How many species of butterfly's are there?

Answer 1

There are over 20,000 species of butterflies in the world. 725 of those are in the United States, nearly 2,000 species are found in Mexico.

Answer 2

There is a aproximation of about 28,000 species of Buttterflies in the world.

Throughout the world, there are over 20,000 different types of butterflies. North American butterflies makes up only a small population of the world's butterflies, numbering only about 725 species. In comparison, about 2,000 types of butterflies live in Mexico alone.

Answer 3

The biological order Lepidoptera, which is the order that contains butterflies and moths, has close to 175,000 species, the vast majority of which are moths. There are only about 10,000-20,000 butterfly species.

Answer 4

There are over 20,000 species of butterflies in the world. 725 of those are in the United States, nearly 2,000 species are found in Mexico.

Answer 5

12,000 to 15,000 maybe