Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of North Carolina
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in North Carolina. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in North Carolina, or visit the North Carolina page to see recently submitted sightings.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Cupido comyntas
Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe
Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
Cabbage White
Pieris rapae
Red-spotted Purple or White Admiral
Limenitis arthemis
Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
Carolina Satyr
Hermeuptychia sosybius
Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia
Summer Azure
Celastrina neglecta
Question Mark
Polygonia interrogationis
Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Red-banded Hairstreak
Calycopis cecrops
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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