Random Butterflies

Select how many butterflies you want to see and hit the green button to get random butterflies.

California Ringlet

California Ringlet

Golden Hairstreak

Golden Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Large Tortoiseshell

Large Tortoiseshell

Marine Blue

Marine Blue

Zephyr Anglewing

Zephyr Anglewing

What is this tool?

It is a random butterfly generator containing a list of 222 of the most well-known species out of the estimated 6000 around the world. You can choose between 1 and 12 random butterflies to be displayed at a time.

List of popular butterflies from A-Z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Acmon Blue

Acmon Blue

Adonis Blue

Adonis Blue

Anise Swallowtail

Anise Swallowtail

Anna Blue

Anna Blue

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arrowhead Blue

Arrowhead Blue

Atlantis Fritillary

Atlantis Fritillary

B

Becker's White

Becker's White

Behr's Hairstreak

Behr's Hairstreak

Behr's Parnassian

Behr's Parnassian

Black Hairstreak

Black Hairstreak

Blue Copper

Blue Copper

Bordered Patch

Bordered Patch

Bramble Hairstreak

Bramble Hairstreak

Brimstone

Brimstone

Brown Argus

Brown Argus

Brown Hairstreak

Brown Hairstreak

Buckeye

Buckeye

C

California Crescent

California Crescent

California Dog-Face

California Dog-Face

California Hairstreak

California Hairstreak

California Ringlet

California Ringlet

California Sister

California Sister

California Tortoiseshell

California Tortoiseshell

Callippe Fritillary

Callippe Fritillary

Camberwell Beauty

Camberwell Beauty

Chalk Hill Blue

Chalk Hill Blue

Checkered White

Checkered White

Chequered Skipper

Chequered Skipper

Clodius Parnassian

Clodius Parnassian

Clouded Yellow

Clouded Yellow

Cloudless Sulphur

Cloudless Sulphur

Columbian Skipper

Columbian Skipper

Comma

Comma

Common Blue

Common Blue

Common Checkered Skipper

Common Checkered Skipper

Common Sooty-Wing

Common Sooty-Wing

Crown Fritillary

Crown Fritillary

Cryptic Wood White

Cryptic Wood White

D

Dainty Sulphur

Dainty Sulphur

Danube Clouded Yellow

Danube Clouded Yellow

Dark Green Fritillary

Dark Green Fritillary

Desert Tailed Copper

Desert Tailed Copper

Dingy Skipper

Dingy Skipper

Dotted Blue

Dotted Blue

Dreamy Dusky-Wing

Dreamy Dusky-Wing

Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy

E

East Slope Colorado Skipper

East Slope Colorado Skipper

East Slope Marble

East Slope Marble

Eastern Tailed Blue

Eastern Tailed Blue

Edith's Checkerspot

Edith's Checkerspot

Edith's Copper

Edith's Copper

Essex Skipper

Essex Skipper

Eufala Skipper

Eufala Skipper

European Cabbage Butterfly

European Cabbage Butterfly

F

Faun

Faun

Feather River Crescent

Feather River Crescent

Field Crescent

Field Crescent

Field Skipper

Field Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Funereal Dusky-Wing

Funereal Dusky-Wing

G

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper

Glanville Fritillary

Glanville Fritillary

Gold-Hunter's Hairstreak

Gold-Hunter's Hairstreak

Golden Hairstreak

Golden Hairstreak

Gorgon Copper

Gorgon Copper

Gossamer-winged

Gossamer-winged

Gray Blue

Gray Blue

Gray Hairstreak

Gray Hairstreak

Gray Marble

Gray Marble

Gray-Veined White

Gray-Veined White

Grayling

Grayling

Great Basin Fritillary

Great Basin Fritillary

Great Basin Ringlet

Great Basin Ringlet

Great Basin Wood Nymph

Great Basin Wood Nymph

Great Copper

Great Copper

Great Purple Hairstreak

Great Purple Hairstreak

Green Hairstreak

Green Hairstreak

Green-veined White

Green-veined White

Greenish Blue

Greenish Blue

Grizzled Skipper

Grizzled Skipper

Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

H

Heath Fritillary

Heath Fritillary

High Brown Fritillary

High Brown Fritillary

Hoffmann's Checkerspot

Hoffmann's Checkerspot

Holly Blue

Holly Blue

Hydaspe Fritillary

Hydaspe Fritillary

I

Icarioides Blue

Icarioides Blue

Indra Swallowtail

Indra Swallowtail

Ivallda Arctic

Ivallda Arctic

J

Johnson's Hairstreak

Johnson's Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

L

Large Blue

Large Blue

Large Copper

Large Copper

Large Heath

Large Heath

Large Marble

Large Marble

Large Skipper

Large Skipper

Large Tortoiseshell

Large Tortoiseshell

Large White

Large White

Leanira Checkerspot

Leanira Checkerspot

Lembert's Green Hairstreak

Leto Fritillary

Leto Fritillary

