Over 60 species of butterflies have been documented in the immediate Bryce Canyon National Park area. Most of these species were documented as part of annual butterfly surveys conducted 2001 to the present. Annual butterfly counts continue, and are typically held in July each year. Contact us to learn more about our next count!
Papilionidae
Baird's Swallowtail
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Two-tailed Swallowtail
Pale Swallowtail
Anise Swallowtail
Pieridae
Pine White
Becker's White
Checkered White
Western White
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Queen Alexandra's Sulphur
Dainty Sulphur
Lycaenidae
Colorado Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Blue Copper
Hedgerow Hairstreak
Behr's Hairstreak
Sylvan Hairstreak
Western Pine Elfin
Canyon Bramble Hairstreak
Western Pygmy Blue
Spaulding's Blue
Echo Azure
Silvery Azure
Marine Blue
Melissa Blue
Greenish Blue
Lupine Blue
Arctic Blue
Boisduval's Blue
Nymphalidae
Variegated Fritillary
Nokomis Fritlillary
Rocky Mountain Frittilary
Mormon Fritillary
Zerene Fritillary
Arachne Checkerspot
Sagebrush Checkerspot
Field Crescent
Pale Crescent
Hoary Comma (Zephyr)
Mourning Cloak
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Common Buckeye
Gray Buckeye
American Lady
Painted Lady
West Coast Lady
Weidemeyer's Admiral
Arizona Sister
Mead's Wood Nymph
Small Wood Nymph
Common Ringlet
Riding's Satyr
Monarch