Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Alabama
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Alabama. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Alabama, or visit the Alabama page to see recently submitted sightings.
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Carolina Satyr
Hermeuptychia sosybius
Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Cupido comyntas
Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe
Red-banded Hairstreak
Calycopis cecrops
Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae
Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
Zebra Swallowtail
Neographium marcellus
Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus
Clouded Skipper
Lerema accius
American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
Question Mark
Polygonia interrogationis
Horace's Duskywing
Erynnis horatius
Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis
Cabbage White
Pieris rapae
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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