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Butterflies & Moths of the World

Butterflies & Moths of the World

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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 Website 8,370 participants 73,129 spottings

Butterflies and Moths are insects of the order Lepidoptera. Their brilliant colors have inspired artistic depictions dating back to the Egyptians and their wing structure continues to inspire scientists and engineers today. Help us document their amazing diversity.

Butterflies & Moths of the World

Recent Spottings

Unidentified Moth Leuba Ridgway 2 1 Unidentified Moth
Silver lined hawk moth KarenSaxton 0 0 Silver lined hawk moth
Saturniid moth Les Catchick 7 6 Saturniid moth
Gulf fritillary Brian38 3 0 Gulf fritillary
Soldier Commodore KarenSaxton 1 0 Soldier Commodore
Little yellow Brian38 1 1 Little yellow
Monarch butterfly Brian38 2 0 Monarch butterfly
Eggplant leafroller moth Brian38 1 1 Eggplant leafroller moth
Spotting Raksha 1 0 Spotting
Spotting Raksha 1 0 Spotting
Uraniid moth Raksha 5 1 Uraniid moth
Spotting CindyBinghamKeiser 3 2 Spotting
Black-dotted Ruddy Moth Brian38 1 1 Black-dotted Ruddy Moth
Painted Lady Muckpuk 1 0 Painted Lady
Red-Based Jezebel Manoj Samuel Grg 5 0 Red-Based Jezebel
Common checkered-skipper Brian38 2 0 Common checkered-skipper
Blue tiger Raksha 2 0 Blue tiger
Great Spangled Fritillary BrittanieMcCormack 2 0 Great Spangled Fritillary
Lemon pansy Raksha 1 0 Lemon pansy
Purple Sapphire Manoj Samuel Grg 1 0 Purple Sapphire
Triangles Manoj Samuel Grg 1 0 Triangles
Black swallowtail Brian38 2 0 Black swallowtail
Queen (butterfly) Brian38 4 0 Queen (butterfly)
Reakirt's blue Brian38 2 0 Reakirt's blue
pink spotted hawkmoth ornithoptera80 1 1 pink spotted hawkmoth
Carolina Sphinx Moth, Tobacco Hornworm, Hawk Moth Muckpuk 0 1 Carolina Sphinx Moth, Tobacco Hornworm, Hawk Moth
Oecophorine Moth Leuba Ridgway 2 0 Oecophorine Moth
Four Eyes Leuba Ridgway 2 0 Four Eyes
long tailed blue KarenSaxton 0 0 long tailed blue
Purple Sapphire Manoj Samuel Grg 9 4 Purple Sapphire
Brown longtail Brian38 2 0 Brown longtail
Speckled Wood Malcolm Wilton-Jones 1 0 Speckled Wood
Tropical checkered skipper Brian38 2 0 Tropical checkered skipper
Maple Looper Moth ForestDragon 1 0 Maple Looper Moth
Viceroy (butterfly) Brian38 4 2 Viceroy (butterfly)
Forget-Me-Not Manoj Samuel Grg 2 0 Forget-Me-Not
brown pansy KarenSaxton 0 0 brown pansy
Common BlueBottle Manoj Samuel Grg 2 0 Common BlueBottle
Common BlueBottle Manoj Samuel Grg 2 0 Common BlueBottle
Common Bluebottle / Blue Triangle Manoj Samuel Grg 1 0 Common Bluebottle / Blue Triangle
Golden emperor moth Ruth_pachuau13 4 1 Golden emperor moth
Giant Peacock Moth DespinaTsafetopoulou 2 0 Giant Peacock Moth
White-patched skipper Brian38 1 0 White-patched skipper
orange sulpher ornithoptera80 1 2 orange sulpher
Tawny emperor Brian38 1 0 Tawny emperor
Small White Malcolm Wilton-Jones 1 0 Small White
Purple-shot Copper; Manto púrpura arlanda 1 0 Purple-shot Copper; Manto púrpura
Large Paectes Moth ForestDragon 1 0 Large Paectes Moth
Rosy Maple Moth ForestDragon 1 0 Rosy Maple Moth
Iberian Marbled White; Medioluto Ibérica arlanda 1 0 Iberian Marbled White; Medioluto Ibérica
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