Butterflies of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance

New for county from iNaturalist

King's HairstreakHaywood - Lydia Pultorak
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Records recently added to the database from iNaturalist.
Cnamecountydateobservernumbercomments
American CopperWatauga2024-06-231iNat 224761165
American LadyMitchell2024-06-11Toby Koosman1iNat 222174308
American SnoutGaston2024-06-11Dennis Kent1iNat 222070442
Aphrodite FritillarySwain2024-06-23Boyer Bait Company1iNat 224769317
Appalachian AzureBuncombe2024-06-18Heather Rayburn, Asheville, NC1A great day in the yard! Found my first ever Appalachian Azure caterpillars on some of my Black Cohosh. 5 brown cats + 1 white cat. iNat 223669484
Appalachian BrownTransylvania2024-06-29Michael W Plauché1iNat 226098940
Appalachian Tiger SwallowtailTransylvania2024-05-20Paul Carter1iNat 219221695
Baltimore CheckerspotHalifax; P2024-05-191iNat 217561915
Banded HairstreakHaywood2024-06-301iNat 226228470
Black SwallowtailEdgecombe2024-06-251iNat 225120155
Broad-winged SkipperCurrituck2024-06-29Larry Chen1iNat 226038258
Brown ElfinAvery2024-04-01Emily L. Stanley1iNat 205011769
Byssus SkipperBrunswick2024-06-04Dennis Kent1iNat 220531175
Cabbage WhiteMartin2024-06-271iNat 225547403
Carolina Roadside-SkipperPitt2024-06-09Salman Abdulali1iNat 221630272
Carolina SatyrHoke2024-05-22Nick Spigler1iNat 217484806
Checkered WhiteWake2024-05-071Believe this is a resight of this individual (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214192255) just captured with a camera instead of a phone a few hours later iNat 215019985
Clouded SkipperStanly2024-05-301iNat 219525928
Common BuckeyeGreene2024-05-28Josh Emm1iNat 219025133
Common SootywingGuilford2024-06-10andrew thornton1iNat 221822177
Confused CloudywingRichmond; C2024-05-12Dennis Kent1iNat 215327607
Coral HairstreakWilkes; P2024-06-19Thomas A. Driscoll1iNat 223793681
Creole Pearly-eyeWake2024-06-20Ryan Chaffee1iNat 224061172
Crossline SkipperWilkes; P2024-06-131fresh female; ID'd by Harry L iNat 223263556
Crystal SkipperCarteret2024-04-141iNat 207281361
Delaware SkipperScotland2024-06-021iNat 220246974
Diana FritillaryBuncombe2024-06-291iNat 226041610
Dotted SkipperScotland2024-06-021NC lifer iNat 220241199
Dreamy DuskywingJackson2024-05-21peter_r1iNat 217382413
Dukes' SkipperCurrituck2024-06-291iNat 226075801
Dun SkipperAshe2024-06-22Kevin Metcalf1iNat 224708550
Dusky AzureGraham2024-04-251Female found ovipositing on goatsbeard. 3 females 5 males observed with males starting to get worn iNat 209534255
Early HairstreakMadison2024-03-301iNat 204731552
Eastern Giant SwallowtailChatham2024-06-241iNat 226700615
Eastern Pine ElfinAlamance2024-05-16Robby Deans1Terrible shot, but it flew off right after iNat 216215675
Eastern Tailed-BlueNash2024-04-16Sarah Oberlin1iNat 207678950
Eastern Tiger SwallowtailLincoln2024-03-30breaze1iNat 206129379
Edwards' HairstreakMoore; C2024-06-01Robert Gilson1iNat 219889586
European SkipperAshe2024-06-121iNat 222373471
Falcate OrangetipTyrrell2024-04-131iNat 207290142
Gemmed SatyrHaywood2024-04-071iNat 205967209
Georgia SatyrCarteret2024-06-08Josh Emm1iNat 221652734
Golden Banded-SkipperSwain2024-06-051iNat 220798400
Gray HairstreakCabarrus2024-06-291iNat 226080154
Great Purple HairstreakScotland2024-06-27Lucas Wilson1iNat 225618620
Great Spangled FritillaryWarren2024-05-28JD Flores1iNat 219012635
Hackberry EmperorMontgomery2024-06-03Merry Conlin1iNat 220385605
HarvesterGuilford2024-06-30CC1iNat 226324617
Henry's ElfinIredell2024-04-051iNat 205572323
Hessel's HairstreakRichmond; C2024-03-29Will Stuart1Late day, and not much of a look. Very flighty. Gave me a 2 minute look, flew, and did not give me a second look. iNat 204488158
