Faculty
Paul Opler
Entomology
Professor
011 Laurel Hall
paul.opler@colostate.edu
970-491-4322 office
970-491-0490 lab
Research Interests
My research involves a number of separate projects that relate to the systematics, biological diversity, distribution, and ecology of several groups of Lepidoptera. This includes surveys of the diversity of public lands, notably national parks and military lands. I am involved with the systematics of Lycaenid butterflies and several moths families, including Notodontidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, and Tortricidae. I am also in conservation, development, and outreach.
Publications:
Powell, J.A. and P.A. Opler. 2009. Moths of western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. ISBN 0-520-25197-0
Douglas C. Ferguson and Paul A. Opler. 2006. Checklist of North American Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 1299: 1-33.
Opler, P.A. and A.D. Warren 2002. Scientific names list of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) of North America north of Mexico. Butterflies of North America. 2. Contributions of the Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo. 83 pp.
Opler, P.A. 1998. Field Guide to Butterflies of Eastern North America. Revised format. Roger Tory Peterson Series. Houghton-Mifflin Co., Boston. 486 pp.