Regional Species Checklists

• Lineostriastiria hutsoni   

Hesperiidae Skippers

• Polygonus leo  Hammock Skipper
• Thorybes mexicana  Mexican Cloudywing
• Erynnis propertius  Propertius Duskywing
• Erynnis pacuvius  Pacuvius Duskywing
• Erynnis funeralis  Funereal Duskywing
• Erynnis persius  Persius Duskywing
• Pyrgus ruralis  Two-banded Checkered-Skipper
• Pyrgus scriptura  Small Checkered-Skipper
• Burnsius communis  Common Checkered-Skipper
• Burnsius albescens  White Checkered-Skipper
• Heliopetes ericetorum  Northern White-Skipper
• Pholisora catullus  Common Sootywing
• Hesperopsis libya  Mohave Sootywing
• Hesperopsis alpheus  Saltbush Sootywing
• Copaeodes aurantiaca  Orange Skipperling
• Hylephila phyleus  Fiery Skipper
• Pseudocopaeodes eunus  Alkali Skipper
• Hesperia uncas  Uncas Skipper
• Hesperia juba  Juba Skipper
• Hesperia colorado  Western Branded Skipper
• Hesperia miriamae  Sierra Skipper
• Hesperia nevada  Nevada Skipper
• Atalopedes campestris  Sachem
• Polites sabuleti  Sandhill Skipper
• Polites sonora  Sonora Skipper
• Ochlodes sylvanoides  Woodland Skipper
• Ochlodes agricola  Rural Skipper
• Ochlodes yuma  Yuma Skipper
• Lerodea eufala  Eufala Skipper
• Megathymus yuccae  Yucca Giant-Skipper
• Agathymus alliae  Mojave Giant-Skipper

Papilionidae Parnassians and Swallowtails

• Parnassius clodius  Clodius Parnassian
• Parnassius behrii  Sierra Nevada Parnassian
• Battus philenor  Pipevine Swallowtail
• Papilio machaon  Old World Swallowtail
• Papilio polyxenes  Black Swallowtail
• Papilio zelicaon  Anise Swallowtail
• Papilio indra  Indra Swallowtail
• Papilio rutulus  Western Tiger Swallowtail
• Papilio multicaudata  Two-tailed Swallowtail

Pieridae Whites and Sulphurs

• Anthocharis cethura  Desert Orangetip
• Anthocharis sara  Pacific Orangetip
• Anthocharis thoosa  Southwestern Orangetip
• Anthocharis lanceolata  Gray Marble
• Euchloe ausonides  Large Marble
• Euchloe lotta  Desert Marble
• Euchloe hyantis  California Marble
• Neophasia menapia  Pine White
• Pieris rapae  Cabbage White
• Pontia beckerii  Becker's White
• Pontia protodice  Checkered White
• Pontia occidentalis  Western White
• Pontia sisymbrii  Spring White
• Colias philodice  Clouded Sulphur
• Colias eurytheme  Orange Sulphur
• Colias alexandra  Queen Alexandra's Sulphur
• Colias behrii  Sierra Sulphur
• Zerene cesonia  Southern Dogface
• Phoebis sennae  Cloudless Sulphur
• Abaeis nicippe  Sleepy Orange
• Nathalis iole  Dainty Sulphur

