Animal scientific names
- Fish scientific name
- Bird scientific name
- Snake scientific name
- Dolphin scientific name
- Shark scientific name
- Whale scientific name
- Crab scientific name
- Butterfly scientific name
- Spider scientific name
Scientific names
As an example of a scientific name in action, the scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens. In this example of a scientific name, the genus name is Homo and the species is sapiens. These terms are unique and no other species can have this same name. Scientific names are designed to tell you something about an animal's relationships with other animals.
Butterfly Scientific Names
- Asterocampa celtis, Hackberry Emperor
- Asterocampa clyton, Tawny Emperor
- Atalopedes campestris, Sachem
- Atlides halesus, Great Purple Hairstreak
- Battus philenor, Pipevine Swallowtail
- Calycopis cecrops, Red-Banded Hairstreak
- Cercyonis pegala, Common (Lg.) Wood-Nymph
- Celastrina ladon argiolus, Spring Azure
- Colias eurytheme, Orange Sulphur
- Colias philodice, Clouded Sulphur
- Danaus plexippus, Monarch
- Endoia portlandia, Southern Pearly-eye
- Endoia creola, Creole Pearly Eye
- Epargyreus clarus, Silver-spotted Skipper
- Erynnis horatius, Horace’s Duskywing
- Euptoieta claudia, Variegated Fritillary
- Eurema nicippe, Sleepy Orange
- Eurytides marcellus, Zebra Swallowtail
- Everes comyntas, Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Hylephila phyleus, Fiery Skipper
- Junonia coenia, Common Buckeye
- Lerema accius, Clouded Skipper
- Libytheana bachmanii, American Snout Butterfly
- Limenitis archippus, Viceroy
- Limenitis astyanax, Red-spotted Purple
- Lycaena phlaeas, American Copper
- Megisto cymela, Little Wood-Satyr
- Mitoura gryneus, ‘Olive’ Juniper Hairstreak
- Nymphalis antiopa, Mourning Cloak
- Papilio glaucus, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Papilio palamedes, Palamedes Swallowtail
- Papilio polyxenes asterius, Black Swallowtail
- Papilio troilus, Spicebush Swallowtail
- Phoebis sennae, Cloudless Sulphur
- Pholisora catullus, Common Sootywing
- Phyciodes tharos, Pearl Crescent
- Pieris rapae, Cabbage White
- Poanes viator, Broad-wing Skipper
- Poanes zabulon, Zabulon Skipper
- Polygonia comma, Comma/Hop Merchant
- Polygonia interrogationis, Question Mark
- Pyrgus communis, Common Checkered Skipper
- Staphylus hayhurstii, Hayhurst’s Scallopwing
- Strymon melinus, Gray Hairstreak
- Urbanus proteus, Long-tailed Skipper
- Vanessa atalanta, Red Admiral
- Vanessa cardui, Painted Lady
- Vanessa virginiensis, American Lady