Mexican Silverspot

Dione moneta · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Mexican Silverspot
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The Mexican Silverspot butterfly has a wingspan of about 3 to 3¼ inches. Its upper wings are orange with brown at the bases, and the underside of the hind wing is brown with large silver spots. It occurs from the southern United States down through South America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The butterfly’s upperside is orange and the wing bases are brown. The underside of the hind wing is brown with big silver spots.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Wingspan ranges from 3 to 3¼ inches.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 5 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Georgia, Colorado.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Mexican Silverspot photo 3
Photo: John Rosford, CC BY
Mexican Silverspot photo 4
Photo: John Rosford, CC BY
Mexican Silverspot photo 5
Photo: John Rosford, CC BY
Mexican Silverspot photo 6
Photo: John Rosford, CC BY

Same family (Nymphalidae)

MonarchMonarchDanaus plexippusRed AdmiralRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaPainted LadyPainted LadyVanessa carduiGulf FritillaryGulf FritillaryDione vanillaeSpeckled WoodSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaEuropean Peacock ButterflyEuropean Peacock ButterflyAglais io

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dione_moneta

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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