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 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-08-20 P. DeGennaro 500 Blue Ridge Parkway
2 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2004-06-26 HEL,Pippen 250 Pisgah National Forest
3 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2002-07-07 Pippen 200 Pisgah NF
4 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-05-09 N. Baldwin 200 Pisgah NF
5 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-07-02 HEL,Pippen 140 Pisgah National Forest
6 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-08-04 Doug Johnston 128 Sandy Mush Game Land
7 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1998-08-01 D. Carter 120
8 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-05-11 N. Baldwin 120 Pisgah NF
9 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-07-18 Lankford, Young 100 Coleman Boundary Road
10 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-08-04 D. Johnston et al. 83 Buncombe County butterfly count
11 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-07-08 J. Pippen 80 Pisgah NF
12 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-07-01 HEL,Pippen 75 Pisgah National Forest
13 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1998-07-12 R. Young 63
14 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-07-14 Lankford 50 Dillingham area
15 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-06-28 G. Lankford 50 Big Ivy Creek area
16 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-04-29 C. Kessler 47
17 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-09-28 D. Johnston 40 Blue Ridge Parkway -- Ridge Junction
18 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-08-04 G. Lankford 36 Buncombe County butterfly count
19 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-05-20 R. Stickney 36
20 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-07-30 S Smith 34 Walker Knob
21 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2019-08-04 Johnston, Lankford 24 Buncombe County butterfly count
22 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-09-14 D. Johnston 22 Sandy Mush Game Land
23 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-08-04 G. Lankford et al. 22 North Buncombe Co. butterfly count
24 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-07-14 N. Baldwin 20 N.C. Arboretum
25 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-08-11 D. Johnston 20 Sandy Mush Game Land -- "Dead Dog" area
26 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-08-05 G. Lankford 17 North Buncombe butterfly count
27 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-08-05 Lankford and part 17 North Buncombe Butterfly Count
28 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-08-04 D. Johnston et al. 16 Buncombe County butterfly count
29 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2021-07-07 HEL, L. Arent 16
30 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2022-04-13 B. Bockhahn 15 PIVI
31 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-04-17 J. Mays 12 Leicester
32 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-07-11 G. Lankford 10 near Weaverville
33 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-07-06 G. Lankford 10 Big Ivy Creek area
34 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-08-08 D. Johnston 10 Leicester area
35 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-09-12 G. Lankford 10 Britten Cove
36 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-09-02 D. Allen 10 Blue Ridge Parkway - Craggy Gardens area
37 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-04-22 S. Moore, J. Brock 10 Sandy Mush Game Land
38 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2022-05-10 G. Lankford 10 Britten Cove Road
39 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1997-09-20 HEL 8
40 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-09-02 Luke Williamson 8 North Carolina Arboretum
41 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2019-05-01 S. Halling 8 Sandy Mush Game Land
42 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2022-05-16 B. Bockhahn 8 PIVI
43 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-04-05 D. Johnston 7 Sandy Mush Game Land
44 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-08-01 D. Johnston 7 Leicester area
45 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-08-07 M. Kastner 6 Blue Ridge Parkway
46 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-08-01 Johnston, Thompson 6 Sandy Mush Game Land -- Norbo tract
47 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-07-29 D. Johnston 6 Leicester area
48 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-04-11 J. Mays 5 Leicester
49 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-07-16 D. Johnston 5 Sandy Mush Game Land
50 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-09-12 D. Johnston 5 Sandy Mush Game Land
51 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-07-13 Ricky Davis, Jeff Pippen 5 BRP around Walker's Knob
52 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-06-27 G. Lankford 5 Britten Cove
53 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-07-29 D. Johnston 5 Leicester area
54 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-08-20 P. DeGennaro 5 Owen Park
55 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2018-05-13 G. Lankford 5 Britten cove
56 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2022-08-20 H. Rayburn 5 Blue Ridge Parkway -- Walker Knob Overlook
57 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-04-12 S. Wood 4 Fletcher Creek area
58 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-07-26 D. Johnston 4 Leicester area
59 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2018-06-05 K. Frye 4 Fairview yard
60 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2018-09-14 Lankford et al. 4 Buncombe County butterfly count
61 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2023-04-29 G. Lankford 4 Britten Cove
62 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2023-05-02 S. Halling 4 Sandy Mush Game Land
63 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1997-09-14 D. Carter 3
64 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1998-08-02 D. Carter 3
65 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2002-08-11 L. Smith 3
66 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2005-09-14 S.Garriock 3
67 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-07-30 S Smith 3 Pisgah Inn
68 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-08-02 G. Lankford 3 North Buncombe County count
69 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-08-05 Doug Johnston 3 Leicester patch
70 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-08-26 D. Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
71 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2015-08-20 Lankford et al. 3 North Buncombe butterfly count
72 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-10-04 G. Lankford 3 Britten Cove
73 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2018-07-10 D. Johnston 3 Leicester area
74 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2023-09-12 B. Bockhahn, J. Thomson 3 FOFL
75 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-10-24 C. Kessler 2
76 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-11-01 S. Wood 2
77 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2001-05-15 S. Wood 2
78 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2001-07-15 S. Wood 2
79 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2001-07-16 S. Wood 2
80 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2005-08-31 J. Mays 2 Upper Glady Fork
81 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2007-09-28 G. Lankford 2 yard
82 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2008-05-26 E. Corey 2
83 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-08-22 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
84 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-09-17 D. Johnston 2
85 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-10-12 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
86 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-07-20 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
87 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-07-29 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
88 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-07-30 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
89 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-07-07 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
90 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-10-08 Doug Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
91 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-04-20 Doug Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
92 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-07-29 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
93 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-07-29 Doug Johnston 2 Leicester
94 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-08-16 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
95 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-08-16 Doug Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
96 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-08-27 R. Stickney 2 Blue Ridge Parkway -- MP 359.10
97 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2015-04-21 Doug Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
98 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2015-04-24 Doug Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
99 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2015-07-11 Doug Johnston 2 Owen Park ponds
100 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-04-23 M. Orsie 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
101 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-10-19 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
102 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-10-20 D. Johnston 2 Biltmore Estate
