Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Nicaragua
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Nicaragua. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Nicaragua, or visit the Nicaragua page to see recently submitted sightings.
Iphicleola Sister or Confusing Sister
Adelpha iphicleola
Simple Checkerspot
Chlosyne hippodrome
Malachite
Siproeta stelenes
Lamplight Actinote
Altinote ozomene
Banded Peacock
Anartia fatima
Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth
Anticarsia gemmatalis
Pale Owl
Caligo telamonius
Soldier
Danaus eresimus
Queen
Danaus gilippus
Klug's Clearwing
Dircenna klugii
Oslar's eacles
Eacles oslari
Ello sphinx
Erinnyis ello
Glaucous Cracker
Hamadryas glauconome
Guatemalan Cracker
Hamadryas guatemalena
Orange Mapwing
Hypanartia lethe
Ruddy Daggerwing
Marpesia petreus
Polymnia Tigerwing
Mechanitis polymnia
Deep-blue Eyed-Metalmark
Mesosemia asa
Common Mestra
Mestra amymone
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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