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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 |
| Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo Fetid Passionflower | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Penstemon Hairy Beardtongue | |
| Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant Stinking-clover Bee Spiderflower Navajo Spinach Pink Cleome Toothed Spiderflower Skunkweed | |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canary Grass | |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed Phragmites | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Pinus contorta | Lodgepole Pine Beach Pine Pino De San Pedro Martir | |
| Pinus contorta var. latifolia | Lodgepole Pine Tall Lodgepole Pine Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine | |
| Picea glauca | White Spruce | |
| Picea mariana | Black Spruce Spruce Fir | |
| Pinus monophylla | Singleleaf Pinyon Single-leaf Pinyon One-leaved Pinyon | |
| Piscidia piscipula | Florida Fishpoison Tree Florida Fish-poison Tree | |
| Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine Western Yellow Pine Pino Blanco | |
| Pinus resinosa | Red Pine Norway Pine Canadian Pine | |
| Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine Torch Pine | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine Oldfield Pine Bull Pine Rosemary Pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine Jersey Pine Scrub Pine | |
| Populus balsamifera | Balsam Poplar Balsam Tacmahac Hackmatack Tacamahaca Bam Tree | |
| Polygonum bistortoides | American Bistort Western Bistort | |
| Potentilla canadensis | Dwarf Cinquefoil | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Southern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Eastern Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Poa glauca ssp. glauca | Glaucous Bluegrass Upland Bluegrass Upland Blue Grass | |
| Populus grandidentata | Bigtooth Aspen Big-tooth Aspen Long-toothed Aspen | |
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | |
| Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley | |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen Golden Aspen Trembling Aspen Mountain Aspen Aspen Trembling Poplar Alamo Blanco | |
| Polygonum viviparum | Alpine Bistort | |
| Prunus emarginata | Bitter Cherry | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Prunus havardii | Havard's Plum Havard’s Almond | |
| Prunus pensylvanica | Pin Cherry Fire Cherry Wild Red Cherry Bird Cherry Pigeon Cherry | |
| Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
| Prunus serotina var. serotina | Eastern Black Cherry Black Cherry | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
| Prunus virginiana var. virginiana | Chokecherry | |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas Fir Blue Douglas Fir | |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii | Coast Douglas Fir | |
| Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium | Blunt-leaf Rabbit-tobacco Rabbit Tobacco Sweet Everlasting Fragrant Cudweed | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
| Quercus agrifolia | California Live Oak Coast Live Oak Encino Verde | |
| Quercus arizonica | Arizona White Oak Arizona Oak | |
| Quercus chrysolepis | Canyon Live Oak | |
| Quercus emoryi | Emory Oak Black Oak Holly Oak Apache Oak Desert Live Oak Western Black Oak Roble Negro Bellota | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
| Quercus gambelii | Gambel Oak Rocky Mountain White Oak Utah White Oak | |
| Quercus ilicifolia | Bear Oak Scrub Oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak Chinquapin Oak Chestnut Oak Yellow Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Yellow Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus palustris | Pin Oak Swamp Spanish Oak | |
| Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | |
| Quercus rubra var. ambigua | Northern Red Oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Rhamnus alnifolia | Alderleaf Buckthorn | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Rhododendron canadense | Rhodora | |
| Rhamnus crocea | Redberry Buckthorn Holly-leaf Buckthorn Redberry | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
| Rhizophora mangle | Red Mangrove | |
| Rhododendron occidentale | Western Azalea | |
| Robinia neomexicana | New Mexico Locust Southwestern Locust Hojalito | |
| Rosa nutkana | Nootka Rose | |
| Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's Ruellia Drummond's Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima | Black-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Pinewoods Coneflower | |
| Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura | |
| Rubus parviflorus | Western Thimbleberry Thimbleberry | |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
| Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf Willow Peach-leaf Willow Almond-leaf Willow Almond Willow Peach Willow Southwestern Peach Willow Wright Willow Wright Peachleaf Willow | |
| Salix arctica | Arctic Willow | |
| Salix bebbiana | Bebb Willow Gray Willow Long-beaked Willow | |
| Saxifraga bronchialis | Yellowdot Saxifrage Yellow-spot Saxifrage Matted Saxifrage | |
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow Glaucous Willow | |
| Salix eriocephala | Missouri River Willow Missouri Willow Stiff Willow | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | |
| Salix lucida | Shining Willow | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Salix reticulata | Netleaf Willow | |
| Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Salix sericea | Silky Willow | |
| Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass Cottongrass Bulrush Marsh Bulrush Teddybear Paws | |
| Schizachne purpurascens | False Melic Purple Oatgrass Schizachnã© Pourprã© | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
| Senegalia berlandieri | Guajillo Berlandier Acacia Berlandier's Acacia Round-flowered Catclaw Roundflower Catclaw Mimosa Catclaw Thornless Catclaw Huajilla | |
| Senna hebecarpa | American Senna Wild Senna | |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears | |
| Serenoa repens | Saw Palmetto | |
| Sida rhombifolia | Cuban Jute Axocatzin | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
| Spartina alterniflora | Saltmarsh Cordgrass Saltwater Cordgrass Salt Cordgrass Smooth Cordgrass | |
| Spiraea alba | White Meadowsweet | |
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