We have been to many areas of the Continental United States and northern Mexico photographing butterflies.  For the purposes of our web site we have grouped all these butterflies into one list called North American Butterflies.  The species that only occur in Mexico have a green background on our list.  You can start by jumping to the common or scientific name of a butterfly group or you can scroll down and browse our list.  We will be adding many pages of photos over the coming months, so check back often.  If you want to learn more about Mexican butterflies, visit the Mariposas Mexicanas web site.  There is a vast collection of photos, downloadable scientific papers and lists of Mexican butterflies.

Choose an image to go to the photo page for this group.  Choose the text below the image to go to the master list and see links to the pages we have photos for:

SWALLOWTAILS (PAPILIONIDAE)
Parnassians (Parnassiinae)	Swallowtails (Papilioninae)

WHITES & YELLOWS (PIERIDAE)
Whites (Pierinae)	Sulphurs (Coliadinae)

GOSSAMERWINGS (LYCAENIDAE)
Coppers (Lycaeninae)	Hairstreaks (Theclinae)	Blues (Polyommatinae)

METALMARKS (RIODINIDAE)

Euselasia & relatives (Euselasiinae) True Metalmarks (Riodininae)

BRUSHFOOTS (NYMPHALIDAE)
Snouts (Libytheinae) Heliconians & Fritillaries (Heliconiinae) Exotic Brushfoots (Biblidinae) Morphos & Owl Butterflies (Morphinae)    Morphos (Morphini)    Owl Butterflies (Brassolini)	Monarch and relatives (Danainae) True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae) Leafwings & relatives (Charaxinae) Satyrs (Satyrinae)	Clearwings & Tigerwings (Ithomiinae) Sisters & Admirals (Limenitidinae) Emperors (Apaturinae)

SKIPPERS (HESPERIIDAE)
Firetips (Pyrrhopginae) Grass-Skippers (Hesperiinae)	Spreadwing Skippers (Pyrginae)    Giant Skippers (Megathymini)	Skipperlings (Heteropterinae)

Visit our U.S. and State Records page to see butterflies we found that are records for a state or for the U.S.