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     • There are approximately 750 species of butterflies in the United States.
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   How many butterfly species are there in the United States?

   • There are some 60 species in the United States, compared to about 1,100 worldwide. General colors in these mid-sized butterflies are usually white or yellow, while some species have orange-tipped wings or greenish marbling on the wings. The Cabbage White, perhaps the most common U.S. butterfly, is in this group.

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   How many types of butterflies are there?

   • Most species are quite large, colorful and with tails on the hindwings. Included in this Family are the Parnassius butterflies that are typically white with colorful spots on the tailless wings. There are some 60 species in the United States, compared to about 1,100 worldwide.

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   What is the most common butterfly in the United States?

   • The Cabbage White, perhaps the most common U.S. butterfly, is in this group. There are about a dozen species in the United States, and more than 1,000 in the world. Ninety percent of the world species occur in Latin America. They are small butterflies, often rust-colored, and only two species are found in the eastern U. S.

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   How many butterflies did iNaturalist find?

   • The researchers tracked the fates of 450 butterfly species from 70 locations in the western United States using data from iNaturalist, a web portal that collects sightings of plants and animals, including butterflies.

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   How many butterflies & moths are there?

   • The Lepidoptera Collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History has over 4 million specimens—including butterflies, moths, and skippers. Carter, David. 1992. Butterflies and Moths (Eyewitness Handbooks).

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   How much have butterfly numbers dropped in a year?

   • Butterfly populations have decreased an average of 1.6% per year between 1977 and 2018, according to a report published in Science. Fifty species declined in at least two of the data sets used, including the Edith's checkerspot (Euphydryas editha), the rural skipper (Ochlodes agricola), and the great copper (Lycaena xanthoides).

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   There are some 60 species in the United States, compared to about 1,100 worldwide. General colors in these mid-sized butterflies are usually white or yellow, while some species have orange-tipped wings or greenish marbling on the wings.

4. onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › 10A complete inventory of North American butterfly occurrence ...

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   Jan 20, 2021 · Occurrence records from North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States) were obtained from GBIF (GBIF 2020), iDigBio (Supporting information) (iDigBio 2020) and eButterfly (Prudic et al. 2017) from 1950 through 2019.

   • Author: Vaughn Shirey, Michael W. Belitz, Vijay Barve, Robert Guralnick

   • Publish Year: 2021

5. www.usgs.gov › status-butterflies-united-statesStatus of butterflies in the United States | U.S. Geological ...

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   Status of butterflies in the United States. By John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis February 15, 2024. Schultz_Status of Butterflies 2021.pdf (1.13 MB)

6. www.science.org › content › articleButterflies are vanishing in the western U.S.—but not for the ...

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   Mar 4, 2021 · In all, the researchers tracked the fates of 450 butterfly species from 70 locations in the western United States. Butterfly numbers have dropped an average of 1.6% per year between 1977 and 2018, the team reports today in Science.

7. www.si.edu › spotlight › buginfoButterflies - Smithsonian Institution

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   There are about 17,500 species of butterflies in the world, and around 750 species in the United States. Distinctive characteristics. Butterflies (and moths) are the only group of insects that have scales covering their wings, although some butterflies have reduced scales.

8. www.researchgate.net › publication › 350285910Recent climate change is creating hotspots of butterfly ...

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   Mar 22, 2021 · We examined abundance and biodiversity trends for North American butterflies using a unique citizen‐science dataset that has recorded observations of over 8 million butterflies across 456...

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   Sep 30, 2022 · We will integrate from multiple survey programs across the United States to estimate species and population-level trends, associate trends to butterfly traits, and determine impact of potential environmental drivers.