Hickory HairstreakBuncombe2024-06-11Emily L. Stanley1iNat 222009073
Hoary EdgePender2024-06-291iNat 226029312
Hobomok SkipperAlleghany2024-06-191iNat 223871132
Incognito CrescentAshe2024-06-121iNat 223217293
Indian SkipperWatauga2024-06-111LIFER female iNat 223150360
Intricate SatyrPender2024-04-08John Lynch1iNat 206270586
Juniper HairstreakDavidson2024-06-301iNat 226274487
Juvenal's DuskywingYancey2024-04-24Grace Croonenberghs1iNat 209344127
King's HairstreakHaywood2024-07-14Lydia Pultorak1https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229314079
Lace-winged Roadside-SkipperMadison2024-06-111iNat 222153685
Least SkipperUnion2024-06-231iNat 224710698
Little GlassywingWatauga2024-06-231iNat 224759976
Little MetalmarkDavidson2024-06-291iNat 225988867
Little Wood-SatyrMitchell2024-06-161iNat 223139035
Long-tailed SkipperOrange2024-06-30Many Ways Farm1iNat 226183720
Meske's SkipperScotland2024-06-02Salman Abdulali1iNat 220821398
MonarchJohnston; C2024-05-181First sighting of a monarch this year on butterfly weed iNat 216629649
Mottled DuskywingRutherford; P2024-06-13Dennis Kent1iNat 222530201
Mourning CloakAvery2024-06-24Nathaniel Sharp1iNat 225296389
Northern Broken-dashAshe2024-06-22Rob Van Epps1iNat 224771328
Northern Broken-DashChatham2024-05-29Catherine Bollinger1On Stokes aster iNat 219415301
Northern Pearly-eyeCabarrus2024-06-211iNat 224392651
Oak HairstreakCurrituck2024-06-05Conway Hawn1iNat 220759694
Olympia MarbleMadison2024-04-071iNat 206048475
Orange SulphurJohnston; C2024-05-23Al Hooks1iNat 217765677
Palatka SkipperDare; Mainland2024-06-28Larry Chen1iNat 225797171
Pearl CrescentPerson2024-04-121iNat 207734815
Peck's SkipperAlleghany2024-06-19Dennis Kent1iNat 223854407
Pepper and Salt SkipperMadison2024-06-171iNat 224618104
Pipevine SwallowtailCurrituck2024-06-091iNat 221621210
Question MarkJackson2024-05-30Steph Collins1iNat 219437959
Red AdmiralMitchell2024-06-15Eric Dobbs1iNat 222983283
Red-banded HairstreakJackson2024-04-29Ripley Patton1iNat 211881441
Red-spotted PurpleGreene2024-06-09Lindsey Jones1iNat 221685050
Reversed Roadside-SkipperScotland2024-06-27Lucas Wilson1iNat 225621376
Reversed Roadside-skipperCraven2024-04-151https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207819321
Salt Marsh SkipperCarteret2024-06-21railprof1iNat 224257186
Silvery BlueMadison2024-04-18Kevin Metcalf1iNat 208195025
Sleepy OrangePerson2024-05-291iNat 219177048
Southern Broken-dashPerson2024-05-291iNat 219177284
Southern Pearly-eyeCamden2024-06-16Cattail_Colin1iNat 223139563
Southern SkipperlingRichmond; C2024-06-09Dennis Kent1iNat 221652107
Spicebush SwallowtailCabarrus2024-06-28Rene Kimray1iNat 225820459
Spring AzureHenderson2024-04-161iNat 207748951
Striped HairstreakMacon2024-06-16Alina Martin1iNat 223259991
Summer AzureColumbus2024-05-24Candace Harrell1iNat 217971652
Swarthy SkipperBeaufort2024-06-28Larry Chen1iNat 225723258
Tawny EmperorChatham2024-06-291iNat 226069799
Tawny-edged SkipperCarteret2024-06-08Josh Emm1iNat 221655157
Twin-spot SkipperDare; Mainland2024-06-03Heather Hawn1iNat 220315473
Two-spotted SkipperBeaufort2024-05-211iNat 218889436
Variegated FritillaryLincoln2024-06-291iNat 226208140
ViceroyPerson2024-06-281iNat 225848252
West Virginia WhiteClay2024-05-161iNat 216229130
WhirlaboutRichmond; C2024-06-29Lydia Pultorak1iNat 225923819
White-M HairstreakHaywood2024-06-15Melinda Fawver1iNat 222995459
Wild Indigo DuskywingWatauga2024-06-271iNat 225571172
Yehl SkipperScotland2024-06-16Josh Emm1iNat 223258520
Yucca Giant-SkipperRichmond; C2024-04-05Kevin Metcalf1iNat 205778831
Zabulon SkipperCabarrus2024-05-131iNat 215524503
Zarucco DuskywingHaywood2024-06-28William1iNat 225751467
Zebra SwallowtailHoke2024-06-08Nick Spigler1iNat 221392450