Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Mexico
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Mexico. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Mexico, or visit the Mexico page to see recently submitted sightings.
Banded Peacock
Anartia fatima
Great Southern White
Ascia monuste
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius oileus
Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae
White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae
Large Orange Sulphur
Phoebis agarithe
Dorantes Longtail
Urbanus dorantes
Julia Heliconian
Dryas iulia
Barred Yellow
Eurema daira
Malachite
Siproeta stelenes
Queen
Danaus gilippus
Mexican Fritillary
Euptoieta hegesia
Ceraunus Blue
Hemiargus ceraunus
White Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius albescens
Zebra Heliconian
Heliconius charithonia
Tailed Orange
Pyrisitia proterpia
Bordered Patch
Chlosyne lacinia
Black Witch
Ascalapha odorata
Theona Checkerspot
Chlosyne theona
Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
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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