Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Regional Butterfly and Moth Information

Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Belize

These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Belize. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Belize, or visit the Belize page to see recently submitted sightings.


Banded Peacock
Anartia fatima

White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae

Variable Cracker
Hamadryas feronia

Erato Heliconian
Heliconius erato

Dirce Beauty
Colobura dirce

Mexican Cycadian
Eumaeus toxea

Tetrio sphinx
Pseudosphinx tetrio

Mexican Fritillary
Euptoieta hegesia

Tiger-striped Longwing
Heliconius ismenius

Many-banded Daggerwing
Marpesia chiron

Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae

Tulcis Crescent or Pale-banded Crescent
Anthanassa tulcis

One-spotted Prepona
Archaeoprepona demophon

Black Witch
Ascalapha odorata

Blue-stitched Eighty-eight
Callicore astarte

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Identifying Caterpillars

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Surprisingly, most of the larval stages of butterflies and moths are simply unknown, and caterpillar photographs can be very difficult to identify. It may take some time for a coordinator to identify your caterpillar.

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