Butterflies in Cuba

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• American Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta)
• Antillean Daggerwing (Marpesia eleuchea)
• Antillean Mapwing (Hypanartia paullus)
• Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
• Cream-banded Emperor (Asterocampa idyja)
• Cuban Crescent (Anthanassa frisia)
• Cuban Peacock (Anartia chrysopelea)
• Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus)
• Dingy Purplewing (Eunica monima)
• Dirce Beauty (Colobura dirce)
• Florida Purplewing (Eunica tatila)
• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Isabella’s Longwing (Eueides isabella)
• Jazzy Leafwing (Hypna clytemnestra)
• Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)
• Lesser False Fritillary (Anetia briarea)
• Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)
• Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia genoveva)
• Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron)
• Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)
• Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
• Mylitta Greenwing (Dynamine postverta)
• One-spotted Prepona (Archaeoprepona demophon)
• Orion Cecropian (Historis odius)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
• Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Red Cracker (Hamadryas amphinome)
• Salvin’s Anetia  (Anetia cubana)
• Scarlet Leafwing (Siderone galanthis)
• Silver Emperor (Doxocopa laure)
• Soldier (Danaus eresimus)
• Tailed Cecropian (Historis acheronta)
• Tropical Buckeye (Junonia evarete)
• Tropical Milkweed Butterfly (Lycorea halia)
• Variable Cracker (Hamadryas feronia)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
• White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
• Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
• Antillea pelops
• Calisto bradleyi
• Calisto brochei
• Calisto bruneri
• Calisto hysius
• Calisto israeli
• Calisto muripetens
• Calisto occulta

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Amethyst Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon maesites)
• Atala (Eumaeus atala)
• Bartram’s Scrub-hairstreak (Strymon acis)
• Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)
• Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)
• Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia)
• Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno)
• Lantana Scrub-hairstreak (Strymon bazochii)
• Lucas’ Blue (Cyclargus ammon)
• Mallow Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
• Martial Scrub-hairstreak (Strymon martialis)
• Silver-banded Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis)
• Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis)
• Pseudochrysops bornoi
• Ziegleria hernandezi

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Apricot Sulphur (Phoebis argante)
• Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)
• Boisduval’s Yellow (Eurema boisduvaliana)
• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Cuban Dismorphia (Dismorphia cubana)
• Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
• Dina Yellow (Pyrisitia dina)
• Florida White (Glutophrissa drusilla)
• Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
• Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
• Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
• Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
• Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise)
• Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)
• Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
• Red-splashed Sulphur (Phoebis avellaneda)
• Shy Yellow (Pyrisitia messalina)
• Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
• Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
• Statira Sulphur (Aphrissa statira)
• Tailed Orange (Pyrisitia proterpia)
• White-angled Sulphur (Anteos clorinde)
• Yellow Angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula)
• Melete salacia

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Caribbean Metalmark (Dianesia carteri)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Androgeus Swallowtail (Heraclides androgeus)
• Bahaman Swallowtail (Heraclides andraemon)
• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
• Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus)
• Cuban Black Swallowtail (Heraclides oxynius)
• Cuban Cattleheart (Parides gundlachianus)
• Cuban Kite Swallowtail (Eurytides celadon)
• Palamedes Swallowtail (Pterourus palamedes)
• Poey’s Black Swallowtail (Heraclides caiguanabus)
• Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)
• Prickly Ash Swallowtail (Heraclides pelaus)
• Schaus’ Swallowtail (Heraclides aristodemus)
• Spicebush Swallowtail (Pterourus troilus)
• Thomas Swallowtail (Heraclides thoas)
• Battus devilliersii

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Baracoa Skipper (Polites baracoa)
• Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
• Caribbean Duskywing (Ephyriades arcas)
• Common Anastrus (Anastrus sempiternus)
• Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
• Emerald Aguna (Aguna claxon)
• Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
• Florida Duskywing (Ephyriades brunnea)
• Golden Banded-skipper (Autochton cellus)
• Hammock Skipper (Polygonus leo)
• Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
• Mangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion)
• Mercurial Skipper (Proteides mercurius)
• Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides)
• Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)
• Potrillo Skipper (Cabares potrillo)
• Purple-washed Skipper (Panoquina lucas)
• Southern Broken Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
• Three-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes tripunctus)
• Tropical Checkered Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
• Yellow-tipped Flasher (Astraptes anaphus)
• Zarucco Duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
• Zestos Skipper (Epargyreus zestos)
• Atalopedes mesogramma
• Lerodea eufala
• Nyctelius nyctelius

Some notable places to see butterflies in Cuba include the Sierra Maestra mountains, though you will require a guide if you intend to scale its highest peak, Pico Turquino, as well as the city of Baracoa, located in the eastern part of the country.