Butterflies of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance

New for county from carolinaleps

Dion SkipperLee - Jimmy Randolph
Great Spangled FritillaryNorthampton - Kathy Richardson
Oak HairstreakMcDowell; P - Bert Harris
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Records added to the database from carolinaleps. We have 251,550 records in the database.
Aaron's SkipperDare; Mainland2025-05-15Kevin Metcalf1iNat 281968101
American LadyCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw1North River Wetlands
American SnoutBladen2025-05-311iNat 285807930
Appalachian AzureClay2025-05-18Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, Audrey Whitlock, Al Hooks6Multiple sites
Appalachian BrownJackson2025-05-21Alina Martin1iNat 284149190
Appalachian Tiger SwallowtailGraham2025-05-19Jess Tremblay1iNat 282556243
Banded HairstreakDare; OBU2025-05-31Audrey Whitlock1Dare Co lifer iNat 285911887
Black SwallowtailCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw1North River Wetlands
Broad-winged SkipperBeaufort2025-05-301iNat 285376251
Brown ElfinTransylvania2025-04-211iNat 272086120
Cabbage WhitePitt2025-05-30Salman Abdulali1Pitt County Arboretum
Carolina Roadside-SkipperGates2025-04-021iNat 269348353
Carolina SatyrGuilford2025-05-24Marie Poteat1Jamestown
Checkered WhiteMadison2025-05-221iNat 283150573
Clouded SkipperCabarrus2025-05-241iNat 283951398
Clouded SulphurDurham2025-04-17Lori Arent1Flat River
Cloudless SulphurAnson2025-04-27Will Stuart1Pee Dee NWR
Cobweb SkipperMadison2025-04-14Kevin Metcalf1same individual photographed by @robvanepps iNat 270548809
Common BuckeyeCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw1North River Wetlands
Common Checkered-SkipperGuilford2025-05-19Marie Poteat1Jamestown
Common Roadside-SkipperRichmond; C2025-04-17Mark Walker3
Common SootywingCabarrus2025-04-28Rob Van Epps1iNat 276246088
Confused CloudywingScotland2025-04-26Jeff Clark1iNat 277242325
Coral HairstreakGuilford2025-05-29Heather Russell1iNat 285230980
Creole Pearly-eyeCabarrus2025-05-131iNat 285409509
Crossline SkipperMecklenburg2025-05-30Rob Van Epps1iNat 285435182
Crystal SkipperOnslow2025-04-28Anna1iNat 276561352
Delaware SkipperStokes2025-05-31Anakin Slinky1iNat 286185518
Dion SkipperLee2025-06-03Jimmy Randolph1Sanford yard; photos on Facebook Carolina Leps group
Dreamy DuskywingClay2025-05-18Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, Audrey Whitlock, Al Hooks11Multiple sites
Dun SkipperCaswell2025-05-23Randy Emmitt5Caswell Game Land
Dusky AzureGraham2025-04-18Kevin Metcalf1Female repeatedly visiting and ovipositing on Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus), the larval food plant of Dusky Azure. In series of photos, note broad dark gray margins on upper side of wings, dark along wing veins, lack of bright blue on upper side of wings. Also, dark marks along the marginal and submarginal bands on the underside of the wings, especially the forewings, relatively prominent compared to Spring/Summer Azures seen in the same area on this date. One male Dusky Azure was also present, but never landed for good photos. It lacked bright blue on upper side of wings, and was instead a dark slaty gray. iNat 271452728
Dusted SkipperClay2025-05-18Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, Audrey Whitlock, Al Hooks1Multiple sites
Early HairstreakSwain2025-03-29Jaimie Matzko1iNat 267764606
Eastern CommaCaswell2025-05-24Roger Shaw1Caswell Game Land
Eastern Giant SwallowtailDare; OBU2025-05-07hagfish1Terrible pictures, but unmistakable - first spotted it dorsally iNat 279264726
Eastern Pine ElfinCaswell2025-05-24Roger Shaw1Caswell Game Land
Eastern Tailed-BlueWake2025-05-29Lori Arent7Multiple Sites
Eastern Tiger SwallowtailNew Hanover2025-06-01Jeff Pippen, Laura Turcotte1CABE
Edwards' HairstreakHoke2025-05-22Nick Spigler1iNat 283506620
Eufala SkipperCaswell2025-05-24Roger Shaw1Caswell Game Land
Falcate OrangetipGraham2025-04-18Kevin Metcalf1iNat 271521525
Fiery SkipperNew Hanover2025-05-31Jeff Pippen, Laura Turcotte1Arboretum
Frosted ElfinRichmond; C2025-04-17Gabriela Garrison1
Gemmed SatyrOrange2025-05-04smoore1iNat 280670184
Golden Banded-SkipperMadison2025-05-311iNat 286173889
Gray HairstreakPasquotank2025-05-31Conway Hawn1iNat 285826026
Great Purple HairstreakBurke; P2025-05-29Leighton Reid1iNat 285229947
Great Spangled FritillaryNorthampton2025-05-30Kathy Richardson1iNat 285345913
Gulf FritillaryClay2025-05-17Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, Audrey Whitlock, Al Hooks, Jason Love, Bruce Snyde1Multiple sites
Hackberry EmperorMadison2025-05-311iNat 286142150
HarvesterWake2025-05-221In native-focused suburban garden. On native lizard tail plant. iNat 283210107
Hayhurst's ScallopwingAnson2025-04-17Will Stuart1Pee Dee NWR near the Pee Dee River. iNat 271197875
Henry's ElfinLee2025-04-29Jimmy Randolph1photographed, on Facebook Carolina Leps. In yard in Sanford.
