Types of Butterflies in Arizona

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
• Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
• Weidemeyer’s Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
• ‘Astyanax‘ Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
• Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
• Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron)
• Black-patched Cracker (Hamadryas atlantis)
• Blackened Bluewing (Myscelia cyananthe)
• Dusky Emperor (Asterocampa idyja)
• Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia)
• Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
• Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
• Silver Emperor (Doxocopa laure)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
• Coronis Fritillary (Speyeria coronis)
• Mormon Fritillary (Speyeria mormonia)
• Nokomis Fritillary (Speyeria nokomis)
• Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)
• Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Isabella’s Heliconian (Eueides isabella)
• Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonius)
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Queen (Danaus gilippus)
• Soldier (Danaus eresimus)
• American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
• Field Crescent (Phyciodes pulchellus)
• Graphic Crescent (Phyciodes graphica)
• Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)
• Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)
• Painted Crescent (Phyciodes picta)
• Pale Crescent (Phyciodes pallida)
• Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
• Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
• Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)
• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Satyr Comma (Polygonia satyrus)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Red-spotted Patch (Chlosyne marina)
• Rosita Patch (Chlosyne rosita)
• Sagebrush Checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus)
• Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
• Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
• Dotted Checkerspot (Poladryas minuta)
• Elada Checkerspot (Texola elada)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Fulvia Checkerspot (Thessalia fulvia)
• Elf (Microtia elva)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
• Lupine Blue (Aricia lupini)
• Reakirt’s Blue (Hemiargus isola)
• Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis or Brephidium exile)
• Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
• Marine Blue/Striped Blue (Leptotes marina)
• Eastern Tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Leda Ministreak (Ministrymon leda)
• Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
• Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Lyside Sulphur/Guayacan Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
• Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
• Dainty Sulphur/Dwarf Yellow (Nathalis iole)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Mexican Yellow (Eurema Mexicana)
• Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia)
• Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
• Desert Orangetip (Anthocharis cethura cethura)
• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• Spring White/California White/Colorado White (Pontia sisymbrii)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Zela Metalmark (Emesis zela)
• Arizona Metalmark (Calephelis arizonensis)
• Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo)
• Fatal Metalmark/Dusky Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
• Palmer’s Metalmark/Gray Metalmark (Apodemia palmeri)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae)

• Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
• Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)
• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
• Broad-banded Swallowtail (Papilio astyalus)
• Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
• Indra Swallowtail (Papilio indra)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Ornythion Swallowtail (Papilio ornythion)
• Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades)
• Three-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio pilumnus)
• Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
• White-dotted Cattleheart (Parides alopius)
• Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
• Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)