Many butterflies fly amongst the buttes and swells of the Colorado Plateau. These butterflies include the mesa rim cliff swallowtail (Papilio indra minori), the baird's swallowtail (Papilio bairdi), becker's white (Pontia beckeri), desert marble (Euchloe hyantis lotta), southern dog face (Zerene cesonia), sagebrush checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus), anicia checkerspot (Euphydryas anicia wecoeut), uncas skipper ( Hesperia uncas lasus), pahaska skipper (Hesperia pahaska nr. martini), juba skipper (Hesperia juba), mojave sootywing (Hesperopsis libya confertiblanca), saltbush sootywing (Hesperopsis alpheus oricus), ellis, blue (Euphilotes ellisi), and Stanford's blue (Euphilotes stanfordorum).