Family Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)
Nymphalidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 232 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Guides
Species in Nymphalidae (232)
Cuban Crescent - Hodges#4478
Anthanassa frisia
Texan Crescent Butterfly
Anthanassa texana
Pale-banded Crescent - Hodges#4478.1
Anthanassa tulcis
Hackberry Emperor
Asterocampa celtis
Tawny Emperor Butterfly
Asterocampa clyton
Mountain Fritillary - Hodges#4462
Boloria alaskensis
Alberta Fritillary - Hodges#4472
Boloria alberta
Astarte Fritillary - Hodges#4473
Boloria astarte
Meadow Fritillary Butterly
Boloria bellona
Bog Fritillary - Hodges#4463
Boloria eunomia
Freija Fritillary - Hodges#4471
Boloria freija
Frigga Fritillary - Hodges#4466
Boloria frigga
Dingy Fritillary - Hodges#4467
Boloria improba
Natazhati Fritillary - Hodges#4471.1
Boloria natazhati
Arctic Fritillary - Hodges#4470
Boloria polaris
Mead's Wood-Nymph - Hodges#4588
Cercyonis meadii
Small Wood-Nymph Butterfly
Cercyonis oetus
Common Wood-Nymph
Cercyonis pegala
Great Basin Wood-Nymph Butterfly
Cercyonis sthenele
Sagebrush Checkerspot Butterfly
Chlosyne acastus
California Patch - Hodges#4498
Chlosyne californica
Rockslide Checkerspot - Hodges#4496
Chlosyne damoetas
Definite Patch - Hodges#4500
Chlosyne definita
Fulvia Checkerspot - Hodges#4506
Chlosyne fulvia
Gabb's Checkerspot - Hodges#4495
Chlosyne gabbii
Gorgone Checkerspot - Hodges#4489
Chlosyne gorgone
Harris's Checkerspot - Hodges#4491
Chlosyne harrisii
Hoffmann's Checkerspot - Hodges#4497
Chlosyne hoffmanni
Bordered Patch Butterfly
Chlosyne lacinia
Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly
Chlosyne nycteis
Northern Checkerspot
Chlosyne palla
Theona Checkerspot - Hodges#4508
Chlosyne theona
Sierra Nevada Checkerspot - Hodges#4492.1
Chlosyne whitneyi
Hayden's Ringlet - Hodges#4581
Coenonympha haydenii
Common Ringlet Butterfly
Coenonympha tullia
Canyonland Satyr - Hodges#4572
Cyllopsis pertepida
Nabokov's Satyr - Hodges#4570
Cyllopsis pyracmon
Queen Butterfly
Danaus gilippus
88 Butterfly - Hodges#4535
Diaethria clymena
Julia Longwing Butterfly
Dryas iulia
Blue-eyed Sailor - Hodges#4534
Dynamine dyonis
Colorado Alpine - Hodges#4600
Erebia callias
Disa Alpine - Hodges#4593
Erebia disa
Red-disked Alpine - Hodges#4596
Erebia discoidalis
Common Alpine - Hodges#4599
Erebia epipsodea
Banded Alpine - Hodges#4595
Erebia fasciata
Magdalena Alpine - Hodges#4594
Erebia magdalena
Taiga Alpine - Hodges#4593.1
Erebia mancinus
Yellow-dotted Alpine - Hodges#4597
Erebia pawloskii
Ross's Alpine - Hodges#4592
Erebia rossii
Isabella’s Heliconian - Hodges#4417
Eueides isabella
Chalcedon Checkerspot Butterfly
Euphydryas chalcedona
Gillett's Checkerspot - Hodges#4521
Euphydryas gillettii
Baltimore Checkerspot
Euphydryas phaeton
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly
Euptoieta claudia
Mexican Fritillary - Hodges#4448
Euptoieta hegesia
Red-bordered Satyr - Hodges#4602
Gyrocheilus patrobas
Red Cracker Butterfly
Hamadryas amphinome
Variable Cracker - Hodges#4541
Hamadryas feronia
Zebra Longwing
Heliconius charithonia
Erato Heliconian - Hodges#4419
Heliconius erato
Intricate Satyr - Hodges#4574.1
Hermeuptychia intricata
Orion Cecropian - Hodges#4545
Historis odius
Orange Mapwing - Hodges#4438
Hypanartia lethe
Silver-studded Leafwing
Hypna clytemnestra
Common Buckeye Butterfly
Junonia coenia
Tropical Buckeye Butterfly
Junonia evarete
Junonia grisea - Hodges#4440.01
Junonia grisea
Dark Buckeye - Hodges#4441
Junonia nigrosuffusa
Junonia stemosa - Hodges#4441.1
Junonia stemosa
Northern Pearly-eye
Lethe anthedon
Appalachian Brown Butterfly
Lethe appalachia
Eyed Brown Butterfly
Lethe eurydice
American Snout Butterfly
Libytheana carinenta
Viceroy
Limenitis archippus
Red-spotted Purple Admiral
Limenitis arthemis
Lorquin's Admiral
Limenitis lorquini
Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterfly
Limenitis weidemeyerii
White-spotted Satyr - Hodges#4613.89
Manataria hercyna
Ruddy Daggerwing - Hodges#4550
Marpesia petreus
Little Wood-Satyr
Megisto cymela
Pale-spotted Leafwing - Hodges#4556
Memphis pithyusa
Common Mestra Butterfly
Mestra amymone
Elf - Hodges#4510
Microtia elva
Blue Morpho
Morpho peleides
Blackened Bluewing - Hodges#4531
Myscelia cyananthe
Riding's Satyr - Hodges#4603
Neominois ridingsii
Mourning Cloak Butterfly
Nymphalis anitopa
California Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Nymphalis californica
Compton Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Nymphalis l-album
Alberta Arctic - Hodges#4608
Oeneis alberta
Sentinel Arctic - Hodges#4612.1
Oeneis alpina
White-veined Arctic - Hodges#4610
Oeneis bore
Jutta Arctic - Hodges#4611
Oeneis jutta
Macoun's Arctic - Hodges#4605
Oeneis macounii
Melissa Arctic - Hodges#4612
Oeneis melissa
Great Arctic - Hodges#4604
Oeneis nevadensis
Philip's Arctic - Hodges#4603.2
Oeneis philipi
Polixenes Arctic - Hodges#4613
Oeneis polixenes
Uhler's Arctic - Hodges#4607
Oeneis uhleri