Species of Greatest Conservation Need Insects Natural Heritage and Natural Legacy Ranks 2018 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Heritage S1 and /or Legacy Tier 1 Heritage Legacy Heritage Taxa Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Insects Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades S1 2 G5 Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetle Amblycheila cylindriformis S1 2 G4G5 Mottled Little Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa S1 2 G5 Orange Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes simius S1 2 G4 Lakota Mayfly Apobaetis lakota SNR 1 G2G3 Iowa Skipper Atrytone arogos iowa S1 1 G3T3 Nebraska Fritillary Boloria selene nebraskensis SNR 1 G5T3T4 Kohler's Fritillary Boloria selene sabulocollis S1S2 1 G5T2 Southern Plains Bumble Bee Bombus fraternus SNR 1 G2G3 Western Bumblebee Bombus occidentalis SNR 1 G4T1T3 Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus suckleyi SNR 1 G1G3 Western Green Hairstreak Callophrys affinis homoperplexa S1S2 2 G5TNR Agrippina Underwing Catocala agrippina S1 2 G5 Aholibah Underwing Catocala aholibah S1 2 G5 Habilis Underwing Catocala habilis S1 2 G5 Hermia's Underwing Catocala hermia S1 2 G5 Yellow-grey Underwing Catocala luctuosa S1 2 G4 Married Underwing Catocala nuptialis S2 1 G3G4 Obscure Underwing Catocala obscura S1 2 G5 Residua Underwing Catocala residua S1 2 G5 Robinson's Underwing Catocala robinsoni S1 2 G4 Serene Underwing Catocala serena S1 2 G5 Ulalume Underwing Catocala ulalume S1 2 G4 Widow Underwing Catocala vidua S1 2 G5 Whitney Underwing Catocala whitneyi S1 1 G3G4 Fox Mayfly Cercobrachys fox SNR 1 G3G4 Winnebago Mayfly Cercobrachys winnebago S1 1 G3G4 Mead's Wood Nymph Cercyonis meadii S1 2 G5 Small Wood Nymph Cercyonis oetus S1 2 G5 Acastus Checkerspot Chlosyne acastus S1 2 G4G5 Ghost Tiger Beetle Cicindela lepida S2 1 G3G4 Sandy Tiger Beetle Cicindela limbata S4 1 G4T3T4 Prairie Long-lipped Tiger Beetle Cicindela nebraskana S1 2 G5 Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Cicindela nevadica lincolniana S1 1 G5T1 Beautiful Tiger Beetle Cicindela pulchra S1 2 G4 Variable Tiger Beetle Cicindela terricola cinctipennis S1 2 G5T5 White-cloaked Tiger Beetle Cicindela togata S1 2 G5 Heritage S1 and /or Legacy Tier 1 cont. Heritage Legacy Heritage Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Nine-spotted Ladybird Beetle Coccinella novemnotata S1 1 G5 Monarch Danaus plexippus S2 1 G4 A Grasshopper Encoptolophus subgracilis S1 2 G5 Hourglass Drone Fly Eristalis brousii S1 1 G1G2 Mottled Duskywing Erynnis martialis S2 1 G3 Creamy Marblewing Euchloe ausonides palaeoreios S1 2 G4G5TNR Dotted Blue Euphilotes ancilla S1S2 2 G5 Colorado Rita Dotted-blue Euphilotes rita coloradensis S1 1 G3G4T2T3 Two-spotted Skipper Euphyes bimacula illinois S3 1 G4T1T2 Bucholz Black Dash Euphyes conspicua bucholzi S1 1 G4T1 Western Tailed Blue Everes amyntula S1 2 G5 Arrowhead Blue Glaucopsyche piasus S1 2 G5 Sagebrush Buck Moth Hemileuca hera S1 2 G5 Sagebrush Buck Moth Hemileuca hera S1 2 G5 Cobweb Skipper Hesperia metea S1 2 G4 Ottoe Skipper Hesperia ottoe S2 1 G3G4 Green Skipper Hesperia viridis S1 2 G5 Platte River Caddisfly Ironoquia plattensis S1S2 1 G1G2 Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi S1 2 G4 Smoky-eyed Brown Lethe eurydice fumosa S3 1 G5T3T4 American Copper Lycaena phlaeas S1S2 2 G5 Grizzly Spur-throat Grasshopper Melanoplus punctulatus S1 2 G4 American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus S1 1 G2G3 Indra Swallowtail Papilio indra S1S2 2 G5 Herd Mayfly Paraleptophlebia gregalis S1 2 G3G4 Woodland Grasshopper Paratylotropidia brunneri S1 2 G4G5 Phoebus' Parnassian Parnassius smintheus S1 2 G5 Two-lined Stonefly Perlesta golconda SNR 1 G2G3 Pawnee Stonefly Perlesta xube S2? 