This is a list of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) observed in the U.S. state of Utah.

  • Achemon sphinx moth (Eumorpha achemon)
  • American painted lady butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis)
  • American snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta)
  • Anise swallowtail butterfly (Papilio zelicaon)
  • Aphrodite fritillary butterfly (Speyeria aphrodite)
  • Arctic fritillary butterfly (Boloria chariclea)
  • Army cutworm (Euxoa auxiliaris)
  • Black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon)
  • Black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes)
  • Bordered patch butterfly (Chlosyne lacinia)
  • Cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni)
  • California patch butterfly (Chlosyne californica)
  • California sister butterfly (Adelpha californica)
  • California tortoiseshell butterfly (Nymphalis californica)
  • Callippe fritillary butterfly (Speyeria callippe)
  • Clodius parnassian butterfly (Parnassius clodius)
  • Common buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia)
  • Compton tortoiseshell butterfly (Nymphalis vaualbum)
  • Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) - also called the tomato fruitworm
  • Coronis fritillary butterfly (Speyeria coronis)
  • Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)
  • Dotted checkerspot butterfly (Poladryas minuta)
  • Edith's checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha)
  • Edward's fritillary butterfly (Speyeria edwardsii)
  • Empress Leilia butterfly (Asterocampa leilia)
  • Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
  • Field crescent butterfly (Phyciodes pulchella)
  • Five-spotted hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata)
  • Freija fritillary butterfly (Boloria freija)
  • Fulvia checkerspot butterfly (Thessalia fulvia)
  • Glassy cutworm (Crymodes devastator)
  • Gorgone checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne gorgone)
  • Gray comma butterfly (Polygonia progne)
  • Great Basin fritillary butterfly (Speyeria egleis)
  • Great spangled fritillary butterfly (Speyeria cybele)
  • Green comma butterfly (Polygonia faunus)
  • Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae)
  • Hackberry emperor butterfly (Asterocampa celtis)
  • Hoary comma butterfly (Polygonia gracilis)
  • Hydaspe fritillary butterfly (Speyeria hydaspe)
  • Indra swallowtail butterfly (Papilio indra)
  • Leanira checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne leanira)
  • Lorquin's admiral butterfly (Limenitis lorquini)
  • Milbert's tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais milberti)
  • Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
  • Mormon fritillary butterfly (Speyeria mormonia)
  • Mourning cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa)
  • Mylitta crescent butterfly (Phyciodes mylitta)
  • Nokomis fritillary butterfly (Speyeria nokomis)
  • Northern checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne palla)
  • Northern crescent butterfly (Phyciodes cocyta)
  • Northwestern fritillary butterfly (Speyeria hesperis)
  • Old World swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon)
  • Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui)
  • Pale crescent butterfly (Phyciodes pallida)
  • Pale swallowtail butterfly (Papilio eurymedon)
  • Pale Western cutworm (Agrotis orthogonia)
  • Pallid crescentspot butterfly (Phyciodes picta)
  • Pearl crescent butterfly (Phyciodes tharos)
  • Pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor)
  • Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
  • Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
  • Red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
  • Relict fritillary butterfly (Boloria kriemhild)
  • Rockslide checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne whitneyi)
  • Rocky Mountain parnassian butterfly (Parnassius smintheus)
  • Silver-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene)
  • Small white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
  • Soldier butterfly (Danaus eresimus)
  • Tropical buckeye butterfly (Junonia genoveva)
  • Two-tailed swallowtail butterfly (Papilio multicaudata)
  • Variable checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas chalcedona)
  • Variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia)
  • Variegated fritillary butterfly (Euptoieta claudia)
  • Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus)
  • Weidemeyer's admiral butterfly (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
  • West Coast lady butterfly (Vanessa annabella)
  • Western bean cutworm (Striacosta albicosta)
  • Western tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio rutulus)
  • White admiral butterfly (Limenitis arthemis)
  • White peacock butterfly (Anartia jatrophae)
  • White-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata)
  • Zerene fritillary butterfly (Speyeria zerene)

References


Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

List of Lepidoptera of Utah Facts for Kids

Order Lepidoptera ENT 425 General Entomology

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