Directory (General, systematic & regional)

General

— ADW: Lepidoptera: Information — Pictures, classification.
— Amateur entomologist — butterfly collection — Butterfly and moth specimens for exchange, gif animation, butterfly pictures galleries, entomological expedition in French Guyana, butterfly preservation, other links to butterfly websites.
— Butterfly and Moth photography, also Virginia Butterflies — Lepidoptera photos.
— Butterflies and Moths — A website about the biology and ecology of butterflies and moths.
— Jim Mallet’s Home Page — Research, publication list, Heliconius butterflies, mimicry, portraits and quotations.

Systematic

— Lepidoptera and other life forms — Checklist and common names lists.
— Butterflies & Moths of the World — A database of generic names and their type-species.
— Delias of the World — The butterflies which make up the Pierine genus Delias are to be found in Central and Southern China, Tibet, Formosa through India westwards to the Solomon Islands and Australia.
— The Global Lepidoptera Names Index — LepIndex is essentially a computerised and updated version of the Natural History Museum’s (NHM) card index archive to the scientific names of the living and fossil butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) of the world.

Regional

America (N)
— Butterflies and their larval food plants — Butterflies can be attracted to your garden by providing suitable flowers from which they can obtain nectar...
— Butterflies of Alaska — Butterflies along Alaska’s Hiking Trail.
— Butterflies of Coronado National Memorial — An annotated checklist of butterflies observed during a survey conducted September 1996 — October 1998.
— Butterflies of Dallas, Texas — Butterflies of Dallas County, Texas.
— Butterflies of Georgia — Georgia butterfly counts.
— Butterflies of Hawaii — Photo gallery.
— Butterflies of Massachusetts — Photographs.
— Butterflies of New England — Photos and links to information about New England butterflies.
— Butterflies of North America — Distribution maps showing the counties in which occurrence of a particular species has been verified, photos of the adult and caterpillar (when available), species accounts containing information on size, identifying characteristics, life history, flight, caterpillar hosts, adult food, habitat, species range, conservation status, and management needs, species checklists for each county in the U. S. and state in northern Mexico.
— Butterflies found in North Carolina — Online Guide for butterflies found in North Carolina including photos of 100+ species of live butterflies.
— Butterflies of Pembroke, ON — The butterfly page of the Pembroke Area Field Naturalists, Ontario.
— Butterflies of Santa Ana NWR — The butterflies of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge are mainly tropical, with many species occurring only as occasional migrants or transients from Mexico.
— Butterflies of Waushara County, Wisconsin — A checklist of all the butterflies that have been reported to occur in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
— California Butterflies — Most of the butterfly pictures taken on this page and on the web site have been taken in the Las Pilitas Nursery, Santa Margarita, garden.
— Caterpillars of Eastern Forests — For better and for worse, caterpillars are integral to the health of forests.
— Caterpillars of the Pacific Northwest — Caterpillars of the Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands.
— Dave Powell’s Butterfly Site — Butterfly pictures.
— David’s Butterflies and Moths — A look at mimicry, stages of development, anatomy, observation techniques and examining changing distribution. Pictures and short bios for many of the butterflies of eastern North America.
— Florida’s Butterflies — With the warm climate, butterflies are often in flight year round in Florida. From the Giant Swallowtail to the Little Metalmark, the state has a wealth of flitterers, flutterers, flappers, and gliders brightening the landscape.
— Georgia butterflies — Created to assist the United States Geological Survey — Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in developing a more complete picture of butterfly distribution in the State of Georgia.
— Georgia Lepidoptera — Moths and butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States.
— HFN Butterfly Checklist — The Halifax Field Naturalists butterflies of Nova Scotia field checklist.
— Jay Cossey Photographs from Nature — Butterfly gallery.
— Lepidoptera of Southeastern Arizona — This is the master list of various Arizona and Northern Mexico websites on Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths).
— Lepidoptera of Vancouver Island — A descriptive guide to the moths and butterflies of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
— Lepidoptera.Net — The butterflies of Georgia and butterflies and moths from around the world.
— Michigan Lepidoptera Survey — Discovering and documenting Michigan’s moths, butterflies and skippers.
— Mt. Magazine International Butterfly Festival — Arkansas’ newest state park of 2,200 acres offers cooler summertime temperatures due to the elevation of 2,753 feet above sea level.
— Stan’s Butterfly Album — Pictures of butterflies in Southeast Arizona.
— The Mulberry Wing — Field Notes of the New York City and North Jersey Butterfly Clubs.
— The Nuelle Collection — Lepidoptera from the World.
— Windows On Nature — Butterfly photo gallery.
— Windsor, Ontario Butterfly Count — Butterfly counts are carried out in a similar fashion to Christmas Bird Counts using a count circle fifteen miles (24 km) in diameter.

America (S & C)
— Butterflies of Ecuador — Systematics, biogeography, natural history.
— Butterflies of Cockpit Country and Silver Sands in Trelawny Jamaica — Descriptions of butterflies found in Jamaica.
— Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles — All species of Macrolepidoptera found in Martinique, Guadeloupe and their dependencies.
— Neotropical Butterflies — A photo gallery featuring butterflies from Mexico through Central America to Amazonia and Argentina.
— Tropical Andean Butterfly Diversity Project — An international collaboration among scientists, institutions and organisations involved in research on the butterflies of the tropical Andean region. It is a three year project funded by the United Kingdom’s Darwin Initiative. The project’s goals are to establish a foundation for future research on butterflies in the region. The project will provide resources, such as specimen databases, species lists and images, conduct training courses for students in Andean countries, and develop and publish a strategy for butterfly research and conservation in the tropical Andean region.

