Notable Species
There are between 15,000 and 20,000 species of butterflies worldwide. Some well-known species from around the world include:
- Swallowtails and Birdwings, Family Papilionidae
- Common Yellow Swallowtail, Papilio machaon
- Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio troilus
- Lime Butterfly, Papilio demoleus
- Ornithoptera genus (Birdwings; the largest butterflies)
- Whites and Yellows, Family Pieridae
- Small White, Pieris rapae
- Green-veined White, Pieris napi
- Common Jezebel, Delias eucharis
- Blues and Coppers or Gossamer-Winged Butterflies, Family Lycaenidae
- Xerces Blue, Glaucopsyche xerces (extinct)
- Karner Blue, Lycaeides melissa samuelis (endangered)
- Red Pierrot, Talicada nyseus
- Metalmark butterflies, Family Riodinidae
- Duke of Burgundy, Hamearis lucina
- Plum Judy, Abisara echerius
- Brush-footed butterflies, Family Nymphalidae
- Painted Lady, or Cosmopolitan, Vanessa cardui
- Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
- Morpho genus
- Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria
- Skippers, Family Hesperiidae
- Mallow Skipper, Carcharodus alceae
- Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon
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