This guide sets out the simple information needed to identify the butterfly species most likely to be encountered on Vancouver Island. Not counting species that are currently (2021) considered extirpated, about 60 species occur in this region of the province. This guide has images and other information for 46 of them. To keep the guide simple and easy to use, very rare species have been excluded.
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