Identification

Resource Topic Type
2024 Butterfly Webinar Series [Videos]
Recordings from the 2024 NH Butterfly Monitoring Network webinar series.
Identification, NH Butterflies Presentation, Video
Butterfly ID: Duskywing Skippers [Video]
Large skippers that land with their wings spread open such as the dreamy duskywing, Horace’s duskywing, Juvenal’s duskywing and wild indigo duskywing.
Identification, NH Butterflies Video
Butterfly ID: Cloudywings and Skippers [Video]
Larger dark-colored skippers are reviewed, including the northern cloudywing, southern cloudywing and silver-spotted skipper.
Identification, NH Butterflies Video
Butterfly ID: Skippers (Part II) [Video]
Small grassland butterflies such as the crossline skipper, sassacus skipper, Leonard’s skipper, tawny-edged, cobweb skipper, and peck’s skipper.
Identification, NH Butterflies Video
Butterfly ID: Satyrs [Video]
Mostly brown-winged brushfoot butterflies usually with an eyespot present, including the little wood satyr, northern pearly eye, Appalachian brown…
Identification, NH Butterflies Video
Butterfly ID: Satyrs (Part II) and Tortoiseshells [Video]
More Brown colored butterflies including the common wood nymph, common buckeye and those that are camouflaged on the underwing: Milbert’s…
Identification, NH Butterflies Video
Butterfly ID: Anglewings [Video]
Butterflies named for the angular notches on the edges of the forewings including eastern comma, green comma, and question mark.
Identification, NH Butterflies Video
Butterfly ID: Hairstreaks (Part II) [Video]
Tailed butterflies that feed on shrubs and trees including coral hairstreak, Arcadian hairstreak, gray hairstreak and others.
Identification, NH Butterflies Video
Butterfly Terminology [Diagram]
Daigrams of the terminology commonly used to describe butterfly wing areas and body parts.
Identification Fact Sheet
Butterfly Field Guides
A list of field guides useful for identifying butterflies in New Hampshire.
Identification, NH Butterflies Fact Sheet