List of butterflies of North America (Nymphalidae)

Subfamily Libytheinae: snouts

• American snout, Libytheana carinenta

  Subfamily Heliconiinae: heliconians and fritillaries

• Gulf fritillary, Agraulis vanillae
• Mexican silverspot, Dione moneta
• Banded orange heliconian, Dryadula phaetusa
• Julia heliconian, Dryas iulia
• Least heliconian, Euiedes aliphera
• Isabella's heliconian, Eueides isabella
• Zebra heliconian, Heliconius charithonia
• Erato heliconian, Heliconius erato
• Tiger heliconian, Heliconius ismenius
• Variegated fritillary, Euptoieta claudia
• Mexican fritillary, Euptoieta hegesia
• Diana fritillary, Speyeria diana
• Great spangled fritillary, Speyeria cybele
• Aphrodite fritillary, Speyeria aphrodite
• Regal fritillary, Speyeria idalia
• Nokomis fritillary, Speyeria nokomis
• Edward's fritillary, Speyeria edwardsii
• Coronis fritillary, Speyeria coronis
• Zerene fritillary, Speyeria zerene
• Carol's Fritillary, Speyeria carolae
• Callippe fritillary, Speyeria callippe
• Great Basin fritillary, Speyeria egleis
• Unsilvered fritillary, Speyeria adiaste
• Atlantis fritillary, Speyeria atlantis
• Northwestern fritillary, Speyeria hesperis
• Hydaspe fritillary, Speyeria hydaspe
• Mormon fritillary, Speyeria mormonia
• Mountain fritillary, Boloria napaea
• Bog fritillary, Boloria eunomia
• Silver-bordered fritillary, Boloria selene
• Meadow fritillary, Boloria bellona
• Frigga fritillary, Boloria frigga
• Dingy fritillary, Boloria improba
• * Wind River dingy fritillary, Boloria improba harryi
• * Uncompahgre dingy fritillary, Boloria improba acrocnema
• Relict fritillary, Boloria kriemhild
• Pacific fritillary, Boloria epithore
• Polaris fritillary, Boloria polaris
• Freija fritillary, Boloria freija
• Alberta fritillary, Boloria alberta
• Astarte fritillary, Boloria astarte
• * Distinct Astarte fritillary, Boloria astarte distincta
• Purplish fritillary, Boloria montinus
• Arctic fritillary, Boloria chariclea
• Cryptic fritillary, Boloria natazhati

