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May, EARLY! (RES); obviously the early and late database for Wyoming butterflies is somewhat primitive! Pholisora catullus, same data as Epargyreus clams, NATRONA County (RES). Hesperopsis libya lena, fresh and uncommon, Point-of-Rocks, 6,600 ft, near 1-80, Sweetwater [sic] County, 29 June, EARLY (RES, ADW). Oarisma garita, County Road 1 at Henrys Fork River, 6,950 ft (near McKinnon), SWEETWATER [sic] County, SOUTHWEST, 29 June (ADW); same data as Erynnis persius, WASHAKIE County (RES). Thymelicus lineola, on radiator of car, whacked between Thermopolis and Wind River Canyon (we'll bag the exact spot in 1995!), HOT SPRINGS County, STATE, 30 July (WDP); look at the maps and see that I predicted this skipper's invasion of our zone much too conservatively in Butterflies of the Rocky Mountain States. Hesperia juba, Powder River Pass, 9,677 ft, HIGH, Johnson County, 31 May, worn male at wet sand along US 16 (RES). Hesperia comma near harpalus, common on rabbitbrush all over southeast Wyoming (7 counties), 22 to 24 August (JAS, RES). Hesperia leonardus pawnee, Palmer Canyon Road at pavement's end, 5,800 ft, 17.0 miles west of Wheatland, ALBANY County, WEST, 23 August (JAS, RES). Hesperia pahaska, same data as Epargyreus clam, NATRONA County, WEST, one fresh male at wet sand (RES). Hesperia nevada, common, gravelly knolls 5.3 miles south of Rozet, 4,800 ft, sagebrush and cushion plants, CAMPBELL County, NORTHEAST, 30 May; same data as Erynnis persius, WASHAKIE County; bare hills with TV towers, 1.5 miles south of Newcastle, 4,420 ft, LOW, WESTON County, NORTHEAST, 30 May (all RES). Atalopedes campestris, Bell Park, Torrington, 4,100 ft, GOSHEN County, EAST(!), 22 August; Lusk, 5,050 ft, NIOBRARA County, NORTHEAST, 23 August; Guernsey, 4,395 ft, PLATTE County, SOUTHWEST, 23 August (all JAS, RES). Polites peckius, botanical gardens, Cheyenne, 6,100 ft, LARAMIE County, 26 August (RES); Lusk, 5,050 ft, NIOBRARA County, 23 August(JAS, RES). Polites draco, south of Wood River GS, 8,400 ft, HOT SPRINGS County, 31 May (RES). Ochlodes yuma, Wind River Canyon, 15 miles south of Thermopolis, HOT SPRINGS County, STATE, dramatically NORTHEAST, two slightly worn males on thistles, 26 August (RLL, det RES); only second known population east of continental divide, the other in the Rio Grande gorge in New Mexico, 500 miles to the south-southeast! Poanes hobomok (typical), one fresh male taken [a marvelous cloak-anddagger story; ask me sometime!], same data as Erynnis icelus, GOSHEN County, SOUTH, second STATE, 8 September (RES). Atrytonopsis hianna, Elk Mountain Road, 5,400 ft, Big Horn National Forest, on South Dakota/ Wyoming line, WESTON County, 29 May (RES, AJK, GMM). "Amblyscirtes" simius, Palmer Canyon, 5,250 ft, 16.2 miles west of Wheatland, Platte County, 31 May, EARLY (RES). Amblyscirtes oslari, La Bonte Canyon, 5,450 ft, State Road 94,19 miles south of Douglas, CONVERSE County, NORTHWEST; Palmer Canyon, 5,250 ft, 16.2 miles west of Wheatland, PLATTE County, both 31 May (RES). Amblyscirtes vialis, same data as Atrytonopsis hianna, WESTON County (RES). Parnassius phoebus, same data as Hesperia nevada (Campbell County, EARLY (RES). Papilio machaon ssp., large yellow female "brucei" type, 15 miles north of Newcastle, WESTON County, 11 July 1981 (DEB). Papilio indra indra, Elk Mountain, western summit, 5,669 ft, Big Horn National Forest, WESTON County, NORTHEAST, 29 May (RES, AJK, GMM). Papilio