Lindsey's Skipper

Lindsey's Skipper

Long-tailed Blue

Long-tailed Blue

Lorquin's Admiral

Lorquin's Admiral

Lulworth Skipper

Lulworth Skipper

Lupine Blue

Lupine Blue

Lustrous Copper

Lustrous Copper

M

Marbled White

Marbled White

Marine Blue

Marine Blue

Mariposa Copper

Mariposa Copper

Marsh Fritillary

Marsh Fritillary

Meadow Brown

Meadow Brown

Melissa Blue

Melissa Blue

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Monarch

Monarch

Montana Crescent

Montana Crescent

Mormon Fritillary

Mormon Fritillary

Moss' Elfin

Moss' Elfin

Mountain Ringlet

Mountain Ringlet

Mountain-Mahogany Hairstreak

Mountain-Mahogany Hairstreak

Mournful Dusky-Wing

Mournful Dusky-Wing

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Mylitta Crescent

Mylitta Crescent

N

Nelson's Hairstreak

Nelson's Hairstreak

Nevada Cloudy-Wing

Nevada Cloudy-Wing

Nevada Silverspot

Nevada Silverspot

Nevada Skipper

Nevada Skipper

Northeastern California Crescent

Northeastern California Crescent

Northern Brown Argus

Northern Brown Argus

Northern Checkerspot

Northern Checkerspot

Northern Cloudy-Wing

Northern Cloudy-Wing

Northern White Skipper

Northern White Skipper

O

Orange Sulphur

Orange Sulphur

Orange-tip

Orange-tip

Ox-Eyed Satyr

Ox-Eyed Satyr

P

Pacuvius Duskywing

Pacuvius Duskywing

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Pale Swallowtail

Pale Swallowtail

Palos Verdes Blue

Palos Verdes Blue

Peacock

Peacock

Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Persius Dusky-Wing

Persius Dusky-Wing

Pine White

Pine White

Pipevine Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail

Propertius Dusky-Wing

Propertius Dusky-Wing

Purple Emperor

Purple Emperor

Purple Hairstreak

Purple Hairstreak

Purplish Copper

Purplish Copper

Q

Queen

Queen

Queen Alexandra's Sulphur

Queen Alexandra's Sulphur

R

Reakirt's Blue

Reakirt's Blue

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Ringlet

Ringlet

Roadside Skipper

Roadside Skipper

Ruddy Copper

Ruddy Copper

S

Sandhill Skipper

Sandhill Skipper

Sara Orange-Tip

Sara Orange-Tip

Satyr Anglewing

Satyr Anglewing

Scotch Argus

Scotch Argus

Sepia Hairstreak

Sepia Hairstreak

Serpentine Colorado Skipper

Serpentine Colorado Skipper

Shasta Blue

Shasta Blue

Silver-Spotted Skipper

Silver-Spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-studded Blue

Silver-studded Blue

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Sleepy Dusky-Wing

Sleepy Dusky-Wing

Small Blue

Small Blue

Small Checkered Skipper

Small Checkered Skipper

Small Copper

Small Copper

Small Heath

Small Heath

Small Marble

Small Marble

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Small Skipper

Small Skipper

Small Tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell

Small White

Small White

Small Wood-Nymph

Small Wood-Nymph

Snowy Copper

Snowy Copper

Sonoran Blue

Sonoran Blue

Sonoran Skipper

Sonoran Skipper

Sooty Gossamer-Wing

Sooty Gossamer-Wing

Speckled Wood

Speckled Wood

Spring Azure

Spring Azure

Spring White

Spring White

Square-Spotted Blue

Square-Spotted Blue

Stella Orange-Tip

Stella Orange-Tip

Swallowtail

Swallowtail

T

Tailed Copper

Tailed Copper

Tecumseh Skipper

Tecumseh Skipper

The Farmer

The Farmer

Thicket Hairstreak

Thicket Hairstreak

Thoosa Orange-Tip

Thoosa Orange-Tip

Tilden's Skipper

Tilden's Skipper

Two-Banded Skipper

Two-Banded Skipper

Two-Tailed Swallowtail

Two-Tailed Swallowtail

U

Umber Skipper

Umber Skipper

V

Variable Checkespot

Variable Checkespot

Verdi Sandhill Skipper

W

Wall

Wall

West Coast Lady

West Coast Lady

West Slope Colorado Skipper

West Slope Colorado Skipper

West Virginia Lady

West Virginia Lady

Western Brown Elfin

Western Brown Elfin

Western Cloudy-Wing

Western Cloudy-Wing

Western Meadow Fritillary

Western Meadow Fritillary

Western Pine Elfin

Western Pine Elfin

Western Pygmy Blue

Western Tailed Blue

Western Tailed Blue

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Western White

Western White

White Admiral

White Admiral

White-letter Hairstreak

White-letter Hairstreak

Willow Hairstreak

Willow Hairstreak

Wood White

Wood White

Woodland Skipper

Woodland Skipper

Y

Yellow Sulphur

Yellow Sulphur

Yuba Skipper

Yuba Skipper

Yuma Skipper

Yuma Skipper

Z

Zephyr Anglewing

Zephyr Anglewing

Zerene Fritillary

Zerene Fritillary