (common sootywing)
Hesperopsis libya confertiblanca (mesa rim sootywing)
Hesperopsis alpheus oricus (saltbush sootywing)
Oarisma garita garita (garita skipperling)
Hesperia uncas lasus (uncas skipper)
Hesperia juba (juba skipper)
Hesperia colorado harpalus (western branded skipper)
Hesperia pahaska nr. martini (pahaska skipper)
Hesperia nevada nevada (Nevada skipper)
Polites sabuleti alkaliensis (sandhill skipper)
Polites draco (draco skipper)
Polites themistocles Utah segregate (tawny-edged skipper)
Polites sonora utahensis (sonora skipper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides omnigena (woodland skipper)
Ochlodes yuma scudderi (yuma skipper)
Poanes taxiles (taxiles skipper)
Euphyes vestris kiowah (dun skipper)
Megathymus yuccae navajo (yucca giant-skipper)
Megathymus streckeri streckeri (strecker's giant-skipper)

 

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