Lycaenidae Gossamer-wing Butterflies

• Lycaena arota  Tailed Copper
• Lycaena phlaeas  American Copper
• Lycaena cupreus  Lustrous Copper
• Lycaena xanthoides  Great Copper
• Lycaena editha  Edith's Copper
• Lycaena gorgon  Gorgon Copper
• Lycaena rubidus  Ruddy Copper
• Lycaena heteronea  Blue Copper
• Lycaena helloides  Purplish Copper
• Lycaena nivalis  Lilac-bordered Copper
• Habrodais grunus  Golden Hairstreak
• Atlides halesus  Great Purple Hairstreak
• Callophrys affinis  Western Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys sheridanii  Sheridan's Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys sheridanii comstocki  Desert Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys perplexa  
• Callophrys nelsoni  Nelson's Hairstreak
• Callophrys gryneus  Juniper Hairstreak
• Callophrys spinetorum  Thicket Hairstreak
• Callophrys augustinus  Brown Elfin
• Callophrys fotis  Desert Elfin
• Callophrys eryphon  Western Pine Elfin
• Satyrium californica  California Hairstreak
• Satyrium sylvinus  Sylvan Hairstreak
• Satyrium auretorum  Gold-hunter's Hairstreak
• Satyrium saepium  Hedgerow Hairstreak
• Satyrium behrii  Behr's Hairstreak
• Strymon melinus  Gray Hairstreak
• Leptotes marina  Marine Blue
• Brephidium exilis  Western Pygmy-Blue
• Cupido comyntas  Eastern Tailed-Blue
• Cupido amyntula  Western Tailed-Blue
• Celastrina echo  Echo Azure
• Glaucopsyche piasus  Arrowhead Blue
• Glaucopsyche lygdamus  Silvery Blue
• Philotiella speciosa  Small Dotted-Blue
• Euphilotes battoides  Western Square-dotted Blue
• Euphilotes centralis  Central Dotted-Blue
• Euphilotes bernardino  Bernardino Dotted-Blue
• Euphilotes glaucon  
• Euphilotes baueri  Bauer's Dotted-Blue
• Euphilotes enoptes  Pacific Dotted-Blue
• Euphilotes ancilla  Rocky Mountain Dotted-Blue
• Euphilotes mojave  Mojave Dotted-Blue
• Euphilotes pallescens  Pallid Dotted-Blue
• Hemiargus ceraunus  Ceraunus Blue
• Echinargus isola  Reakirt's Blue
• Icaricia chlorina  Green or Chlorina Blue
• Plebejus melissa  Melissa Blue (includes Karner Blue)
• Plebejus saepiolus  Greenish Blue
• Plebejus emigdionis  San Emigdio Blue
• Plebejus icarioides  Boisduval's Blue
• Plebejus shasta  Shasta Blue
• Plebejus acmon  Acmon Blue
• Plebejus lupini  Lupine Blue
• Plebejus podarce  Sierra Nevada Blue
• Plebejus cassiope  Cassiope Blue
• Plebejus fridayi  Friday's Blue

Riodinidae Metalmarks

• Calephelis wrighti  Wright's Metalmark
• Apodemia mormo  Mormon Metalmark
• Apodemia virgulti  Behr's Metalmark
• Apodemia mejicanus  Mexican Metalmark
• Apodemia palmeri  Palmer's Metalmark

Nymphalidae Brush-footed Butterflies

• Libytheana carinenta  American Snout
• Danaus plexippus  Monarch
• Danaus gilippus  Queen
• Agraulis vanillae  Gulf Fritillary
• Euptoieta claudia  Variegated Fritillary
• Speyeria nokomis  Nokomis Fritillary
• Speyeria coronis  Coronis Fritillary
• Speyeria zerene  Zerene Fritillary
• Speyeria callippe  Callippe Fritillary
• Speyeria egleis  Great Basin Fritillary
• Speyeria mormonia  Mormon Fritillary
• Limenitis lorquini  Lorquin's Admiral
• Adelpha californica  California Sister
• Asterocampa celtis  Hackberry Emperor
• Poladryas minuta  Dotted Checkerspot
• Chlosyne leanira  Leanira Checkerspot
• Chlosyne californica  California Patch
• Chlosyne whitneyi  Rockslide Checkerspot
• Chlosyne acastus  Sagebrush Checkerspot
• Chlosyne palla  Northern Checkerspot
• Phyciodes mylitta  Mylitta Crescent
• Phyciodes pulchella  Field Crescent
• Euphydryas editha  Edith's Checkerspot
• Euphydryas chalcedona  Chalcedon Checkerspot
• Euphydryas anicia  Anicia Checkerspot
• Junonia coenia  Common Buckeye
• Junonia grisea  Gray Buckeye
• Polygonia satyrus  Satyr Comma
• Polygonia faunus  Green Comma
• Polygonia gracilis  Hoary Comma
• Aglais milberti  Milbert's Tortoiseshell
• Nymphalis antiopa  Mourning Cloak
• Nymphalis californica  California Tortoiseshell
• Vanessa virginiensis  American Lady
• Vanessa cardui  Painted Lady
• Vanessa annabella  West Coast Lady
• Vanessa atalanta  Red Admiral
• Coenonympha tullia  Common Ringlet
• Coenonympha california  
• Neominois ridingsii  Ridings' Satyr
• Oeneis chryxus  Chryxus Arctic
• Cercyonis pegala  Common Wood-Nymph
• Cercyonis sthenele  Great Basin Wood-Nymph
• Cercyonis oetus  Small Wood-Nymph

Saturniidae Wild Silk Moths

• Hemileuca hera  Hera buckmoth
• Hemileuca nuttalli  Nuttall's sheepmoth
• Coloradia pandora  Pandora pinemoth
• Hemileuca burnsi  Burns' buckmoth
• Hemileuca eglanterina  Western sheepmoth
• Hyalophora columbia  Columbia silkmoth

Sphingidae Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths

• Smerinthus ophthalmica   
• Manduca quinquemaculata  Five-spotted hawkmoth
• Manduca sexta  Carolina sphinx
• Pachysphinx occidentalis  Big poplar sphinx
• Paonias myops  Small-eyed sphinx
• Smerinthus cerisyi  One-eyed sphinx
• Sphinx chersis  Great ash sphinx
• Sphinx vashti  Vashti sphinx
• Hyles lineata  White-lined Sphinx
• Erinnyis ello  Ello sphinx
• Eumorpha achemon  Achemon sphinx
• Hemaris thetis  

