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title: "Mexican Silverspot"
description: "Dione moneta — Insecten en spinnen. Dione moneta, the Mexican silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae, found from the southern United States to South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mexican-silverspot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Silverspot

> Dione moneta — Insecten en spinnen. Dione moneta, the Mexican silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae, found from the southern United States to South America.

- Scientific name: *Dione moneta*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10522
- Wikidata: [Q3028732](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3028732)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130348](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130348)

## Names

- en: Mexican Silverspot
- es: Mariposa pasionaria

## Countries with the most observations

MX (7262), AR (640), CR (610), BR (303), US (235), CO (229), GT (207), PA (115), EC (100), HN (60), BO (31), SV (31)

## Summary

Dione moneta, the Mexican silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae, found from the southern United States to South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dione_moneta

## Photo

![Mexican Silverspot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-silverspot/medium.jpg)

Photo: kkacheltje · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4716715

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-silverspot?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).