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Pictures of Butterflies

Welcome, the pictures and descriptions of butterflies in this album represent species of Metalmarks, Grasswing Skippers, Spread-wing Skippers, Swallowtails and Moths.

The complete list contains over one hundred and fifty different species. Please click the Butterfly Pictures link for additional picture and descriptions of species in the Pieridae (Whites and Sulphurs), Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers and Hairstreaks) and Brushfooted Butterfly families.

The vast majority of the butterflies listed here are native to the Western, Midwestern and Southwestern United States. The album also contains many tropical butterfly species.

Please see the Types of Butterflies article for a more extensive explanation of the butterfly families.

Spread-wing skippers (Pyrginae)
Genus Chiomara
White-patched Skipper
Genus Eantis
Sickle-winged Skipper
Genus Erynnis: Duskywings
Funereal Duskywing
Juvenal's Duskywing
Pacuvius Duskywing
Propertius Duskywing
Genus Epargyreus
Silver-spotted Skipper
Genus Heliopetes: White Skippers
Laviana White Skipper
Genus Heliopyrgus
Erichson's White Skipper
Genus Pholisora
Common Sootywing
Genus Pyrgus: Checkered-Skippers
Common Checkered-Skipper
Tropical Checkered Skipper
Two-banded Checkered-Skipper
Genus Thorybes
Northern Cloudywing
Genus Timochares
Brown-banded Skipper
Genus Urbanus
Brown Longtail
Dorantes Longtail
Long-tailed Skipper
Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae)
Common Mellana
Dakota Skipper
Dun Skipper
Eufala Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Juba Skipper
Little Glassywing
Sachem
Sonoran Skipper
Southern Skipperling
Whirlabout
Skipperlings (Heteropterinae)
Arctic Skipper
Riodinidae: Metalmarks
Fatal Metalmark
Mormon Metalmark
Palmer's Metalmark
Red-bordered Metalmark

Swallowtail Butterflies (Papilionidae)
Battus
Pipevine Swallowtail
Eurytides
Zebra Swallowtail
Papilio
Anise Swallowtail
Eastern Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Indra Swallowtail
Pale Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Parnassius
Clodius Parnassian

Moths
Black Witch Moth
Cinnabar Moth
Clearwing Moths
Corn Earworm Moth
Inchworm Moths
Polyphemus Moth (Giant Silkworm Moth)
Ranchman's Tiger Moth
Underwing Moths
Polka Dot Wasp Moth
Texas Wasp Moth
Western Sheep Moth
White-dotted Prominent