Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Hawaii
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Hawaii. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Hawaii, or visit the Hawaii page to see recently submitted sightings.
Oleander Hawk-moth
Daphnis nerii
Black Witch
Ascalapha odorata
Lesser Grass Blue
Zizina otis
Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae
Pink-spotted hawkmoth
Agrius cingulata
Pea Blue or Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
Hawaiian Blue, Blackburn's Blue
Udara blackburni
Asian Swallowtail
Papilio xuthus
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Large Orange Sulphur
Phoebis agarithe
Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe
Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis
Plain grey hawkmoth
Psilogramma increta
Guava Moth
Ophiusa disjungens
Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak
Strymon bazochii
Cabbage White
Pieris rapae
Yam hawkmoth
Theretra nessus
Grass webworm or pale sod-webworm
Herpetogramma licarsisalis
Dot-lined Angle Moth
Psamatodes abydata
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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