rutulus, same data as Erynnis persius and Polites draco, 31 May, HOT SPRINGS and WASHAKIE counties (RES). Pontia sisymbrii nordini, same data as Papilio indra, WESTON County. Pontia occidentalis, same data as Hesperia nevada, WESTON County, now all Wyoming counties. Anthocharis sara, same data as Erynnis persius, WASHAKIE County (RES). Euchloe ausonides, same data as Polites draco, HOT SPRINGS County (RES). Colias alexandra, 2 miles south of Fossil Butte National Monument, LINCOLN County, 15 June 1988 (CAM); same data as Atrytonopsis hianna, EARLY (GMM, AJK); now known from all but Big Horn and Sheridan counties [see C.D. Ferris, Bulletin of the Allyn Museum, No. 138, 19941. Nathalis iole, Lone Tree Canyon, Goshen County, 22 August; Hat Creek Breaks, 4,950 ft, 14.5 miles north of Van Tassell, NIOBRARA County, 23 August (both RES). Lycaena hyllus, four county records, ALL range extensions within Wyoming: Horse Creek at US 85,4,950 ft, LARAMIE County, SOUTHEAST, 22 August (JAS, RES); Lusk, 5,050 ft, NIOBRARA County, NORTHEAST, 23 August (RES); Beartooth Butte, PARK County, NORTHWEST, 27 July (EHW); Green River at Daniel, 7,200 ft, SUBLETTE County, WEST- SOUTHWEST, 25 July (JLH); California, here we come! kcaena helloides (not megaloceras), Big Horn Mountains, SHERIDAN County, 28 July (PAO); now all Wyoming counties. Satyrium liparops, east of Dead Indian Pass, PARK County, dramatically NORTHWEST, 30 July (WDP); first new county record since 1982, and suggests several other possible ones! Incisalia polia, Summit Ridge Lookout, 6,096 ft, Forest Road 265, Big Horn National Forest, Weston County, 30 May (RES, GMM). Strymon melinus, Bell Park, Torrington, 4,100 ft, GOSHEN County, 23 August (JAS). Everes amyntula, same data as Thorybes pylades, JOHNSON County; same data as Erynnis persius, WASHAKIE County (both RES). Celastrina ladon (form violacea), high in trees and rarely at wet ground, Lone Tree Canyon, same data as Erynnis icelus, GOSHEN County (RES). Celastrina sidara, same data as Polites draco, HOT SPRINGS County; same data as Erynnis persius, WASHAKIE County (both RES). Glaucopsyche piasus, Meadowlark Lake, 8,400 ft, BIG HORN County, 31 May; same data as Polites draco, HOT SPRINGS County, 31 May; same data as Epargyreus clams, NATRONA County, 1 June (all RES). Glaucopsyche lygdamus, same data as Celastrina sidara, HOT SPRINGS1 WASHAKIE County, now all Wyoming counties. Plebejus melissa, same data as Erynnis icelus, 27 May, EARLY (RES). Plebejus rusticus, same data as Atrytonopsis hianna, 29 May, EARLY (previously 25 May 1990, RES). Plebejus icarioides, same data as Erynnis icelus, 27 May, EARLY (RES); same data as Thorybes pylades, PLATTE County, now all Wyoming counties. Plebejus acmon texanus, second generation fresh, 13 miles north of Wheatland, 4,825 ft, Platte County, 23 August (JAS); same data as Hesperia nevada, WESTON County, now all Wyoming counties [for species]. Plebejus shasta, same data as Hesperia mada, Campbell and WESTON County, NORTHEAST, 30 May, VERY EARLY; Cedar Mountain, 7,200- 7,800 ft, 10 air miles north of McKinnon, Sweetwater [sic] County, 29 June (RES, ADW). Speyeria idalia, alfalfa field, 5,100 ft, 2.5 miles north-northwest of Pine Bluffs, LARAMIE County, SOUTHEAST, second STATE record, 8 September, one very worn female (RES). Speyeria aphrodite, Casper Mountain Road 251,6,400 ft, NATRONA County, SOUTHWEST, several taken, 24 August (JAS, RES). -Speyeria edwardsii, same data as