Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Orange Skipperling
Copaeodes aurantiaca

Observation date: July 04, 2016
Submitted by: jobylou
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Nectaring on dogbane at the Buttonrock trailhead near Lyons, CO. around noon. Found on Gilpin Co NABA count.
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: April 04, 2017
Coordinator notes: I saw this in the list of species recorded on last years Gilpin Co. count. It did not make the Lep. Soc. Season Summary for 2016 so I'll submit it in that next report. Could be a Boulder Co. records (which is rare these days - will have to check and see). There was a population in the open space to the west and along I-25 in Northglenn (I think Adams Co.) that produced a summer generation I think about 2007. Don't know if this site still exists or if any were confirmed the next spring which would make this species at least a temporary resident but it may only be a migrant most if not all years when found. Mike
Checklist region(s): United States, Colorado, Gilpin County