Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Costa Rica
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Costa Rica. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Costa Rica, or visit the Costa Rica page to see recently submitted sightings.
Banded Peacock
Anartia fatima
Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae
Malachite
Siproeta stelenes
Julia Heliconian
Dryas iulia
Common Morpho
Morpho helenor
Erato Heliconian
Heliconius erato
Polydamas Swallowtail
Battus polydamas
Plain Longtail
Urbanus simplicius
Carolina Satyr
Hermeuptychia sosybius
Hecale Longwing
Heliconius hecale
Togarna Hairstreak
Arawacus togarna
Tropical Buckeye
Junonia evarete
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius oileus
Thoas Swallowtail
Papilio thoas
Dorantes Longtail
Urbanus dorantes
Two-barred Flasher
Astraptes fulgerator
Rounded Metalmark
Calephelis perditalis
Crimson Patch
Chlosyne janais
Sara Longwing
Heliconius sara
We can help identify your butterfly or moth!
If you know the date and location where the photograph was taken, we can help. It's simple!
A coordinator will review your submission, and you will get an email with the identification.
We will store your submitted data. Your submission will contribute to our species profiles, checklists, and database. You can track all your submissions and create a personal species list.
Identifying Caterpillars
Do you have a photograph of a caterpillar? If so, when you submit your photograph, please provide us with host plant information if possible. Consider raising it to the adult stage before submitting photographs.
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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