Atrytonopsis hianna, 29 May, EARLY (RES). Speyeria callippe gallatini, same data as Hesperia nevada, 30 May, EARLY;, Cedar Mountain, 7,800 ft, 10 air miles north of McKinnon, SWEETWATER [sic] County, SOUTH (for subspecies), 29 June (RES, ADW). Speyeria mormonia, same data as Papilio indra, 29 May, VERY EARLY (RES, GMM, AJK). Euphydryas anicia ssp, same data as Celastrina sidara, HOT SPRINGS1 Washakie County (RES). Charidryas acastus, larvae taken west of Hidden Basin Campground, BIG HORN County, NORTHWEST, 17 August 1993; adults emerged 12 January (JAS). Charidryas gorgone, same data as Papilio indra, WESTON County (RES). Phyciodes tharos (A), same data as Erynnis icelus, 27 May, EARLY (RES). Phyciodes cocyta [= morpheus = selenis = pascoensis = tharos B, see J.A. Scott: Papilw, New Series, #7 November 19941, same data as Erynnis persius, WASHAKIE County, 31 May, EARLY; same data as Thorybes pylades, PLATTE County (both RES). Phyciodes batesii lakota [type locality Sioux County, NORTHEAST, see Scott above], same data as Atrytonopsis hianna, WESTON County, SOUTH (in Wyoming), 29 May, VERY EARLY (RES, GMM, AJK). Phyciodes pulchella [= campestris = pratensis, see Scott above] camillus, same data as Thorybes pylades, PLATTE County (RES). Phyciodes pallidus, same data as Atrytonopsis hianna, 29 May, EARLY (previously 1 June); same data as Celastrina sidara, HOT SPRINGS1 WASHAKIE County; same data as Thorybes pylades, PLATTE County, SOUTHEAST (all RES). Polygonia comma, in bait trap, south Lodgepole Creek, 8,140 ft, HIGH FOR TOTAL RANGE, ALBANY County, STATE, WEST, 21 August (JSN). Polygonia satyrus, one taken, confirming 1993 sighting, same data as Erynnis icelus, 27 May (RES). Polygonia faunus, same data as Papilw indra, WESTON County, NORTHEAST (GMM). Polygonia Page 10 News of the Lepidopterists' Society JUI
gracilis zephyrus, same data, WESTON County (RES, GMM, AJK) . Polygonia progne nigrozephyrus, Rotary Park, 6,200 ft, Road 251,3 miles south of Casper, NATRONA County, 24 August (RES, det confirmed by JAS). Nymphalis califomica, two worn males, Victor Lake, Wind River Mountains, SUBLETTE County, 22 August 1945, John Hayward (BYU, det RES 1994). Vanessa virginiensis, same data as Atrytonopsis hianna, WESTON County, NORTHEAST (GMM); Cheyenne Botanical Gardens, 6,100 ft, LARAMIE County, SOUTHEAST, 8 September (RES). Vanessa annabella, Torrington, 4,100 ft, GOSHEN County; abundant, Lusk, 5,050 ft, NIOBRARA County, NORTHEAST; Wheatland, 4,650 ft, PLATTE County, all 23 August (JAS, RES). Basilarchia archippus, Stockade Beaver Creek at US 16,4,350 ft, 5.5 miles east-southeast of Newcastle, Weston County, 30 May, EARLY (RES). B. weidemeyerii, same data as Erynnis icelus, 27 May, EARLY (RES). Coenonympha tullia ochracea, US 16 at CROOW Weston line, 4,400 ft [no C. t. inomata type there], 30 May (RES), now all Wyoming counties; fresh second generation out, Lusk, 5,050 ft, Niobrara County, 23 August (JAS, RES). Cercyonis pegala, Cedar Mountain, 7,200-7,500 ft, 10 air miles north of McKinnon, SWEETWATER [sic] County, SOUTHWEST, July 1965 (GMS). C. meadii, US 20126, 5,200 ft, 10 miles east of Casper, NATRONA County, WEST, 24 August (JAS, RES), which continues JAS' story of "Casper the Ghost" of last year's Summary [C. meadii now 10 miles east, Cercyonis sthenele 10 miles west, hut neither in between]; same data as Nathalis iole, NIOBRARA County, 23 August (JAS, RES). Cercyonis sthenele, US 87 near Teapot Dome [a scandalous record on top