Colorado Butterflies ID's

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Colorado Butterflies ID's

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Can anyone help with the ID of any of these butterflies and bug that I saw on a recent trip to Colorado

Thanks

Mark

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Cleopatra

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Green Hairstreak

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Camberwell Beayty

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Monarch

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Re: Colorado Butterflies ID's

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That cleopatra there I think is actually a sulphur butterfly of somekind and the Green Hairstreak may be either the Western Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis), Calafornia Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis perplexa) or Sad Green Hairstreak (Callophrys miserabilis)

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Re: Colorado Butterflies ID's

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OK, the Monarch & Camberwell Beauty are fine, I think the others are, from top to bottom....
Edwards' Fritillary
Green Skipper
Mormon Fritillary
Mormon Fritillary + Sulphur
Leanira Checkerspot
?moth
Horace's Duskywing
Western Sulphur
Bramble Green Hairstreak
Field Crescentspot
Acmon Blue
Sleepy Duskywing
? cicada sp.

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Thanks for the help
most appreciated

Mark
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