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.

333 new California butterfly records

Three hundred and thirty-three California butterfly records - mostly Anthocharis, Cercyonis, Colias, Danaus, Neominois, and Oeneis species - were added to the database from contributors Arthur M. Shapiro, Bill Gendron, Bruce & Bret Boyd, C. Dammers, Charles Ingham, Derham Giuliani, Edmund Godwin, J. A. Comstock, J. H. Gerdes, J. W. Tilden, James R. Mori, John G. Pasko, John S. Garth, Keith Brown Jr., Keith Hughes, Ken Davenport, L. Martin, L. T. Kerr, Michael J. Smith, N. McFarland, Oakley Shields, G. Pavlik, P. Thompson, Paul Opler, Phil Nordin, Ray Stanford, Robert L. Langston, S. Johnson, W. S. Wright, and Wayne Dawes. (CA-26Nov09)