of the ghost], 20 miles north of Casper, NATRONA County, 17 August (JAS, CFG - Casper not Clyde). Erebia epipsodea, same data as Cercyonis pegala, SWEETWATER [sic] County, SOUTHWEST, closest yet approach to the Uinta Mountains, where it is oddly unknown andlor absent (GMS). Neominois ridimgsii, common over much of southeast Wyoming, mid to late August (JAS, who also notes similarity of this odd species to Asian relatives in Hipparchia [like Karanasa - RES]); rim of Lone Tree Canyon, 5,100 ft, GOSHEN County, 22 August (RES). Oeneis uhleri, same data as Erynnis persius, but lower toward the canyon mouth, 5,600-5,800 ft, WASHAKIE County (RES). Oeneis chryxus, same data as Cercyonis pegala, SOUTHWEST (GMS). 0. melissa YELLOWSTONE National Park, 11,000 ft, 14 July 1938, A.G. Lauck (in Florida Museum of Natural History, det RES 1994, ssp. beani). UTAH Contributors: GTA, TCE, FMNH, CFG, JLH, JMJ, KLL, CAM, RCM, PAO, WDP, WLP, 5W5, RE5, KBT, BYU, WHW. Summary: Total of 17isthe highest ever, surpassing 15 in 1990, but most data are from earlieryears and generations. 1994was unusally hot and dry, much like the rest of Zone 4, and most Lepidoptera flew poorly and early. MOTHS Note: Collect~ons and dets are by RCM except as noted. SPHINGIDAE - Sphinx dolli, S. vashti, Smerinthus cerisyi, City Creek Campground, 7 miles west of Junction, PIUTE County, 7 July. LASIOCAMPIDAE - Phyllodesma americana, same data as above. SATURNIIDAE - Coloradia pandora, 0.3 mile east of State Road 24, mile post 18-19, south of junction State Road 1191 Richfield, SEVIER County, 12 August (JMJ, RCM). ARCTIIDAE - Crambidia cephalica, same as Sphinx dolli, PIUTE County, SOUTHWEST. Lycomorpha gvotei, same as Coloradia pandora, SEVIER County; City Creek Campground, 7 miles west of Junction, PIUTE County, SOUTHWEST, 11 August (JMJ, RCM). Bruceia pulverina, same as Sphinx dolli, PIUTE County, WEST. Holomelina fragilis, same, PIUTE County, SOUTHWEST. Turuptiana perrnaculata, same, PIUTE County. Arctia caja, same as Lycomorpha grotei, PIUTE County. Grammia nevadensis, same as Coloradia pandora, SEWER County. G. williamsii, same as Sphinx dolli, PIUTE County. Lophocampa ingens and L. argentata, same, PIUTE County, SOUTHWEST. Hemihyalea labecula, same as Lycomorpha grotei, PIUTE County and SEWER County. Pygarctia spraguei, Oak Grove Campground, GRAND County, WEST and first WEST SLOPE record known to me [but NOT a state record according to JMJ], 10 June (L.J. Liuf RCM). NOCTUIDAE - Catocala delilah desdemona, same as Pygarctiu spraguei, GRAND County (LJL/RCM). C. grotiana, C. relicta, C. aholibah, same as Arctia caja, PIUTE County. C. verrilliana, C. semirelicta, C. aholibah humbug E. Scrooge [ssp. now], same as Coloradia pandora, SEWER County. SESIIDAE - all collected by RCM, det John Holoyda, and checked against Eichlinl Duckworth and Utahensis 10:l by RES: ALL are state records except Sesia tibialis: SANPETE County, 25 July. Carmenta albociliata, State Road 150,4 miles south of the Wyoming line, SUMMIT County, 2 July. C. ithacae, Leeds Canyon, WASHINGTON County, 9 July. Penstemonia clarkei, Hyaline Canal, Spanish Fork, UTAH County, 14 July. Osminia donahueomm [let's hear it for Julian and Kathy!], Orem, UTAH County, 15 July. Synanthedon sequoiae, City Creek Campground, 7 miles west of Junction, PIUTE County, 11 August. Now more than 20 Utah Sesiidae species! BUTTERFLIES Summary: I was able to scrounge up 70 data points [only 4came in from 1994!) through the kindness