  Subfamily Nymphalinae: true brushfoots

• Dotted checkerspot, Poladryas minuta
• Arachne checkerspot, Poladryas arachne
• Theona checkerspot, Thessalia theona
• Chinati checkerspot, Thessalia chinatiensis
• Black checkerspot, Thessalia cyneas
• Fulvia checkerspot, Thessalia fulvia
• Leanira checkerspot, Thessalia leanira
• California patch, Chlosyne californica
• Bordered patch, Chlosyne lacinia
• Definite patch, Chlosyne definita
• Banded patch, Chlosyne endeis
• Crimson patch, Chlosyne janais
• Rosita patch, Chlosyne rosita
• Red-spotted patch, Chlosyne melitaeoides
• Gorgone checkerspot, Chlosyne gorgone
• Silvery checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis
• Harris's checkerspot, Chlosyne harrisii
• Nuevo León checkerspot, Chlosyne kendallorum
• Northern checkerspot, Chlosyne palla
• Rockslide checkerspot, Chlosyne whitneyi
• Sagebrush checkerspot, Chlosyne acastus
• Gabb's checkerspot, Chlosyne gabbii
• Hoffmann's checkerspot, Chlosyne hoffmanni
• Elf, Microtia elva
• Tiny checkerspot, Dymasia dymas
• * Dymasia dymas chara
• Elada checkerspot, Texola elada
• Smudged crescent, Castilia eranites
• Texan crescent, Phyciodes texana
• * Texan Texan crescent, Phyciodes texana texana
• * Seminole Texan crescent, Phyciodes texana seminole
• Cuban crescent, Phyciodes frisia
• Pale-banded crescent, Phyciodes tulcis
• Orange-patched crescent, Phyciodes drusilla
• Ardent crescent, Phyciodes ardys
• Black crescent, Phyciodes ptolyca
• Pine crescent, Phyciodes sitalces
• Chestnut crescent, Phyciodes argentea
• Vesta crescent, Phyciodes vesta
• Phaon crescent, Phyciodes phaon
• Pearl crescent, Phyciodes tharos
• Northern crescent, Phyciodes cocyta
• * Diminutive northern crescent, Phyciodes cocyta diminutor
• * Mimic northern crescent, Phyciodes cocyta incognitus
• Tawny crescent, Phyciodes batesii
• Field crescent, Phyciodes campestris
• Painted crescent, Phyciodes picta
• California crescent, Phyciodes orseis
• Pale crescent, Phyciodes pallida
• Mylitta crescent, Phyciodes mylitta
• Gillett's checkerspot, Euphydryas gillettii
• Variable checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona
• * Chalcedon variable checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona chalcedona
• * Snowberry variable checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona colon
• * Anicia variable checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona anicia
• Edith's checkerspot, Euphydryas editha
• Baltimore checkerspot, Euphydryas phaeton
• Question mark, Polygonia interrogationis
• Eastern comma, Polygonia comma
• Satyr comma, Polygonia satyrus
• Green comma, Polygonia faunus
• * Green green comma, Polygonia faunus faunus
• * Polygonia faunus hylas
• * Sylvan green comma, Polygonia faunus silvius
• Hoary comma, Polygonia gracilis
• * Zephyr hoary comma, Polygonia gracilis zephyrus
• Oreas comma, Polygonia oreas
• Gray comma, Polygonia progne
• Compton tortoiseshell, Nymphalis vaualbum
• California tortoiseshell, Nymphalis californica
• Mourning cloak, Nymphalis antiopa
• Milbert's tortoiseshell, Aglais milberti
• Small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae
• American lady, Vanessa virginiensis
• Painted lady, Vanessa cardui
• West Coast lady, Vanessa annabella
• Red admiral, Vanessa atalanta
• Orange mapwing, Hypanartia lethe
• Mimic, Hypolimnas misippus
• Common buckeye, Junonia coenia
• Mangrove buckeye, Junonia evarete
• Tropical buckeye, Junonia genoveva
• White peacock, Anartia jatrophae
• Cuban peacock, Anartia chrysopelea
• Banded peacock, Anartia fatima
• Malachite, Siproeta stelenes
• Rusty-tipped page, Siproeta epaphus

  Subfamily Limenitidinae: admirals, sisters and others

• Red-spotted admiral, Limenitis arthemis
• * White admiral, Limenitis arthemis arthemis
• * Red-spotted purple, Limenitis arthemis astyanax
• Viceroy, Limenitis archippus
• Weidemeyer's admiral, Limenitis weidemeyerii
• Lorquin's admiral, Limenitis lorquini
• Band-celled sister, Adelpha fessonia
• California sister, Adelpha bredowii
• Eyed sister, Adelpha paroeca
• Spot-celled sister, Adelpha basiloides
• Mexican sister, Adelpha diazi
• Rayed sister, Adelpha lycorias melanthe
• Common banner, Epiphile adrasta
• Orange banner, Temenis laothoe
• Mexican bluewing, Myscelia ethusa
• Blackened bluewing, Myscelia cyanathe
• Whitened bluewing, Myscelia cyaniris
• Dingy purplewing, Eunica monima
• Florida purplewing, Eunica tatila
• Four-spotted sailor, Dynamine postverta
• Blue-eyed sailor, Dynamine dyonis
• Small-eyed sailor, Dynamine artisemia
• Orange-striped eighty-eight, Diaethria pandama
• Common Mestra, Mestra amymone
• Red rim, Biblis hyperia
• Red cracker, Hamadryas amphinome
• Gray cracker, Hamadryas februa
• Variable cracker, Hamadryas feronia
• Glaucous cracker, Hamadryas glauconome
• Pale cracker, Hamadryas amphichloe
• Guatemalan cracker, Hamadryas guatemalena
• Black-patched cracker, Hamadryas atlantis
• Orion cecropian, Historis odius
• Tailed cecropian, Historis acheronta
• Blomfild's beauty, Smyrna blomfildia
• Waiter daggerwing, Marpesia coresia
• Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron
• Ruddy daggerwing, Marpesia petreus
• Antillean daggerwing, Marpesia eleuchea

