Common Butterfly Species
It is estimated that there are about 20,000 species of butterflies in the world. In North America, there are 725 species (north of Mexico), with about 575 of these occurring regularly in the lower 48 states of the United States.
Included on this website are some of the more common butterflies and moths found in home landscapes, residential areas and nearby parks and gardens in North America.
Here are photo highlights of the 140 butterflies and moths currently featured on this website!
Some of the Fritillary Family |
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Gulf Fritillary![]() |
Variegated Fritillary![]() |
Zerene Fritillary![]() |
Mormon Fritillary ![]() |
Great Spangled Fritillary ![]() |
Diana Fritillary ![]() |
Great Basin Fritillary![]() |
Nokomis Fritillary (M)![]() |
Nokomis Fritillary (F)![]() |
Purplish Fritillary![]() |
Aphrodite Fritillary![]() |
Mexican Fritillary![]() |
Edwards Fritillary![]() |
Pacific Fritillary![]() |
Silver-bordered Fritillary![]() |
The Ladies |
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American Lady![]() |
Painted Lady![]() |
West Coast Lady![]() |
Monarch and Look-Alikes |
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Monarch![]() |
Viceroy![]() |
Soldier![]() |
Queen![]() |
Brush Footed Butterflies |
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Common Buckeye ![]() |
Mourning Cloak ![]() |
Red-Spotted Purple ![]() |
Bordered Patch![]() |
Red Admiral![]() |
Pearl Crescent![]() |
Question Mark![]() |
Red Satyr![]() |
Common Mestra![]() |
Hairstreaks |
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Gray Hairstreak ![]() |
Great Purple Hairstreak ![]() |
Arizona Hairstreak ![]() |
Red Banded Hairstreak ![]() |
Zebra Hairstreak ![]() |
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King Hairstreak ![]() |
Striped Hairstreak ![]() |
Silver-banded Hairstreak ![]() |
Hedgerow Hairstreak ![]() |
Golden Hairstreak ![]() |
Nelson's Juniper Hairstreak ![]() |
Coral Hairstreak ![]() |
Mallow Scrub Hairstreak ![]() |
Crescents |
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Pearl Crescent![]() |
Phaon Crescent![]() |
Texan Crescent![]() |
Pale-banded Crescent ![]() |
Mylitta Crescent ![]() |
Northern Crescent ![]() |
Field Crescent![]() |
Vesta Crescent![]() |
Skippers |
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Fiery Skipper ![]() |
Long-tailed Skipper ![]() |
White-striped Longtail ![]() |
Texas Powdered Skipper ![]() |
Golden-banded Skipper ![]() |
Silver-spotted Skipper ![]() |
Two-barred Flasher ![]() |
Mangrove Skipper ![]() |
Guava Skipper ![]() |
Sickle-winged Skipper ![]() |
Horace's Duskywing ![]() |
Funereal Duskywing ![]() |
White-patched Skipper ![]() |
Lavinia White Skipper ![]() |
Longwing Butterflies |
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Gulf Fritillary![]() |
Julia Heliconian![]() |
Zebra Heliconian![]() |
Emperor Butterflies |
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Silver Emperor![]() |
Tawny Emperor![]() |
Empress Leilia![]() |
Hackberry Emperor![]() |
The Punctuation Family: Some Commas and a Question Mark? |
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Eastern Comma![]() |
Hoary Comma![]() |
Question Mark![]() |
Green Comma![]() |
Satyr Comma![]() |
Zephyr Comma![]() |
Metalmarks |
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Curved-wing Metalmark![]() |
Red-bordered Metalmark![]() |
Rounded Metalmark![]() |
Arizona Metalmark![]() |
Fatal Metalmark![]() |
Zela Metalmark![]() |
Walker's Metalmark ![]() |
Mormon Metalmark ![]() |
Sonoran Metalmark ![]() |
Nais Metalmark![]() |
Ares Metalmark![]() |
Behr's Metalmark![]() |
Blue Metalmark![]() |
Admirals |
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Red Admiral ![]() |
Weidemeyers Admiral ![]() |
White Admiral ![]() |
Leafwings |
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Goatweed Leafwing ![]() |
Tropical Leafwing ![]() |
Pale-Spotted Leafwing ![]() |
Checkerspots |
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Variable Checkerspot![]() |
Anicia Checkerspot![]() |
Northern Checkerspot![]() |
Gillett's Checkerspot![]() |
Sagebrush Checkerspot![]() |
Arizona Checkerspot![]() |
Fulvia Checkerspot ![]() |
Tiny Checkerspot ![]() |
Edith's Checkerspot ![]() |
Gorgone Checkerspot![]() |
Theona Checkerspot![]() |
Arachne Checkerspot![]() |
Elada Checkerspot![]() |
Black Checkerspot![]() |
Some of the Blues |
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Acmon Blue![]() |
Melissa Blue![]() |
Blue Metalmark![]() |
Arizona Hairstreak ![]() |
Eastern Tailed-blue ![]() |
Greenish Blue ![]() |
Black Butterflies |
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Red-bordered Pixie ![]() |
Weidemeyers Admiral ![]() |
Crimson Patch ![]() |
Orange Butterflies |
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Goatweed Leafwing ![]() |
Ruddy Daggerwing ![]() |
Comma ![]() |
Tawny Emperor![]() |
Julia Heliconian![]() |
Soldier![]() |
Brown Butterflies |
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Arizona Sister ![]() |
Tropical Buckeye ![]() |
Common Wood Nymph ![]() |
Milbert's Tortoiseshell ![]() |
Common Buckeye ![]() |
Mourning Cloak ![]() |
White Butterflies |
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Cabbage White![]() |
Checkered White![]() |
White Peacock![]() |
Desert Marble![]() |
Falcate Orangetip![]() |
Common Mestra![]() |
Lavinia White Skipper![]() |
Rocky Mountain Parnassian![]() |
Great Southern White![]() |
Margined White![]() |
Clodius Parnassian![]() |