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Butterflies and Moths of North America
Butterflies and Moths of North America is a searchable database of verified butterfly and moth records in the United States and Mexico. This site includes dynamic distribution maps, photographs, species accounts, and species checklists for each county in the U.S. and each state in Mexico.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abutilon incanum | Indian mallow Pelotazo Shrubby Indian mallow | |
| Acacia angustissima | Prairie acacia Fern acacia Prairie wattle Whiteball acacia | |
| Acacia berlandieri | Guajillo Berlandier acacia Thornless Catclaw Mimosa Catclaw Round-flowered Catclaw Huajillla Matoral | |
| Acer circinatum | Oregon vine maple Vine maple | |
| Acer negundo | Ash-leaf maple Ash-leaved maple Box elder Boxelder Fresno de guajuco | |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa | Black cohosh Black bugbane Bugbane Black snakeroot Fairy candles | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver maple Soft maple White maple | |
| Aesculus californica | California buckeye | |
| Agave deserti | Desert agave Desert century plant Century plant | |
| Agave lechuguilla | Lechuguilla | |
| Agave palmeri | Palmer's century plant Palmer agave Blue century plant | |
| Agave parryi | Parry's agave Century plant Parry agave | |
| Agalinis paupercula var. borealis | Smallflower false foxglove | |
| Agalinis paupercula var. paupercula | Smallflower false foxglove | |
| Agave utahensis | Utah agave | |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Chisos Mountain false Indianmallow Chisos Mtn. False Indian-mallow Velvet-leaf Mallow | |
| Alnus incana ssp. rugosa | Speckled alder | |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry Western serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Amphicarpaea bracteata | American hogpeanut | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Ambrosia trifida | Great ragweed Giant ragweed | |
| Amaranthus tuberculatus | Roughfruit amaranth | |
| Angelica atropurpurea | Purplestem angelica | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Annona glabra | Pond apple | |
| Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica | Howell's pussytoes | |
| Anaphalis margaritacea | Western pearly everlasting Pearly-everlasting | |
| Antennaria parvifolia | Small-leaf pussytoes Low everlasting Nuttall's pussytoes | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame acanthus Hummingbird bush Wright's desert honeysuckle Wright acanthus Mexican flame Wright's Mexican flame | |
| Apios americana | Groundnut Wild potato Indian potato | |
| Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading dogbane Bitterroot Flytrap dogbane | |
| Apocynum cannabinum | Indian hemp Prairie dogbane Dogbane Hemp dogbane | |
| Aquilegia brevistyla | Smallflower columbine | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana | Hinckley's golden columbine Yellow columbine Hinckley columbine Capote columbine | |
| Aristolochia californica | California dutchman's pipe | |
| Arabis ×divaricarpa | Spreadingpod rockcress | |
| Aruncus dioicus | Bride's feathers Goat's beard | |
| Aristolochia erecta | Swanflower | |
| Arabis glabra | Tower rockcress | |
| Arbutus menziesii | Pacific madrone Oregon laurel Laurelwood | |
| Arctostaphylos pungens | Pointleaf manzanita Mexican Manzanita | |
| Artemisia tridentata | Big sagebrush Great Basin sagebrush | |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick Red bearberry Kinnikinnik | |
| Astragalus alpinus | Alpine milkvetch | |
| Asclepias asperula | Spider milkweed Antelope horns Green-flowered milkweed Spider antelope-horns | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus | Groundplum milkvetch Ground plum | |
| Astragalus drummondii | Drummond's milkvetch | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
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