Nymphalidae
Myscelia orsis (Drury, 1782)
Myscelia orsis (Drury, 1782)
Myscelia orsis (Drury, 1782) is a butterfly with a 57 mm wingspan, defined by distinct upperside and underside color patterns.
Eunica tatila Herrich-Schäffer
Eunica tatila Herrich-Schäffer
Eunica tatila, the Florida purplewing, is a Nymphalidae brushfoot butterfly found across the Americas from southern US to Argentina.
Eunica monima Cramer, 1782
Eunica monima Cramer, 1782
Eunica monima (the dingy purplewing) is a North American nymphalid tropical brushfoot butterfly described in 1782.
Catonephele numilia Cramer, 1779
Catonephele numilia Cramer, 1779
Catonephele numilia is a butterfly found in most of Central and South America, with specific feeding habits for adults and caterpillars.
Catonephele acontius Linnaeus, 1771
Catonephele acontius Linnaeus, 1771
This is a description of male Catonephele acontius, with details of its wing patterns and measurements.
Nessaea aglaura (Doubleday)
Nessaea aglaura (Doubleday)
Nessaea aglaura is a blue-pigmented nymphalid butterfly found from Mexico to northern South America in tropical forests.
Nessaea obrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nessaea obrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nessaea obrinus, the obrina olivewing, is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly species with varying flight periods by subspecies.
Nessaea hewitsonii (Felder, 1859)
Nessaea hewitsonii (Felder, 1859)
Hewitson's olivewing (Nessaea hewitsonii) is a common nymphalid butterfly found across much of the Amazon basin.
Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1833)
Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1833)
Asterocampa clyton, the tawny emperor, is a North American brush-footed butterfly that uses hackberry trees as its only host plant.
Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1833)
Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1833)
Asterocampa celtis, the hackberry emperor, is a non-pollinating North American Nymphalidae butterfly that relies on hackberry trees as its only host.
Asterocampa leilia (Edwards, 1874)
Asterocampa leilia (Edwards, 1874)
Asterocampa leilia is a butterfly found in the southwestern US and Mexico, whose larvae feed on hackberry.
Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828)
Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828)
Asterocampa idyja is a butterfly species with brown wing uppersides found across parts of Central America and the Caribbean.
Sasakia charonda (Hewitson, 1862)
Sasakia charonda (Hewitson, 1862)
Sasakia charonda, the great purple emperor, is Japan's national butterfly native to East and Southeast Asia.
Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, 1823)
Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, 1823)
Doxocopa laurentia is a butterfly species with distinct sexual wing color differences found across parts of the Americas.
Doxocopa laure (Drury, 1773)
Doxocopa laure (Drury, 1773)
Doxocopa laure is a butterfly species with distinct male and female wing markings that ranges from southern North America to Brazil.
Doxocopa pavon (Latreille, 1809)
Doxocopa pavon (Latreille, 1809)
Doxocopa pavon is a sexually dimorphic butterfly ranging from South America to southern North America.
Doxocopa linda (Felder, 1862)
Doxocopa linda (Felder, 1862)
Linda's emperor (Doxocopa linda) is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly described in 1862, found in Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil's Amazonas.
Doxocopa cyane (Latreille, 1833)
Doxocopa cyane (Latreille, 1833)
Doxocopa cyane is a sexually dimorphic butterfly found in South American and Mexican cloudforests between 600 and 1800 meters elevation.
Doxocopa agathina (Cramer, 1777)
Doxocopa agathina (Cramer, 1777)
Doxocopa agathina is a butterfly with sex-varying wing colors, ~50mm wingspan, and a green proboscis like other Apaturinae.
Sephisa dichroa Kollar, 1844
Sephisa dichroa Kollar, 1844
Sephisa dichroa, the western courtier, is a nymphalid butterfly species found in South and Southeast Asia, along the Himalayas in South Asia.
Sephisa chandra (Moore, 1857)
Sephisa chandra (Moore, 1857)
Sephisa chandra, the eastern courtier, is a nymphalid butterfly species native to South and Southeast Asia.
Sephisa dichroa princeps (Fixsen, 1887)
Sephisa dichroa princeps (Fixsen, 1887)
Sephisa dichroa (western courtier) is a nymphalid butterfly found across South and Southeast Asia, along the Himalayas in South Asia.
Hestina persimilis (Westwood)
Hestina persimilis (Westwood)
Hestina persimilis, the siren, is an East Palearctic Apaturinae butterfly whose larvae feed on Celtis australis.
Hestina assimilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hestina assimilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hestina assimilis, the red ring skirt, is a large Asian Nymphalidae butterfly whose range has expanded north in Japan due to global warming.
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