Butterflies of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Butterflies of NC Butterflies of North Carolina Database
record
Common Name County Date Observer(s) Number Comments
1 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1980-03-31 TEH 1 WEWO - WW#511 pinewoods
2 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1993-04-11 HEL 6 WEWO -- Paint Hill, nectaring on Symplocos
3 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1995-03-16 HEL 8 WEWO -- Paint Hill
4 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1995-04-11 HEL 6
5 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1996-03-11 D. Carter 1
6 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1996-03-12 S. Hartley 1
7 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1996-03-14 S. Hartley 1
8 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1996-03-16 S. Hartley 1
9 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1996-03-30 HEL 1 WEWO - Paint Hill
10 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1997-03-04 ASH 1 WEWO
11 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1997-03-07 ASH 1 WEWO
12 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1997-03-17 ASH 1 WEWO
13 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1997-03-18 ASH 1 WEWO
14 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1997-03-20 ASH 1 WEWO
15 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1997-03-22 ASH 1 WEWO
16 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1998-04-12 HEL 1 WEWO -- Paint Hill
17 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1999-03-17 ASH 1 WEWO - Paint Hill, Nectaring on Pyxidanthera.
18 Brown Elfin Moore; C 1999-03-25 ASH 2 WEWO - Paint Hill,
19 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2000-03-08 C. Helms 3 WEWO
20 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2000-03-15 R. Emmitt 8 WEWO
21 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2001-02-26 S. Hartley 17 WEWO
22 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2001-03-09 R. Emmitt 7 WEWO
23 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2001-03-11 D. Carter 1 near West End
24 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2001-03-17 J. Dole 17 WEWO
25 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2001-03-31 S. Hall 8 WEWO
26 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2001-04-12 W. Cook 1 WEWO
27 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2002-03-08 C. Helms 2 WEWO
28 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2002-03-17 S. Hartley 10 WEWO
29 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2002-04-13 W. Cook 1 WEWO
30 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2003-03-22 S. Hartley 5 WEWO
31 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2004-03-19 ASH 6 WEWO
32 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2004-03-19 S. Hartley 6 WEWO
33 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2004-04-07 ASH 1 WEWO
34 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2004-04-10 Pippen,HEL 1 WEWO
35 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-03-13 ASH 4 WEWO At Paint Hill - all four constantly sparring with each other - territory establishment? - didn't see them nectar in the 45 minutes I was there.
36 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-03-13 S. Hartley 4 WEWO -- Paint Hill
37 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-03-24 ASH 4 WEWO
38 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-03-24 Backstrom 3 WEWO -- Paint Hill
39 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-03-25 Backstrom 5 WEWO
40 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-03-30 ASH 2 WEWO
41 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-04-02 S. Hartley 10 WEWO
42 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-04-07 ASH 3 WEWO
43 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2005-04-09 HEL 2 WEWO
44 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2006-03-09 ASH 8 WEWO All at Paint Hill
45 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2006-03-10 S. Hartley 6 WEWO
46 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2006-03-12 ASH 6 WEWO All these at the WEWO Tract.
47 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2006-03-14 ASH 4 WEWO
48 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2007-03-13 ASH, M. Franklin, E. Parisher, B. S 10 At least 10 at Paint Hill - all very fresh.
49 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2007-03-13 S. Hartley 5 WEWO
50 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2007-03-14 J. Pippen 7 WEWO
51 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2007-03-17 ASH 1
52 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2007-03-21 ASH 10
53 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2007-03-25 ASH 1 In driveway at Paint Hill Residence
54 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2007-03-28 ASH 2
55 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2008-03-19 ASH 1 WEWO - In Bower's Strip off of Lighter Stump Trail.
56 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2008-03-21 ASH 9 WEWO - All at Paint Hill
57 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2008-03-22 R. Emmitt 2 WEWO
58 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2008-03-27 D. Burnette 8 WEWO
59 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2008-04-12 Jeffrey Pippen 1 Weymouth: Paint Hill
60 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2009-03-19 ASH 12 WEWO - All on WEWO tract. Saw at least 12 while burning unit 4D.
61 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2009-03-21 D. Burnette 7 WEWO; 4 at main unit, 3 at Paint Hill
62 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2009-03-31 ASH 10 WEWO - .
63 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2009-04-03 ASH 4 WEWO
64 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2010-03-21 ASH 1 WEWO
65 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2010-03-27 ASH 3 WEWO
66 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2010-04-03 D. Burnette 2 WEWO
67 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2010-04-03 ASH 4 WEWO
68 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2010-04-10 ASH 2 WEWO
69 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2011-03-12 ASH 12 WEWO - All in one spot off of firebreak near bowers strip
70 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2011-03-29 ASH 1 WEWO
71 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2011-04-07 ASH 1 WEWO
72 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2012-02-28 ASH 2 Near Bower's Bog - both very fresh
73 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2013-03-14 ASH 3 Fresh at Paint Hill nectaring on Pxyidanthera. Spent 30 minutes with this one and it crawled under pine straw and wiregrass to get to the blooms. Didn't perch out where I could get the whole body.
74 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2013-03-16 ASH 3
75 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2013-03-19 E. Corey, J. Williamson, S. Hartley 1 Paint Hill - fresh individual
76 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2013-04-13 G. Schepker 5 WEWO
77 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2014-04-13 R. Stickney 1 WEWO
78 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2014-04-13 Richard Stickney 1
79 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2015-03-31 NEW 2 WEWO - At Paint Hill feeding on Pyxie-moss
80 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2016-03-08 R. Stickney 1 WEWO
81 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2016-03-15 R. Stickney 24 WEWO - Paint Hill
82 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2016-03-31 J. Pippen 7 WEWO
83 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2017-02-25 R. Shaw 1 WEWO -- Paint Hill Section
84 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2017-02-25 R. Shaw 1
85 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2017-02-25 Roger Shaw 1 WEWO - Paint Hill
86 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2017-03-06 R. Stickney 3 WEWO -- Paint Hill Section
87 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2017-03-06 Richard Stickney 3 WEWO - Pixie Moss trail
88 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2018-02-24 R. Shaw 1 WEWO -- Paint Hill
89 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2018-02-24 Roger Shaw 1 Paint Hill - very close to a small cluster of Sandhills Pyxie-Moss
90 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2018-02-27 R. Stickney 1 WEWO -- Paint Hill
91 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2018-03-28 N. Williamson 1 On service road that cuts through Bower's Bog around trailing arbutus
92 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2021-03-14 L. Arent 6 WEWO -- Paint hill
93 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2021-03-22 R. Stickney 1 WEWO -- Paint hill
94 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2021-03-27 M. Turner 1 WEWO -- Paint hill
95 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2021-03-29 M. Turner 2 WEWO -- Paint hill
96 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2021-04-04 M. Turner 1 WEWO -- Paint hill
97 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2022-03-06 R. Shaw 2 WEWO -- Paint Hill Section
98 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2023-02-23 R. Stickney 10 WEWO
99 Brown Elfin Moore; C 2023-02-23 Richard Stickney 10 WEWO - Paint Hill - Pixie moss was in good bloom and the elfins were all over it. I counted at least 10.