Hessel's HairstreakRichmond; C2025-04-17Mark Walker, Bill Dempwolf6
Hoary EdgeMadison2025-05-311iNat 286380278
Hobomok SkipperAshe2025-05-25Brian Antczak1Feeding on Penstemon smallii. iNat 284926688
Holly AzureRichmond; C2025-04-17Mark Walker, Bill Dempwolf10
Horace's DuskywingCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw2North River Wetlands
Incognito CrescentClay2025-05-271iNat 286894752
Indian SkipperClay2025-05-18Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, Audrey Whitlock, Al Hooks1Multiple sites
Intricate SatyrBrunswick2025-04-15Jayden Ward1iNat 270910477
Juniper HairstreakCaswell2025-05-23Randy Emmitt2Caswell Game Land
Juvenal's DuskywingClay2025-05-18Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, Audrey Whitlock, Al Hooks6Multiple sites
King's HairstreakHoke2025-05-31Nick Spigler1iNat 286120084
Lace-winged Roadside-SkipperCraven2025-05-30Nicole Kirch1iNat 285389515
Least SkipperMadison2025-05-311iNat 286382390
Little GlassywingCaswell2025-05-24Roger Shaw2Caswell Game Land
Little MetalmarkPender2025-04-271iNat 274997445
Little Wood-SatyrHaywood2025-05-31Doug Bruce1iNat 287161293
Meadow FritillaryMadison2025-04-27Grace Croonenberghs1iNat 276741770
MonarchCarteret2025-05-31Bob Cavanaugh1Newport
Mottled DuskywingRutherford; P2025-04-19Derb Carter4South Mountains Game Land
Mourning CloakMacon2025-05-301iNat 285492349
Northern CloudywingGuilford2025-05-31Carole Bloom130-May-25 iNat 285512065
Northern Pearly-eyeBuncombe2025-05-311on a sandbank in a wetland iNat 285787572
Oak HairstreakMcDowell; P2025-05-29Bert Harris1https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290099466
Olympia MarbleMadison2025-04-05Pete Dixon, Heather Rayburn, Ben Gillum1Hot Springs
Orange SulphurPasquotank2025-05-31Conway Hawn1iNat 285747687
Painted LadyGuilford2025-05-23David B. Craft1iNat 285127247
Palamedes SwallowtailNew Hanover2025-06-01Jeff Pippen, Laura Turcotte1CABE
Palatka SkipperCurrituck2025-06-12David Siripoonsup2Waterlily Road
Pearl CrescentCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw2North River Wetlands
Peck's SkipperClay2025-05-301iNat 286675574
Pepper and Salt SkipperClay2025-05-18Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, Audrey Whitlock, Al Hooks3Multiple sites
Phaon CrescentOnslow2025-04-25Anna1iNat 275729227
Pipevine SwallowtailMecklenburg2025-05-31Rob Van Epps1iNat 286366338
Question MarkHyde2025-05-25Kelly Davis1iNat 286366204
Red AdmiralCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw1North River Wetlands
Red-banded HairstreakCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw17North River Wetlands
Red-spotted PurpleCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw4North River Wetlands
Reversed Roadside-SkipperPender2025-04-241iNat 272824232
SachemLincoln2025-05-301iNat 286285250
Salt Marsh SkipperCarteret2025-05-18jrcagle1iNat 282617740
Silver-spotted SkipperNew Hanover2025-05-31Jeff Pippen, Laura Turcotte1Arboretum
Silvery BlueMadison2025-04-05Pete Dixon, Heather Rayburn, Ben Gillum1Hot Springs
Silvery CheckerspotYancey2025-05-25Kelly Sullivan1iNat 283946901
Sleepy DuskywingClay2025-05-18Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, Audrey Whitlock, Al Hooks4Multiple sites
Sleepy OrangeCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw2North River Wetlands
Southern Broken-dashOrange2025-05-29Jeff Pippen1Downhome Garden Center
Southern CloudywingCaswell2025-05-24Roger Shaw3Caswell Game Land
Southern Pearly-eyeChatham2025-05-29Merry Conlin1On Arundinaria iNat 285184334
Southern SkipperlingWake2025-05-29Lori Arent5Multiple Sites
Spicebush SwallowtailHoke2025-05-25Mike Turner1Nicholson Creek Game Land
Spring AzureSwain2025-04-19Ziyu Wang1iNat 271540116
Summer AzureCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw2North River Wetlands
Swarthy SkipperMecklenburg2025-05-30Rob Van Epps1iNat 285433582
Tawny CrescentClay2025-05-301iNat 285464167
Tawny EmperorMadison2025-05-311iNat 286157530
Tawny-edged SkipperPender2025-05-30Tyler Ekholm1iNat 285806365
Twin-spot SkipperCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw5North River Wetlands
Variegated FritillaryWake2025-05-29Lori Arent2Multiple Sites
ViceroyCarteret2025-05-31Roger Shaw1North River Wetlands
West Virginia WhiteJackson2025-05-01Michael Weisensee1iNat 277703889
WhirlaboutPender2025-05-26Larry Chen1iNat 285506977
White-M HairstreakDare; OBU2025-05-241iNat 283669729
Wild Indigo DuskywingRichmond; C2025-04-17Mark Walker, Bill Dempwolf2
Yehl SkipperPitt2025-05-30Salman Abdulali1iNat 285436145
Yucca Giant-SkipperOnslow2025-04-181iNat 272107500
Zabulon SkipperWake2025-05-29Lori Arent1Multiple Sites
Zarucco DuskywingNew Hanover2025-05-30Gail Lemiec1iNat 285418846
Zebra SwallowtailNorthampton2025-05-30Kathy Richardson1iNat 285497787