103 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2019-08-15 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
104 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2021-08-27 G. Lankford 2 BRP -- east of Ox Creek Road
105 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1996-08-10 R. Young 1
106 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1996-08-10 Thompson 1
107 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1997-07-04 HEL,Carter 1
108 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1997-09-25 S. Wood 1
109 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1998-04-06 S. Wood 1
110 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 1998-08-06 S. Wood 1
111 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-05-08 S. Wood 1 NC Arboretum
112 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-05-27 S. Wood 1 Bent Creek area
113 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-08-12 N. Baldwin 1
114 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-10-16 S. Wood 1
115 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2000-10-18 S. Wood 1
116 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2001-06-13 S. Wood 1
117 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2001-06-19 S. Wood 1 N.C. Arboretum
118 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-04-07 J. Mays 1 West Asheville
119 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-05-28 J. Mays 1 Asheville
120 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-06-12 J. Mays 1 Asheville
121 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2009-09-03 G. Lankford 1 Buncombe County "count"
122 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-07-01 G. Lankford 1
123 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-07-19 G. Lankford 1 Warren Wilson College
124 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2010-09-06 D. Johnston 1
125 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-04-10 G. Lankford 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
126 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-06-23 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
127 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-07-10 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
128 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-08-10 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
129 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-09-25 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
130 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-10-16 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
131 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-03-20 G. Lankford 1 Britten Cove
132 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-03-22 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
133 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-03-27 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
134 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-03-29 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
135 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-04-05 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
136 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-04-08 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
137 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-04-13 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
138 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-05-06 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
139 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-05-06 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
140 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-05-27 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
141 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-05-27 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
142 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-06-09 G. Lankford 1 Britten Cove
143 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-08-10 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
144 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-10-05 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
145 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-10-26 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
146 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-04-18 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
147 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-04-18 Richard Staniforth 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
148 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-05-21 G. Lankford 1 Britten Cove
149 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-07-11 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
150 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-07-23 B. Rhodes 1 photo on BAMONA website
151 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-07-24 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
152 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-08-04 Owens, Janie 1 Folk Art Center to Bull Gap
153 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-09-29 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
154 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2013-10-01 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
155 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-04-27 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
156 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-04-27 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
157 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-08-04 Doug Johnston 1 Leicester
158 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-08-04 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
159 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2014-08-14 Doug Johnston 1 Biltmore estate
160 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2015-04-21 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
161 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2015-04-21 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
162 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2015-05-09 Doug Johnston 1 Leicester
163 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2015-05-18 R. Cavasin 1 Blue Ridge Parkway
164 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-03-21 M. Turner 1 Black Mountain
165 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-04-10 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
166 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-04-19 G. Lankford 1 Britten Cove
167 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-09-19 S. Wood 1 open field at Fairview
168 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-09-24 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
169 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-10-04 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
170 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2016-10-23 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
171 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-04-02 G. Lankford party 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
172 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2017-04-25 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
173 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2018-08-03 G. Lankford 1 Britten Cove
174 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2020-04-25 G. Lankford 1 Britten Cove
175 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2020-06-19 B. Bockhahn 1 Pisgah View Ranch
176 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2022-04-22 G. Lankford 1 Britten Cove
177 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2022-04-22 G. Lankford 1 Britten Cove
178 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2022-08-02 H. Rayburn 1 Asheville yard
179 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2022-08-18 H. Rayburn 1 Asheville yard
180 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2023-08-20 G. Lankford 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
181 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2023-08-23 J. Lynch, E. Corey, B. Wheeler, J. Schaner 1 PIVI
182 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2023-09-24 H. Rayburn 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
183 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe ? 0 Nekola - Opler map
184 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2001-09-11 S. Wood 0
185 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2001-09-22 S. Wood 0
186 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2004-04-23 G. Lankford 0 Walker Falls Road
187 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2004-07-18 N. Baldwin 0
188 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2005-08-13 Lankford 0
189 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-05-06 N. Baldwin 0 Pisgah NF
190 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2006-08-26 Lankford 0
191 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2008-04-25 G. Lankford 0
192 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2008-07-15 R. Stickney 0
193 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2008-08-03 G. Lankford 0
194 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2009-05-29 G. Lankford 0
195 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2009-07-20 G. Lankford 0 Britten Cove area
196 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2009-09-05 G. Lankford 0 BRP - Craggy Gardens picnic area
197 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-04-14 G. Lankford 0 home near Weaverville
198 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-06-08 G. Lankford 0 Weaverville area
199 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-07-07 G. Lankford 0
200 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2011-07-28 S. Wood 0 Butler Mountain yard
201 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-05-06 E. Shaw party 0
202 Pipevine Swallowtail Buncombe 2012-05-07 E. Shaw party 0