Howmany kinds of butterfly are there?
North of Mexico, there are about 760 species of butterflies and over 10,000 species of moths. Mexico has about 2000 butterfly species. Worldwide, there are about 140,000 species of butterflies and moths. Butterflies comprise around 20,000 species. Most are found in the tropics. In comparison, there are over one million species of insects and nearly 100,000 live in North America.
