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Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Mount Lincoln (Mesa County, Colorado, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		15
22
23		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		15
22
23		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		15
22
23		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		12
18
17		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		5
8
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mount Lincoln
5 Families width 9 Species and 1 Subspecies
Pieridae (Duponchel, 1835)Brimstones3SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals2SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815Blue butterflies2SpeciesTaxom
Riodinidae Grote, 1895Metalmark Butterflies1SpeciesTaxom
Papilionidae (Latreille, 1802)Apollos1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mount Lincoln
8 Genera with 9 Species
Colias Fabricius, 1871Clouded yellows2SpeciesTaxom
Erebia Dalman, 1871Alpines1SpeciesTaxom
Euchloe Hübner, 1898Dappled whites1SpeciesTaxom
Icaricia Nabokov, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Methone Doubleday, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1847Apollos1SpeciesTaxom
Plebejus Kluk, 1798Small Jewel Blues1SpeciesTaxom
Speyeria Scudder, 1869Fritillaries1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mount Lincoln
9 Species and 1 Subspecies
Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852Alfalfa Butterfly
Colias meadii W. Edwards, 1871Alpine Orange
Erebia callias Edwards, 1871Colorado Alpine
Euchloe lotta (Beutenmüller, 1898)⇒ Euchloe hyantis W. Edwards, 1871
Icaricia shasta (Edwards, 1862)⇒ Aricia shasta W.H. Edwards, 1862
Methone cecilia chrysomela A. Butler, 1872Cecilia Metalmark
Parnassius smintheus (Doubleday, 1847)⇒ Parnassius phoebus Fabricius, 1793
Plebejus (Agriades) glandon de Prunner, 1798Arctic Blue
Speyeria mormonia Boisduval, 1869Atronia Fritillary

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Mount Lincoln
SuborderGlossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		5
8
9		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)


Links, sources and further information
Lepidoptera at arkansaslepidopterasurvey.net
Lepidoptera at butterflies.bcghana.org
Lepidoptera at mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu
Lepidoptera at afromoths.net
Lepidoptera at butterfliesofamerica.com
Lepidoptera at leps.it
Lepidoptera at papua-insects.nl
Lepidoptera at tyllinen.eu
Lepidoptera at abdb-africa.org
Lepidoptera at artfakta.se
Lepidoptera at dyntaxa.se
Lepidoptera at gbif.org
Lepidoptera at irmng.org
Lepidoptera at itis.gov