🌍 World Animal Map

Butterflies & moths: where they live

Maps and quick facts for 214 butterflies & moths (monarch butterfly, hummingbird hawk-moth, luna moth, attacus atlas, pieris rapae). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show butterflies & moths on the world map

Monarch butterflyMonarch butterflyDanaus plexippusLeast concernHummingbird hawk-mothHummingbird hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarumLuna mothLuna mothActias lunaAttacus atlasAttacus atlasAttacus atlasPieris rapaePieris rapaePieris rapaeTineola bisselliellaTineola bisselliellaTineola bisselliellaOak processionaryOak processionaryThaumetopoea processioneaVanessa carduiVanessa carduiVanessa carduiLeast concernCinnabar mothCinnabar mothTyria jacobaeaeIndianmeal mothIndianmeal mothPlodia interpunctellaVanessa atalantaVanessa atalantaVanessa atalantaLeast concernAglais ioAglais ioAglais ioPine processionaryPine processionaryThaumetopoea pityocampaDeilephila elpenorDeilephila elpenorDeilephila elpenorGreta otoGreta otoGreta otoNymphalis antiopaNymphalis antiopaNymphalis antiopaLeast concernPapilio machaonPapilio machaonPapilio machaonQueen Alexandra's birdwingQueen Alexandra's birdwingOrnithoptera alexandraeEndangeredAcherontia atroposAcherontia atroposAcherontia atroposLymantria disparLymantria disparLymantria disparFall webwormFall webwormHyphantria cuneaLarge yellow underwingLarge yellow underwingNoctua pronubaDaphnis neriiDaphnis neriiDaphnis neriiGonimbrasia belinaGonimbrasia belinaGonimbrasia belina

All 214 butterflies & moths

Noctuidae 53

Geometridae 38

Nymphalidae 24

Erebidae 15

Lycaenidae 13

Crambidae 10

Notodontidae 8

Pieridae 7

Sphingidae 7

Saturniidae 5

Tortricidae 5

Oecophoridae 4

Papilionidae 4

Pyralidae 4

Hepialidae 2

Alucitidae 1

Blastobasidae 1

Choreutidae 1

Cossidae 1

Gelechiidae 1

Gracillariidae 1

Hesperiidae 1

Lasiocampidae 1

Nepticulidae 1

Plutellidae 1

Pterophoridae 1

Riodinidae 1

Tineidae 1

Yponomeutidae 1

Zygaenidae 1