  Subfamily Charaxinae: leafwings

• One-spotted prepona, Archaeoprepona demophon
• Tropical leafwing, Anaea aidea
• Florida leafwing, Anaea floridalis
• Goatweed leafwing, Anaea andria
• Pointed leafwing, Anaea eurypyle
• Angled leafwing, Anaea glycerium
• Pale-spotted leafwing, Anaea pithyusa
• Guatemalan leafwing, Anaea forreri

  Subfamily Apaturinae: emperors

• Hackberry emperor, Asterocampa celtis
• Empress Leilia, Asterocampa leilia
• Tawny emperor, Asterocampa clyton
• Cream-banded dusky emperor, Asterocampa idyja argus
• Pavon emperor, Doxocopa pavon
• Silver emperor, Doxocopa laure

  Subfamily Morphinae: morphos

• Orange owlet, Opsiphanes boisduvalii
• Split-banded owlet, Opsiphanes cassina
• White morpho, Morpho polyphemus

  Subfamily Satyrinae: satyrs

• Southern pearly-eye, Enodia portlandia
• Northern pearly-eye, Enodia anthedon
• Creole pearly-eye, Enodia creola
• Eyed brown, Satyrodes eurydice
• Appalachian brown, Satyrodes appalachia
• Nabokov's satyr, Cyllopsis pyracmon
• Horsetail gemmed-satyr, Cyllopsis pseudopephredo
• Canyonland satyr, Cyllopsis pertepida
• Gemmed satyr, Cyllopsis gemma
• Carolina satyr, Hermeuptychia sosybius
• Hermeuptychia hermybius
• Hermeuptychia intricata
• Georgia satyr, Neonympha areolata
• Mitchell's satyr, Neonympha mitchellii
• Helicta satyr, Neonympha helicta
• Little wood-satyr, Megisto cymela
• Red satyr, Megisto rubricata
• Pine satyr, Paramacera allyni
• White satyr, Pareuptychia ocirrhoe
• Hayden's ringlet, Coenonympha haydenii
• Common ringlet, Coenonympha tullia
• * Inornate common ringlet, Coenonympha tullia inornata
• * Salt marsh common ringlet, Coenonympha tullia nipisiquit
• * Ochre common ringlet, Coenonympha tullia ochracea
• * California common ringlet, Coenonympha tullia california
• Common wood-nymph, Cercyonis pegala
• Mead's wood-nymph, Cercyonis meadii
• Great Basin wood-nymph, Cercyonis sthenele
• Small wood-nymph, Cercyonis oetus
• Vidler's alpine, Erebia vidleri
• Ross's alpine, Erebia rossii
• Disa alpine, Erebia disa
• Taiga alpine, Erebia mancinus
• Magdalena alpine, Erebia magdalena
• Banded alpine, Erebia fasciata
• Red-disked alpine, Erebia discoidalis
• Theano alpine, Erebia theano
• Four-dotted alpine, Erebia dabanensis
• Common alpine, Erebia epipsodea
• Colorado alpine, Erebia callias
• Reddish alpine, Erebia kozhantshikovi
• Eskimo alpine, Erebia occulta
• Red-bordered satyr, Gyrocheilus patrobas
• Riding's satyr, Neominois ridingsii
• Great Arctic, Oeneis nevadensis
• Macoun's Arctic, Oeneis macounii
• Chryxus Arctic, Oeneis chryxus
• * Brown chryxus Arctic, Oeneis chryxus chryxus
• * California chryxus Arctic, Oeneis chryxus ivallda
• Uhler's Arctic, Oeneis uhleri
• Alberta Arctic, Oeneis alberta
• White-veined Arctic, Oeneis taygete
• Jutta Arctic, Oeneis jutta
• Sentinel Arctic, Oeneis alpina
• Melissa Arctic, Oeneis melissa
• Polixenes Arctic, Oeneis polixenes
• Early Arctic, Oeneis rosovi

  Subfamily Danainae: milkweed butterflies and clearwings

• Monarch, Danaus plexippus
• Queen, Danaus gilippus
• Soldier, Danaus eresimus
• Tiger mimic-queen, Lycorea cleobaea
• Klug's clearwing, Dircenna klugii
• Disturbed tigerwing, Mechanitis polymnia
• Broad-tipped clearwing, Pteronymia cotytto
• Thick-tipped Greta, Greta morgane