Common Bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon) アオスジアゲハThere are many subspecies of the Common Bluebottle Butt...

Ryukyu Bushbrown (Mycalesis madjicosa) リュウキュウヒメジャノメBushbrown Butterflies are common in Southeast Asi...

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) モンシロチョウIf you have a garden, you should be familiar with this butterfly...

Chinese Windmill (Byasa alcinous) ジャコウアゲハThe body is black and red. The upper wings are all black wi...

Common Sailor (Neptis hylas) リュウキュウミスジ

Cycad Blue (Luthrodes pandava) クロマダラソテツシジミA Cycad Blue on a Cycad leaf. Amami 2024 A male Cycad Blue...

Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda) ウスイロコノマチョウThis is the wet season form of the Common Evening Br...

Dark Evening Brown (Melanitis phedima) クロコノマチョウThe Dark Evening Brown looks like a leaf. Amami 2024

Grass Demon (Ancistroides folus) or (Udaspes folus) オオシロモンセセリI am finding two scientific names for t...

Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe) キチョウI think that this is a Common Grass Yellow. Amami 2023

I think that this is a Gypsy moth caterpillar. I hear that they sting if they touch you. They also d...

Nevrina procopia ハグルマノメイガNevrina Procopia is an interesting looking moth. I could not find an Englis...

Indian Fritillary (Argynnis hyperbius) ツマグロヒョウモンA female Indian Fritillary. Amami 2024 A female Indi...

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) ヨーロッパアカタテハThe Red Admiral showing its top wings. Amami 2024 Here you ...

Blue Admiral (Kaniska canace) ルリタテハThe Blue Admiral has black and blue with white blotches on the to...

Mapwing Butterfly (Cyrestis thyodamas) イシガケチョウThe Mapwing Butterfly has a distinct wing pattern. Ama...

Milionia zonea キオビエダシャクThe Milionia zonea is a day moth with an interesting color pattern. Amami 202...

Handmaiden Moth (Syntomoides imaon) ムラマツカノコThe Handmaiden Moth mimics a wasp. Here the patterns on t...

Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum sp.) ホウジャクThere are a few different species of Hummingbird hawk-...

Ischyja ferrifracta サビモンルリオビクチバThe Ischyia ferrifracta is a moth with blue blotches. Amami 2024

Bordered Duster (Pingasa ruginaria) タイワンアヤシャクA Bordered Duster Moth on the outside of a window. Amam...

Transverse Moth (Xanthodes transversa) フタトガリアオイガThe Transverse Moth caterpillar likes to eat hibiscu...

Mottled emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe) ウラナミシロチョウA female Mottled emigrant. Amami 2024

Common Beak Butterfly (Libythea lepita) テングチョウThe underside of the wings of the Common Beak Butterfl...

Restricted Demon Butterfly (Notocrypta curvifascia) クロセセリA Restricted Demon Butterfly. Amami 2023

Marbled White Moth (Nyctemera adversata) モンシロモドキA Marbled White Moth on Okinawan spinach (Gynura bic...

Nyctemera cenis キハラモンシロモドキNyctemera cenis is a type of Magpie Tiger Moth. Amami 2023 Nyctemera cenis...

Powdered Oakblue (Arhopala bazalus) ムラサキツバメThe Powdered Oakblue Butterfly looks much like a dead lea...

Great Orange-tip Butterfly (Hebomoia glaucippe) ツマベニチョウA Great Orange-tip Butterfly. Amami 2023

Blue Pansy Butterfly (Junonia orithya) アオタテハモドキA male Blue Pansy Butterfly showing the top of its wi...

Peacock Pansy Butterfly (Junonia almana) タテハモドキThis is the dry season form of the Peacock Pansy Butt...

Yamato Geometer (Peratostega deletaria) ヤマトエダシャクThe Yamato Geometer is a moth that resembles a dead ...

Striped Blue Crow (Euploea mulciber) ツマムラサキマダラThe dorsal view of a Striped Blue Crow Butterfly. The ...

Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) ナガサキアゲハThe Great Mormon Butterfly is large, and the female is very pol...

Red Helen (Papilio helenus) モンキアゲハThe Red Helen Butterfly is mainly black with white patches and red...

Ceylon blue glassy tiger (Ideopsis similis) リュウキュウアサギマダラThe Ceylon blue glassy tiger Butterfly is fo...

Chestnut Tiger Butterfly (Parantica sita) アサギマダラThe Chestnut Tiger Butterflies feed mainly on milkwe...