Top 10 States or Regions of the U.S.
|
| #Spp. | State or Region |
| 719 | North America (north of Mexico) |
|
430 |
Texas |
| 326 | Arizona |
| 318 | New Mexico |
| 300 | Lower Rio Grande Valley: Cameron, Hidalgo & Starr Counties |
| 266 | Colorado |
| 250 | California |
| 215 | Utah |
| 210 | Wyoming |
| 207 | Nevada |
| 197 | Nebraska |
| 187 | Montana |
Data compiled from:
Atlas of western USA butterflies, including adjacent parts of Canada and
Mexico.
Ray E. Stanford and Paul A. Opler. 1993.
Published by authors. Denver, Colorado. 275 pp.
| State: | Baja California | Sonora | Chihuahua | Coahuila | Nuevo Leon | Tamaulipas |
| # Known | 159 | 344 | 202 | 143 | 307 | 582 |
| Projected | ? | 406 | 311 | 315 | 400 | ? |
| State: | Baja Ca. Sur | Sinaloa | Durango | Zacatecas | San Luis Potosi | Veracruz* |
| # Known | 121 | 442 | 251 | 65! | 656 | 1,111 |
| Projected | 137 | 495 | 319 | ? | ?? | ??? |
*While Veracruz is directly south of Tamaulipas, it can not rightly be considered a part of northern Mexico.
Please consult Andy Warren for diversity estimates of central and southern Mexican states.
Data from:
Luis, A.M., J.B. Llorente, I.F. Vargas & A.D. Warren. 2003. Biodiversity and biogeography of Mexican butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105(1):209-224.
Ray E. Stanford. 2000. Butterflies of Northern Mexico. Fort Collins, CO. photocopy.