Another app in our North American Wildlife series...

This app shows the 70 most common butterfly species found in the Southwest of the US. For each species there are three high-resolution pictures (also of the larvae, if available), a brief description of its size (wingspan), significant features, host plant(s), and flight season. Included is a link to view the corresponding Wikipedia pages within the application window. All descriptive information is in English, the butterfly species and family/subfamily names are also shown in scientific (Latin) nomination.

The app features a modern, intuitive interface with easy navigation and search facilities for finding a butterfly by its name or searching in the full text for features and characteristics. You can also narrow down the search by color and family.

If you're interested in North American butterflies of the Southwest, don't miss this app which is equally suitable for iPhone and iPad.

These butterfly species are shown and described in "Butterflies of the Southwest":

• Acmon Blue
• American Lady
• American Snout
• Arachne Checkerspot
• Arizona Hairstreak
• Arizona Sister
• Atlantis Fritillary
• Black Swallowtail
• Bordered Patch
• Buckeye
• Cabbage White
• Checkered White
• Cloudless Sulphur
• Common Checkered-Skipper
• Dainty Sulphur
• Echo Azure
• Fatal Metalmark
• Field Crescent
• Fiery Skipper
• Fulvia Checkerspot
• Funeral Duskywing
• Giant Swallowtail
• Golden Skipper
• Golden-Banded Skipper
• Golden-Headed Scallopwing
• Gray Hairstreak
• Great Purple Hairstreak
• Gulf Fritillary
• Hackberry Emperor
• Juniper Hairstreak
• Leda Hairstreak
• Lilac-Banded Longtail
• Marine Blue
• Mead's Wood-Nymph
• Mexican Yellow
• Monarch
• Mormon Metalmark
• Mourning Cloak
• Mylitta Crescent
• Northern Cloudywing
• Orange Skipperling
• Orange Sulphur
• Pahaska Skipper
• Painted Lady
• Pearly Marble
• Pipevine Swallowtail
• Queen
• Question Mark
• Reakirt's Blue
• Red Admiral
• Red Satyr
• Red-Bordered Satyr
• Red-spotted Purple
• Sara Orangetip
• Satyr Comma
• Silver-Spotted Skipper
• Silvery Blue
• Sleepy Duskywing
• Sleepy Orange
• Southern Dogface
• Tailed Copper
• Texan Crescent
• Texas Powdered Skipper
• Theona Checkerspot
• Tiny Checkerspot
• Two-Tailed Swallowtail
• Variegated Fritillary
• Viceroy
• Weidemeyer's Admiral
• Western Pygmy Blue