Brush-footed Butterflies

Nymphalidae · 51 species · Page 1 of 2

In Québec, the family Nymphalidae (order Lepidoptera) counts 51 species of insects. The stars? Monarch, Red-spotted Admiral and Red Admiral, the most often observed. The richest region: Laurentides, with 38 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Laurentides38
  2. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean36
  3. Capitale-Nationale36
  4. Lanaudière36
  5. Estrie35
  6. Outaouais35
  7. Abitibi-Témiscamingue34
  8. Côte-Nord34
  9. Nord-du-Québec33
  10. Montérégie33
  11. Bas-Saint-Laurent32
  12. Montréal32
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine32
  14. Chaudière-Appalaches32
  15. Centre-du-Québec30
  16. Mauricie29
  17. Laval23
Monarch5,460 observations
Red-spotted Admiral2,619 observations
Red Admiral2,128 observations
Mourning Cloak2,070 observations
Viceroy1,295 observations
Pearl Crescent1,221 observations
Northern Pearly-eye743 observations
Eastern Comma734 observations
Painted Lady730 observations
American Lady611 observations
Common Wood-Nymph552 observations
Common Ringlet510 observations
Green Comma501 observations
Compton Tortoiseshell442 observations
Northern Crescent436 observations
European Peacock Butterfly431 observations
Milbert's Tortoiseshell420 observations
Baltimore Checkerspot408 observations
Great Spangled Fritillary367 observations
Eyed Brown339 observations
Question Mark318 observations
Gray Comma306 observations
Harris's Checkerspot277 observations
Atlantis Fritillary265 observations
Little Wood Satyr249 observations
Arctic Fritillary183 observations
Bog Fritillary162 observations
Silvery Checkerspot151 observations
American Silver-bordered Fritillary151 observations
Jutta Arctic142 observations
Hoary Comma96 observations
Freija Fritillary94 observations
Hackberry Emperor86 observations
Appalachian Brown56 observations
Chryxus Arctic53 observations
Satyr Comma43 observations
White-veined Arctic41 observations
Meadow Fritillary38 observations
Melissa Arctic30 observations
Tawny Crescent26 observations
Aphrodite Fritillary25 observations
Frigga Fritillary17 observations
Variegated Fritillary12 observations
Taiga Alpine7 observations
Polaris Fritillary4 observations
Red-disked Alpine3 observations
Tawny Emperor1 observations
Polixenes Arctic1 observations