Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of New Mexico
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in New Mexico. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in New Mexico, or visit the New Mexico page to see recently submitted sightings.
Checkered White
Pontia protodice
Reakirt's Blue
Echinargus isola
Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia
Juniper Hairstreak
Callophrys gryneus
Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis
Queen
Danaus gilippus
Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole
Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe
Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Two-tailed Swallowtail
Papilio multicaudata
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
Taxiles Skipper
Poanes taxiles
Field Crescent
Phyciodes pulchella
Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
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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