Butterflies in Guatemala

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• American Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta)
• Andromeda Satyr (Taygetis thamyra)
• Anna’s Eighty-eight (Diaethria anna)
• Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima)
• Blomfield’s Beauty (Smyrna blomfildia)
• Blue-frosted Banner (Catonephele numilia)
• Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
• Cloud-forest Monarch (Anetia thirza)
• Clysonymus Longwing (Heliconius clysonymus)
• Common Banner (Epiphile adrasta)
• Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais)
• Cuban Crescentspot (Anthanassa tulcis)
• Dingy Purplewing (Eunica monima)
• Elf (Microtia elva)
• Faded Eighty-eight (Diaethria astala)
• Guatemalan Cracker (Hamadryas guatemalena)
• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Helenor Morpho (Morpho helenor)
• Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)
• Juno (Dione juno)
• Karwinski’s Beauty (Smyrna karwinskii)
• Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)
• Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron)
• Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)
• Mexican Longwing (Heliconius hortense)
• Mexican Silverspot (Dione moneta)
• Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
• Moon Satyr (Pierella luna)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Mylitta Greenwing (Dynamine postverta)
• Orange Admiral (Hypanartia lethe)
• Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia)
• Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
• Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Red Cracker (Hamadryas amphinome)
• Red Postman (Heliconius erato)
• Red Rim Butterfly (Biblis hyperia)
• Rosita Patch (Chlosyne rosita)
• Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
• Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus)
• Texan Crescentspot (Anthanassa texana)
• West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
• White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
• Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
• Adelpha donysa
• Anthanassa drymaea
• Archaeoprepona demophoon
• Caligo telamonius
• Chlosyne erodyle
• Cyllopsis nelsoni
• Diaethria pandama
• Dircenna klugii
• Drucina championi
• Episcada salvinia
• Hypanartia dione
• Hypanartia godmanii
• Tegosa guatemalena

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)
• Eastern Tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)
• Echo Azure (Celastrina echo)
• Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Guatemalan Copper (Iophanus pyrrhias)
• Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
• Reakirt’s Blue (Echinargus isola)
• Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis)
• Cyanophrys agricolor
• Ostrinotes keila
• Pseudolycaena damo

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Apricot Sulphur (Phoebis argante)
• Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)
• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
• Common Green-eyed White (Leptophobia aripa)
• Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
• Ghost Yellow (Eurema albula)
• Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
• Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
• Marbled White (Hesperocharis graphites)
• Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)
• Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)
• Painted White (Pieriballia viardi)
• Salome Yellow (Eurema salome)
• Statira Sulphur (Aphrissa statira)
• Tailed Orange (Pyrisitia proterpia)
• Tailed Sulphur (Phoebis neocypris)
• White-angled Sulphur (Anteos clorinde)
• Catasticta flisa
• Catasticta teutila
• Melete polyhymnia
• Pereute charops

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula)
• Thisbe lycorias
• Juditha caucana

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Arcas Cattleheart (Parides eurimedes)
• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
• Pink-spotted Cattleheart (Parides photinus)
• Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)
• Ruby Spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades)
• Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
• Papilio erostratus

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Alana White-skipper (Heliopetes alana)
• Blue-studded Skipper (Sostrata nordica)
• Brilliant Anastrus (Anastrus neaeris neaeris)
• Broad Banded-skipper (Autochton neis)
• Broken Silverdrop (Epargyreus exadeus)
• Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
• Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
• Gold-spotted Aguna (Aguna asander)
• Guava Skipper (Phocides polybius)
• Laviana White-skipper (Heliopetes laviana)
• Long-spotted Silverdrop (Epargyreus deleoni)
• Many-spotted Skipperling (Piruna aea)
• Orange-spotted Skipper (Atarnes sallei)
• Pale Sicklewing (Achlyodes pallida)
• Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator)
• White-centered Bent-skipper (Theagenes aegides)
• Yellow-tipped Flasher (Astraptes anaphus)
• Zilpa Longtail (Chioides zilpa)
• Urbanus procne
• Vettius fantasos

The most notable place to see butterflies in Guatemala is the butterfly sanctuary at Lake Atitlán.