of several Utah lepidopterists, former lepidopterists, curators, professors, family membersand friends. Included are70 county records for48 species in 24counties [26 counties in 199311994 combined], and a couple of deletions. Utah now has108.72average species per county, or 92.06 percent of projection; mostfutureaddit/ons will be skippers, lycaenids, a few common species from Morgan, Carbon, 5anpete and Waynecounties, and perhaps wme surprises. Epargyreus clams, Logan, CACHE County, NORTH, 12 July 1968, R. Kirkland (BYU, det RES 1994). Thorybes pylades, Ogden Canyon, WEBER County, NORTH, 20 June 1932, A.D. Boyle (BW, det RES 1994). Erynnis brizo, 1.1 miles east of Jeremy Ranch Golf Course, 6,600 ft, SUMMIT County, NORTHEAST, 26 April 1992 (SWS) Erynnis persius, South Fork Ogden River, 9,000 ft, CACHE County, NORTH, 1 August 1964, TJB (BW, genithicro det RES 1994). Pyrgus centaureae, Beaver Creek, DAGGETT County, NORTHDJORTHEAST, 23 July 1933, A.D. Boyle (BYU, det RES 1994). F! scriptura, Old Woman Plateau, SEVIER County, 12 June 1992 (JMJ, det RES 1994). Heliopetes ericetomm, trail to Calf Creek Falls, south of Boulder, GARFIELD County, 2 June (WDP). Piruna pirus, Dry Canyon, JUAB County, NORTHWEST, 5 August 1904, T.U. Spalding (BW, det RES 1994). Polites sabuleti, Logan, CACHE County, NORTH, 10 June 1929, A.D. Boyle (FMNH, det RES 1994); Bountiful, DAVIS County, 8 September 1958 (WLP, det RES 1994); north of Nephi, JUAB County, 12 June 1992 (JMJ, det RES 1994); Coalville, SUMMIT County, 13 September 1955 (WLP, det RES 1994); Provo, UTAH County, 4 September 1978 (WLP, det RES 1994); Heber City, WASATCH County, 15 August 1982 (CAM, det RES 1994); now all Utah counties except Kane County. Polites draco, Cordway Flats, DAGGETT County, NORTHEAST, 26 July 1990 (KBT); south Fork City Creek, 9 miles west of Junction, 8,400 ft, PIUTE County, 21 June 1987, S.M. Clark (BYU, det RES 1994). Pamassius clodius, Maple Canyon at Box Canyon, SANPETE County, 11 June 1987, S.M. Clark (BW, det RES 1994). F! phoebus, Skyline Drive, Wasatch Plateau, SANPETE County, 11 June 1987, S.M. Clark (BYU, det RES 1994). Papilio indra, BEAVER, CARBON, DUCHESNE, GARFIELD, MORGAN, WEBER counties, data withheld for conservation reasons (WHW). Papilio eurymedon, Raft River Mountains, BOX ELDER County, NORTHWEST, 17 June 1928, V.M. Tanner (BYU, det RES 1994). Pieris napi, Raft River Mountains, BOX ELDER County, NORTHWEST, 28 June 1983, J. Merica (BYU, det RES 1994). Euchloe hyantis lotta, Old Woman Plateau, SEVIER County, 5 June 1992 (JMJ, det RES 1994). Colias meadii, Elkhorn Lake, 10,600 ft, WASATCH County, SOUTHWEST, 27 July 1935, F.M. and H. Brown (BW, det RES 1994). Nathalis iole, Roosevelt, 5,100 ft, City Park, DUCHESNE County, 19 August 1972, C. Evans (BYU, det RES 1994). Lycaena editha, McKee Draw, DAGGETT County, NORTHEAST, 31 July 1982 (KBT). L. rubida, Dry Canyon, JUAB County, 20 July 1904, T.U. Spalding; Nephi, JUAB County, 13 July 1929, A.D. Boyle; Maple Grove Campground, 6,400 ft, Fishlake National Forest, Pavant Range, MILLARD County, SOUTHWEST, 6 July 1987, S.M. Clark (all BYU, det RES 1994). Satyrium saepium, SAN JUAN County, SOUTHEAST (TCE). Satyrium califomicum, 0.5 mile NORTHEAST, Colton GS, 8,500 ft, 18 miles north of Vernal, UINTAH County, SOUTHEAST, 3 July (JLH). Mitoura spinetorum, Old Woman Plateau, SEWER June 1995 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Page 11
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