Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Ontario
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Ontario. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Ontario, or visit the Ontario page to see recently submitted sightings.
Cabbage White
Pieris rapae
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Northern Crescent
Phyciodes cocyta
Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Virginia Ctenucha
Ctenucha virginica
European Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Cupido comyntas
Hummingbird Clearwing
Hemaris thysbe
White Admiral
Limenitis arthemis arthemis
Dingy Cutworm Moth
Feltia jaculifera
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Eastern Comma
Polygonia comma
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Erynnis baptisiae
European Yellow Underwing
Noctua pronuba
Cecropia silkmoth
Hyalophora cecropia
Large Lace-border
Scopula limboundata
We can help identify your butterfly or moth!
If you know the date and location where the photograph was taken, we can help. It's simple!
A coordinator will review your submission, and you will get an email with the identification.
We will store your submitted data. Your submission will contribute to our species profiles, checklists, and database. You can track all your submissions and create a personal species list.
Identifying Caterpillars
Do you have a photograph of a caterpillar? If so, when you submit your photograph, please provide us with host plant information if possible. Consider raising it to the adult stage before submitting photographs.
Surprisingly, most of the larval stages of butterflies and moths are simply unknown, and caterpillar photographs can be very difficult to identify. It may take some time for a coordinator to identify your caterpillar.
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