Butterflies in the Dominican Republic

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Antillean Clearwing (Greta diaphanus)
• Antillean Daggerwing (Marpesia eleuchea)
• Antillean Mapwing (Hypanartia paullus)
• Cream-banded Emperor (Asterocampa idyja)
• Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus)
• Dingy Purplewing (Eunica monima)
• Dirce Beauty (Colobura dirce)
• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Isabella’s Longwing (Eueides isabella)
• Jaeger’s Anetia (Anetia jaegeri)
• Jamaican Monarch (Danaus cleophile)
• 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)
• Orion Cecropian (Historis odius)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Scarlet Leafwing (Siderone galanthis)
• Soldier (Danaus eresimus)
• Tropical Buckeye (Junonia evarete)
• Tropical Milkweed Butterfly (Lycorea halia)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
• Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
• Adelpha gelania
• Anaea troglodyta floridalis
• Anetia pantheratus
• Antillea pelops
• Archaeoprepona demophoon
• Archimestra teleboas
• Calisto archebates
• Calisto batesi
• Calisto confusa
• Calisto grannus
• Calisto obscura
• Calisto pulchella
• Doxocopa thoe
• Hamadryas amphichloe
• Libytheana terena
• Lucinia sida
• Myscelia aracynthia

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)
• Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
• Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)
• Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia)
• Mallow Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
• Miami Blue (Cyclargus thomasi)
• Silver-banded Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis)
• Allosmaitia fidena
• Strymon columella
• Strymon limenia

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Apricot Sulphur (Phoebis argante)
• Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
• Florida White (Appias drusilla)
• Giant White (Ganyra josephina)
• Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
• Hall’s Sulphur (Pyrisitia leuce)
• Hispaniolan Mimic-white (Dismorphia spio)
• Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
• Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
• Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)
• Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
• Tailed Orange (Pyrisitia proterpia)
• Yellow Angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula)
• Eurema elathea elathea
• Eurema priddyi
• Melete salacia

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Androgeus Swallowtail (Papilio androgeus)
• Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus)
• Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)
• Prickly Ash Swallowtail (Papilio pelaus)
• Schaus’ Swallowtail (Papilio aristodemus)
• Eurytides zonaria
• Heraclides machaonides

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Three-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes tripunctus)
• Tropical Checkered Skipper (Burnsius oileus)
• Zarucco Duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
• Zephodes Duskywing (Ephyriades zephodes)
• Choranthus haitensis
• Perichares philetes
• Pyrrhocalles antiqua
• Rhinthon bushi
• Wallengrenia drury

One of the best places to see butterflies in the Dominican Republic is the Jardin Botánico Nacional Gardens.