Butterfly Pictures

Butterfly Species and Genera Cabbage White Butterfly Orange Tip Butterflies Sulphur Butterflies Johnson's Hairstreak Reakirt's Blue Silvery Blue Spring Azure Purplish Copper Admirals American Snout Checkerspots Comma Butterflies Common Buckeye Crescents Empress Leila Fritillaries Monarch Butterfly Tortoiseshells Metalmark Butterflies Swallowtail Butterflies Vanessa Butterflies Spreadwing Skippers

Welcome, the pictures and descriptions in the butterfly album are written in a style to help with basic butterfly identification.

Both individual butterfly species as well comparisons of butterflies, grouped according to genus are included.

Most of the butterflies listed are native to the West Coast of the United States.

Some of the listed butterflies have larger ranges, with individual species found throughout the United States.

The twenty plus listed butterflies cover species in all the butterfly families. Please see the Types of Butterflies article for a more extensive explanation of the butterfly families.