The table below lists the earliest and latest of the season sightings for each species of butterfly in Duke Forest. For a downloadable PDF document showing the butterfly flight times, see the flight times section.
|
Earliest Date (month-day) |
Latest Date (month-day) |
|
| SWALLOWTAILS |
|
|
Pipevine Swallowtail
(Battus philenor) |
3/30 |
10/28 |
Zebra Swallowtail
(Eurytides marcellus) |
3/20 |
9/21 |
Black Swallowtail
(Papilio polyxenes) |
3/5 |
11/5 |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
(Papilio glaucus) |
3/9 |
11/23 |
Spicebush Swallowtail
(Papilio troilus) |
3/24 |
10/11 |
|
| WHITES & SULPHURS |
|
|
Cabbage White
(Pieris rapae) |
2/16 |
11/24 |
Falcate Orangetip
(Anthocharis midea) |
2/16 |
4/28 |
Clouded Sulphur
(Colias philodice) |
2/16 |
11/24 |
Orange Sulphur
(Colias eurytheme) |
1/27 |
12/20 |
Cloudless Sulphur
(Phoebis sennae) |
3/29 |
12/3 |
Little Yellow
(Eurema lisa) |
7/9 |
12/3 |
Sleepy Orange
(Eurema nicippe) |
1/1 |
12/21 |
|
| GOSSAMER-WINGS |
|
|
Harvester
(Feniseca tarquinius) |
3/16 |
10/3 |
Great Purple Hairstreak
(Atlides halesus) |
3/11 |
10/9 |
Coral Hairstreak
(Satyrium titus) |
5/23 |
6/18 |
Banded Hairstreak
(Satyrium calanus) |
5/12 |
7/11 |
Striped Hairstreak
(Satyrium liparops) |
5/12 |
5/26 |
Oak Hairstreak
(Satyrium favonius) |
6/2 |
6/18 |
Henry's Elfin
(Callophrys henrici) |
3/17 |
5/11 |
Eastern Pine Elfin
(Callophrys niphon) |
3/15 |
6/2 |
Juniper Hairstreak
(Callophrys gryneus) |
3/23 |
9/10 |
White M Hairstreak
(Parrhasius m-album) |
3/24 |
10/5 |
Gray Hairstreak
(Strymon melinus) |
3/17 |
10/19 |
Red-banded Hairstreak
(Calycopis cecrops) |
3/29 |
11/2 |
Eastern Tailed-Blue
(Everes comyntas) |
3/15 |
11/22 |
Spring Azure
(Celastrina ladon) |
3/5 |
4/25 |
Summer Azure
(Celastrina neglecta) |
3/26 |
10/31 |
|
| BRUSHFOOTS |
|
|
American Snout
(Libytheana carinenta) |
2/10 |
11/28 |
Gulf Fritillary
(Agraulis vanillae) |
8/10 |
10/19 |
Variegated Fritillary
(Euptoieta claudia) |
2/7 |
12/1 |
Great Spangled Fritillary
(Speyeria cybele) |
5/8 |
10/15 |
Silvery Checkerspot
(Chlosyne nycteis) |
5/4 |
11/1 |
Pearl Crescent
(Phyciodes tharos) |
3/15 |
11/23 |
Question Mark
(Polygonia interrogationis) |
2/5 |
12/19 |
Eastern Comma
(Polygonia comma) |
1/5 |
11/15 |
Mourning Cloak
(Nymphalis antiopa) |
1/29 |
11/21 |
American Lady
(Vanessa virginiensis) |
2/28 |
11/24 |
Painted Lady
(Vanessa cardui) |
5/15 |
11/15 |
Red Admiral
(Vanessa atalanta) |
1/1 |
11/24 |
Common Buckeye
(Junonia coenia) |
4/23 |
12/8 |
Red-spotted Purple
(Limenitis arthemis) |
4/3 |
11/14 |
Viceroy
(Limenitis archippus) |
4/26 |
11/1 |
Hackberry Emperor
(Asterocampa celtis) |
5/9 |
10/9 |
Tawny Emperor
(Asterocampa clyton) |
5/12 |
10/11 |
Northern Pearly-eye
(Enodia anthedon) |
5/9 |
10/1 |
Appalachian Brown
(Satyrodes appalachia) |
5/12 |
9/30 |
Gemmed Satyr
(Cyllopsis gemma) |
3/25 |
10/15 |
Carolina Satyr
(Hermeuptychia sosybius) |
4/2 |
11/2 |
Little Wood-Satyr
(Megisto cymela) |
5/9 |
10/11 |
Common Wood-Nymph
(Megisto cymela) |
6/15 |
10/13 |
Monarch
(Danaus plexippus) |
4/7 |
12/31 |
|
| SPREADWING SKIPPERS |
|
|
Silver-spotted Skipper
(Epargyreus clarus) |
3/30 |
11/11 |
Long-tailed Skipper
(Urbanus proteus) |
7/9 |
10/31 |
Hoary Edge
(Achalarus lyciades) |
4/21 |
9/15 |
Southern Cloudywing
(Thorybes bathyllus) |
4/15 |
9/3 |
Northern Cloudywing
(Thorybes pylades) |
4/20 |
8/21 |
Confused Cloudywing
(Thorybes confusis) |
6/8 |
6/8 |
Sleepy Duskywing
(Erynnis brizo) |
3/24 |
5/5 |
Juvenal's Duskywing
(Erynnis juvenalis) |
3/5 |
5/25 |
Horace's Duskywing
(Erynnis horatius) |
3/25 |
10/5 |
Zarucco Duskywing
(Erynnis zarucco) |
6/9 |
9/22 |
Common Checkered-Skipper
(Pyrgus communis) |
3/6 |
11/28 |
|
| GRASS SKIPPERS |
|
|
Swarthy Skipper
(Nastra lherminier) |
5/19 |
10/5 |
Clouded Skipper
(Lerema accius) |
4/20 |
12/3 |
Least Skipper
(Ancyloxypha numitor) |
4/30 |
11/6 |
Fiery Skipper
(Hylephila phyleus) |
4/23 |
11/24 |
Tawny-edged Skipper
(Polites themistocles) |
5/27 |
10/10 |
Crossline Skipper
(Polites origenes) |
5/15 |
10/31 |
Southern Broken-Dash
(Wallengrenia otho) |
5/15 |
9/24 |
Northern Broken-Dash
(Wallengrenia egeremet) |
5/14 |
10/7 |
Little Glassywing
(Pompeius verna) |
5/12 |
10/21 |
Sachem
(Atalopedes campestris) |
4/18 |
11/22 |
Delaware Skipper
(Anatrytone logan) |
6/7 |
9/5 |
Zabulon Skipper
(Poanes zabulon) |
4/20 |
10/31 |
Dion Skipper
(Euphyes dion) |
6/8 |
10/5 |
Dun Skipper
(Euphyes vestris) |
5/6 |
10/24 |
Dusted Skipper
(Atrytonopsis hianna) |
4/20 |
5/20 |
Pepper and Salt Skipper
(Amblyscirtes hegon) |
4/20 |
5/27 |
Common Roadside-Skipper
(Amblyscirtes vialis) |
4/10 |
7/26 |
Eufala Skipper
(Lerodea eufala) |
7/26 |
10/15 |
Ocola Skipper
(Panoquina ocola) |
6/30 |
11/23 |
