Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Regional Butterfly and Moth Information

Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Puerto Rico

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


Puerto Rican Calisto
Calisto nubila

Drury's Broken-dash
Wallengrenia drury

Tetrio sphinx
Pseudosphinx tetrio

Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae

Vitellius Skipper
Choranthus vitellius

Black Witch
Ascalapha odorata

Great Southern White
Ascia monuste

Puerto Rican Checkerspot
Atlantea tulita

Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius oileus

Mexican Fritillary
Euptoieta hegesia

Tropical Buckeye
Junonia evarete

White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae

Antillean Crescent
Antillea pelops

Statira Sulphur
Aphrissa statira

Dirce Beauty
Colobura dirce

Three-spotted Skipper
Cymaenes tripunctus

Fulvous Hairstreak
Electrostrymon angelia

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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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