Asia
— Butterflies of Japan — Photographs of 136 species of Japanese butterflies.
— Butterflies of Kerala, India — Comprising of the largest in India, the Southern or Western Ghats Birdwing (Troides minos) with a wingspan of about 25 cm to the smallest, the Grass Jewel (Zizula hylax) with only 1.5 to 2 cm wingspan, the Kerala butterfly fauna is rich, diverse and scientifically very interesting.
— Butterflies of Okutama, Japan — Okutama is the area between 50 to 90 km west of Tokyo belonging to Tokyo and Yamanashi Prefecture, mostly included in the Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park. The author is researching the distribution of butterflies in this area for about 25 years and collected many observation data and photos in nature.
— Butterflies of Singapore — Butterfly photos (192 species featured), life histories, Singapore species checklist.
— Butterflies of the Lake Baikal — Colour atlas-key to butterflies of the Lake Baikal region.
— Chin’s butterfly gallery — Observing and photographing butterflies in nature can be an absorbing and enjoyable pastime.
— Chin’s Nature Corner: Butterflies of Malaysia — There are an estimated 1,200 species of butterflies in Malaysia, in the Peninsula as well as Sabah and Sarawak.
— Colour atlas of the Siberian Lepidoptera — Pictures of Siberian Lepidoptera.
— Israel Insect World — Mostly dedicated to the Lepidoptera and Coleoptera of Israel.
— Jamides — On Lycaenid butterflies of South-east Asia and all kinds of Insects. [site doesn’t exists any longer!]
— Papilionidae of Pakistan — An illustrated catalog.
— Seeking Butterflies — Where and how to appreciate the beauty of butterflies in Taiwan.
— Some Indian butterflies — Photographs of about 85 species of butterflies and moths.

Australia & Oceania
— Butterflies — Contains pictures and information about butterflies in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
— Butterflies of South Australia — Checklists, datasheets and life histories, butterfly conservation.
— Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia — Links to images, and descriptions of biology, behaviour, and life histories of 1513 Australian Lepidoptera species including 556 with caterpillar pictures.
— The butterflies of Townsville, Queensland — A list of species.

Europe
— Alexanor’s butterfly home page — Information on Ukrainian butterflies: List of species with scientific and common names, distribution maps, live photos, statistics, databases.
— Bernd Harmsen’s Butterfly Page — Information on butterflies: red lists of Europe, scientific and common names, links, European butterflies, butterfly migration, metamorphosis. [site doesn’t exists any longer!]
— British Butterflies — A collection of British butterfly photographs, descriptions, information about the butterfly and its habitat, and more information like that.
— Butterflies and Moths in Kingston — Diary, butterfly first sightings 2005, moth gallery.
— Butterflies and Moths of the Netherlands — A comprehensive guide to Lepidoptera of the Netherlands.
— Butterflies of Ireland — Contains a photographic guide to the butterflies of Ireland.
— Butterflies of Northamptonshire — Photos and notes on the 36 species of butterfly regularly found in Northamptonshire.
— Butterflies of Serbia — Contains a complete list of 192 butterfly species registered in Serbia and photos of many of them.
— Butterfly Info — A list of all butterflies, seen in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. A descriptions of each species is available, as well as a colour plate.
— Butterfly Ireland — Photographs of Ireland’s butterflies.
— Captain’s European Butterfly Guide — Photographs and information about the butterflies of Europe including Tenerife, Morocco, Pyrenees, Brittany, Cyprus, Turkey, Andalucia, Provence, Valais, Switzerland, Alps, UK.
— Derbyshire Butterflies — Created to illustrate the wide diversity of butterfly species that can be found in the rolling hills of Derbyshire.
— European Butterflies by Mario Maier — Many professional photos and descriptions of European butterflies.
— Guy Padfield’s Butterfly Page — Devoted to the butterflies of Europe. It includes photographs of all the common species and many of the rarer ones.
— Immigration of Lepidoptera — An original site for reporting and viewing the latest sightings of migrant Lepidoptera in the UK. [site doesn’t exists any longer!]
— Lepidoptera — Information on hundreds of species of butterflies and moths occurring in the former USSR, including type locality, synonyms, range, distribution and variation, taxonomic notes, habitat and biology, similar species, and photos of adults.
— Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa — A large iconographic sample of European moths and butterflies, including larvae and pupae.
— Prime Butterfly Areas in Bulgaria — Identifying and describing the most important sites for butterflies in the country.
— The butterflies of Gloucestershire — A guide to the butterfly species and habitats of Gloucestershire, England.
— The Butterflies of the Monts du Lyonnais — Introduction, species index, map, links.
— The Cockayne collection: British & Irish Butterflies and Moths part 1: Butterflies — Provides a definitive collection of high quality digital illustrations, using specimens from the National Collection of British Lepidoptera at The Natural History Museum London. This collection is largely based on the Rothschild-Cockayne-Kettlewell (RCK) Collection of British Lepidoptera, which is supported by the Cockayne Trust.
— Upper Thames Branch of Butterfly Conservation — Looks after the interests of butterflies and moths in the Bucks, Berks and Oxfordshire area of the United Kingdom.
— Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation — The Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation has over 400 members. The Yorkshire Branch is one of the largest geographically, but one of the smallest membership wise.