Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Utah
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Utah. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Utah, or visit the Utah page to see recently submitted sightings.
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Two-tailed Swallowtail
Papilio multicaudata
Purplish Copper
Lycaena helloides
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Cabbage White
Pieris rapae
Indra Swallowtail
Papilio indra
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis
Sagebrush Checkerspot
Chlosyne acastus
Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
Field Crescent
Phyciodes pulchella
Boisduval's Blue
Plebejus icarioides
Melissa Blue (includes Karner Blue)
Plebejus melissa
Western White
Pontia occidentalis
Hoary Comma
Polygonia gracilis
Checkered White
Pontia protodice
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
Western Tailed-Blue
Cupido amyntula
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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