Utah Butterflies

During a one week trip to the Park City area, I was able to get out for a few days of butterflying in June, 2005. Many thanks to Todd Stout for pointing me in the right direction for some good leps, and to both Todd and Alan Myrup for interesting identification discussions! On the pages that follow are some of the photos (representing 32 butterfly species) I got during the trip. All were taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500. Enjoy!

Blues (Lycaenidae)

Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides) Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005
		Males

Western Tailed-Blue (Everes amyntula)
Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005	Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005
Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005	Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005
Female Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005	Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005
Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005	Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005
Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005	Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005

Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro) Park City, UT

Northern Blue (Lycaeides idas) Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005

'Echo' Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon echo), aka 'Echo' Spring Azure (Celastrina argiolus echo) Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005

Probably Dotted Blue (Euphilotes enoptes) but possibly Square-spotted Blue (Euphilotes battoides) Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005

Here are a few photos of other wildlife I came across while in Utah...

And here are some Utah wildflower photos

Utah Lepidopterist Society website, a great resource for butterfly info in Utah.

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Created on ... June 28, 2005 | Update on ...June 28, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com