1 G2 Tawny Crescent Phyciodes batesii S1 1 G5 Northern Crescent Phyciodes cocyta S1S2 2 G5 Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta S1 2 G5 Pallid Crescentspot Phyciodes pallidus S1 2 G5 Field Crescentspot Phyciodes pratensis S1 2 G5 Greenish Blue Plebejus saepiolus S1 2 G5 Arachne Checkerspot Poladryas arachne S1 2 G5TNR Byssus Skipper Problema byssus kumskaka S1 1 G3G4TNR A Scarab Beetle Rhyssemus neglectus S1 2 GNR Hickory Hairstreak Satyrium caryaevorum S1S2 2 G4 Long-nosed Mayfly Sparbarus nasutus S1 1 G3G4 Callippe Fritillary Speyeria callippe S1 2 G5 Regal Fritillary Speyeria idalia S3 1 G3 Mormon Fritillary Speyeria mormonia kimemela S1 2 G5 Heritage S1 and /or Legacy Tier 1 cont. Heritage Legacy Heritage Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Zerene Fritillary Speyeria zerene S1S2 2 G5 Lichen Grasshopper Trimerotropis saxatilis S1 1 G3 Heritage S2 or S3, and Legacy Tier 2 Heritage Legacy Heritage Taxa Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Insects Oslar's Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes oslari S2 2 G4 Creeping Water Bug Ambrysus mormon S2 2 GNR Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton S2S3 2 G5 Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna S3 2 G4G5 Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus variabilis S2 2 GU Silvery Checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis S3 2 G5 Badlands Tiger Beetle Cicindela decemnotata SNR 2 G4 Nevada Tiger Beetle Cicindela nevadica knausii S2 2 G5T5 Large Heath Coenonympha tullia S2 2 G5 Queen Alexandra's Sulphur Colias alexandra S3 2 G5 Dogface Colias cesonia S3 2 G5 Northern Pearlyeye Enodia anthedon S3 2 G5 Afranius Duskywing Erynnis afranius S2 2 G5 Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae S3 2 G5 Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis brizo S2 2 G5 Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius S3 2 G5 Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis S2 2 G5 Anicia Checkerspot Euphydryas anicia S3 2 G5 Dion Skipper Euphyes dion S2 2 G4 Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris S3 2 G5 Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus S3 2 G5 Harvester Feniseca tarquinius S2 2 G5 Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus S3 2 G5 Elusive Clubtail Gomphus notatus SNR 2 G3 Common Branded Skipper Hesperia colorado S3 2 G5 Pahaska Skipper Hesperia pahaska S2 2 G5 Uncas Skipper Hesperia uncas S2 2 G5 Shasta Blue Icaricia shasta S2 2 G5 Henry's Elfin Incisalia henrici S2 2 G5 Weidemeyer's Admiral Limenitis weidemeyerii S3 2 G5 Purplish Copper Lycaena helloides S3 2 G5 Ruddy Copper Lycaena rubida S3 2 G5 Strecker's Giant Skipper Megathymus streckeri S3 2 G5 Yucca Skipper Megathymus yuccae coloradensis S3S4 2 G5T5 Olive Hairstreak Mitoura grynea S3 2 G5 Heritage S2 or S3, and Legacy Tier 2 cont. Heritage Legacy Heritage Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Riding's Satyr Neominois ridingsii S2 2 G5 Pine White Neophasia menapia S2 2 G5 Milbert's Tortoiseshell Nymphalis milberti S3 2 G5 Garita Skipperling Oarisma garita S2 2 G5 Uhler's Arctic Oeneis uhleri S2S3 2 G5 Western Black Swallowtail Papilio bairdii S3 2 G5T5 Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon S3 2 G5 Painted Crescentspot Phyciodes pictus S2 2 G5 Spring White Pieris (Pontia) sisymbrii nordini S3 2 G5 Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok S3S4 2 G5 Mulberry Wing Poanes massasoit SNR 2 G4 Taxiles Skipper Poanes taxiles S2S3 2 G5 Broad-winged Skipper Poanes viator viator S2 2 G5T4 Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon S2 2 G5 Long Dash Polites mystic S3 2 G5 Crossline Skipper Polites origenes S3 2 G4G5 Plains Gray Skipper Polites rhesus S2 2 G4 Gray Comma Polygonia progne S3 2 G5 Little Glassywing Pompeius verna S2S3 2 G5 Western White Pontia occidentalis S2 2 G5 Banded Hairstreak Satyrium calanus S2S3 2 G5 Striped Hairstreak Satyrium liparops S2 2 G5 Coral Hairstreak Satyrium titus S3 2 G5 Aphrodite Fritillary Speyeria aphrodite S3 2 G5 Coronis Fritillary Speyeria coronis S3 2 G5 Scalloped Sootywing Staphylus hayhurstii S3 2 G5 Fulvia Checkerspot Thessalia fulvia S2S3 2 G5 Southern Cloudywing Thorybes bathyllus S2 2 G5 Salt Creek Grasshopper Trimerotropis salina S2? 2 G5 Northern Broken Dash Wallengrenia egeremet S3 2 G5.