Notodontidae Prominents

• Clostera apicalis  
• Furcula cinerea  Gray Furcula
• Furcula nivea  
• Furcula scolopendrina  Zigzag Furcula Moth
• Clostera inornata  

Noctuidae Owlet Moths, Miller Moths

• Euaontia semirufa  
• Unciella primula  
• Argentostiria koebelei  
• Cucullia antipoda  
• Trichoplusia ni  Cabbage Looper Moth
• Autographa californica  
• Triocnemis saporis  
• Ulolonche disticha  
• Lacinipolia strigicollis  
• Mythimna unipuncta  Armyworm Moth
• Dargida procinctus  
• Lacinipolia pensilis  
• Scotogramma ptilodonta  
• Euxoa auxiliaris  Army Cutworm
• Pseudanarta flava  
• Spaelotis bicava  
• Schinia obliqua  
• Schinia a. aurantiaca  
• Schinia graefiana  
• Schinia aurantiaca tenuimargo  
• Schinia biundulata  
• Schinia felicitata  
• Schinia sueta californica  
• Schinia dobla  
• Schinia sueta sierra  
• Schinia ligeae  
• Schinia deserticola  
• Schinia walsinghami  
• Schinia buta  
• Schinia tertia  
• Schinia miniana  
• Schinia megarena  
• Schinia niveicosta  
• Schinia erosa  
• Schinia intrabilis  
• Schinia argentifascia  
• Helicoverpa zea  Corn Earworm Moth
• Schinia acutilinea  

Erebidae Erebid Moths

• Arachnis picta  Painted Tiger Moth
• Gnophaela latipennis  
• Lophocampa pura  
• Hemihyalea edwardsii  Edwards' Glassywing
• Euchaetes zella  
• Ctenucha brunnea  Brown Ctenucha
• Grammia nevadensis  
• Cisseps fulvicollis  Yellow-collared Scape Moth
• Notarctia proxima  Mexican Tiger Moth
• Phragmatobia fuliginosa  Ruby Tiger Moth
• Arctia caja  Garden Tiger Moth or Great Tiger Moth
• Leptarctia californiae  
• Kodiosoma fulvum  
• Hypercompe permaculata  
• Hemeroplanis historialis  
• Drasteria tejonica  
• Drasteria stretchi  
• Heteranassa mima  
• Allerastria albiciliatus.  

Oecophoridae Concealer Moths

• Pleurotus albastrigulella  
• Inga concolorella  
• Borkhausenia nefrax  

Elachistidae Grass Miner Moths

• Agonopterix canadensis  
• Exaeretia thoracefasciella  
• Ethmia brevistriga  
• Ethmia charybdis  
• Ethmia semilugens  
• Ethmia epileuca  
• Ethmia discostrigella  
• Ethmia semitenebrella  
• Pseudethmia protuberans  
• Ethmia arctostaphylella  

Coleophoridae Coleophorid Case-bearers

• Coleophora glaucella  

Gelechiidae Twirler Moths

• Prolita jubata  

Sesiidae Sesiid Moths

• Synanthedon polygoni  Buckwheat Borer Moth

Cossidae Cossid Moths, Carpenter Moths

• Prionoxystus robiniae  Carpenterworm Moth
• Hypopta palmata  

Crambidae Crambid Snout Moths

• Hellula rogatalis  
• Chalcoela iphitalis  Sooty Winged Chalcoela Moth
• Noctueliopsis aridalis   
• Mimoschinia rufofascialis  Rufous-banded Crambid Moth
• Loxostege oberthuralis  
• Lygropia octonalis  Eight-barred Lygropia Moth
• Achyra rantalis  
• Pyrausta rubricalis  

Pyralidae Pyralid Moths

• Myelopsis minutularia  
• Laetilia dilatifasciella  
• Melitara subumbrella   
• Aglossa cacamica  

Pterophoridae Pterophorid Moths, Plume Moths

• Platyptilia carduidactyla  Artichoke Plume Moth
• Adaina ambrosiae  

Geometridae Geometer Moths, Looper Moths

• Digrammia colorata  
• Stamnodes modocata   
• Digrammia neptaria  Dark-bordered Granite Moth
• Prochoerodes truxaliata  
• Tetracis cervinaria  
• Digrammia subminiata  
• Cochisea recisa  
• Speranza colata  
• Synchlora frondaria  Southern Emerald
• Chlorochlamys appellaria  
• Archirhoe neomexicana  
• Perizoma custodiata  
• Idaea bonifata