Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

National Moth Week is July 20-28, 2024!

Moths are amazing creatures. Take photographs and share your moth sightings with us to document the moths where you live.

331 new California butterfly records

Three hundred and thirty-one California butterfly records - mostly for Cercyonis, Coenonympha, Danaus, Euphydryas, Papilio and Vanessa species - were added to the database from contributors Bill Gendron, Bruce & Bret Boyd, Bruce O'Hara, C. N. Rudkin, Chuck Hageman, Doug Mullens, Edmund Godwin, F. Grinnell, George Malcolm, George T. Austin, J. A. Comstock, J. W. Tilden, James R. Mori, Jean Gunder, John G. Pasko, John S. Garth, K. Hughes, C. Sekerman, Ken Davenport, Michael Smith, N. McFarland, Oakley Shields, Paul Opler, Phil Nordin, Ray Stanford, and Victor Clemence. (CA-24Nov09)