Regional Butterfly and Moth Information
Top 20 Commonly Reported Butterflies and Moths of Belize
These are the most commonly reported butterflies and moths in Belize. If you do not see the species you found, look at all photographs submitted in Belize, or visit the Belize page to see recently submitted sightings.
Banded Peacock
Anartia fatima
Pale Owl
Caligo telamonius
White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae
Erato Heliconian
Heliconius erato
Variable Cracker
Hamadryas feronia
Mexican Cycadian
Eumaeus toxea
Mexican Fritillary
Euptoieta hegesia
Many-banded Daggerwing
Marpesia chiron
Dirce Beauty
Colobura dirce
Tiger-striped Longwing
Heliconius ismenius
Ceraunus Blue
Hemiargus ceraunus
White Satyr
Pareuptychia ocirrhoe
Tetrio sphinx
Pseudosphinx tetrio
Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae
Crimson Patch
Chlosyne janais
Queen
Danaus gilippus
Mexican Sailor
Dynamine postverta
Zebra Heliconian
Heliconius charithonia
Hermes Satyr
Hermeuptychia hermes
Orion Cecropian
Historis odius
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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