Butterflies of North America

Butterflies of North America

Photographs by Adrian Hoskins, Tony Hoare & Ken Childs

On this page you will find about 30 images depicting a small but representative selection of species found in the Nearctic region, an area encompassing Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Further submission of photographs are welcomed. Clicking on any image takes you to a page dedicated to that species, with additional photos and a wealth of information about it's habits and biology.


Danaus plexippus © Ingo Arndt

Anthocharis midea	Atalopedes campestris	Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Chlosyne hippodrome	Diaethria anna	Diaethria pandama

Dione moneta	Heliconius charithonia	Euptoieta hegesia

	Pyrgus oileus

Perrhybris pamela	Hesperocharis graphites	Aphrissa statira

Chlosyne ehrenbergii	Arawacus jada	Zizula cyna

Theagenes aegides	Pyrgus oileus	Hylephila phyleus

	Agraulis vanillae

Satyrium titus	Polygonia interrogationis	Wallengrenia otho

Poanes zabulon	Papilio glaucus	Colias philodice

Libytheana carinenta	Eurytides marcellus	Euptoieta claudia

Marpesia chiron	Anartia jatrophae	Hamadryas feronia

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