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| Common Name | County | Date | Observer(s) | Number | Comments |
| 1 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2018-09-14 | Lankford et al. | 45 | Buncombe County butterfly count |
| 2 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-08-04 | G. Lankford | 35 | Buncombe County butterfly count |
| 3 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-09-22 | D. Johnston | 30 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 4 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-09-17 | Johnston, Stanton | 25 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 5 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2000-07-14 | N. Baldwin | 20 | N.C. Arboretum |
| 6 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-09-13 | D. Johnston | 20 | Cedar Hill Road area |
| 7 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-09-12 | D. Johnston | 16 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 8 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-08-04 | Doug Johnston | 16 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 9 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-08-20 | Lankford et al. | 16 | North Buncombe butterfly count |
| 10 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-09-14 | D. Carter | 15 | |
| 11 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1998-08-01 | D. Carter | 15 | |
| 12 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-07-16 | D. Johnston | 15 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 13 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-08-04 | D. Johnston et al. | 15 | Buncombe County butterfly count |
| 14 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2016-08-05 | Lankford and part | 14 | North Buncombe Butterfly Count |
| 15 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-08-04 | G. Lankford et al. | 14 | North Buncombe Co. butterfly count |
| 16 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2009-09-03 | G. Lankford | 13 | Buncombe County "count" |
| 17 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-08-22 | D. Johnston | 13 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 18 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-09-14 | D. Johnston | 13 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 19 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-08-04 | D. Johnston et al. | 9 | Buncombe County butterfly count |
| 20 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2000-07-02 | HEL,Pippen | 8 | Pisgah National Forest |
| 21 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-09-17 | D. Johnston | 8 | |
| 22 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-08-02 | G. Lankford | 8 | North Buncombe County count |
| 23 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-05-06 | Doug Johnston | 8 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 24 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-08-05 | G. Lankford | 7 | North Buncombe butterfly count |
| 25 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-05-06 | D. Johnston | 6 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 26 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-08-26 | D. Johnston | 6 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 27 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-08-01 | Johnston, Thompson | 5 | Sandy Mush Game Land -- Norbo tract |
| 28 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-09-03 | Doug Johnston | 5 | Leicester |
| 29 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2016-07-31 | D. Johnston | 5 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 30 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2019-08-04 | Johnston, Lankford | 5 | Buncombe County butterfly count |
| 31 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-07-04 | N. Baldwin et al | 4 | July 4 count |
| 32 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2005-09-14 | S.Garriock | 4 | |
| 33 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2006-07-08 | J. Pippen | 4 | Pisgah NF |
| 34 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-07-28 | D. Johnston | 4 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 35 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-10 | D. Johnston | 4 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 36 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-10 | Doug Johnston | 4 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 37 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-08-04 | D. Johnston | 4 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 38 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-08-04 | Doug Johnston | 4 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 39 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2023-09-24 | H. Rayburn | 4 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 40 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-09-10 | S. Wood | 3 | |
| 41 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1998-05-22 | D. Carter | 3 | |
| 42 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-07-22 | D. Johnston | 3 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 43 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-07-30 | D. Johnston | 3 | Leicester area |
| 44 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-08-10 | D. Johnston | 3 | Leicester area |
| 45 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-08-25 | D. Johnston | 3 | Leicester area |
| 46 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-05-21 | R. Stickney | 3 | N.C. Arboretum and French Broad River area |
| 47 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-07-24 | D. Johnston | 3 | Leicester area |
| 48 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-08-04 | Doug Johnston | 3 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 49 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-09-20 | Doug Johnston | 3 | Leicester |
| 50 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-05-16 | R. Cavasin | 3 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 51 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-05-16 | Rick Cavasin | 3 | Sandy Mush Game Land -- Bear Creek Rd |
| 52 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-08-17 | Doug Johnston | 3 | Leicester |
| 53 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-08-26 | D. Johnston | 3 | Leicester area |
| 54 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-09-12 | D. Johnston | 3 | Leicester area |
| 55 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-09-12 | Doug Johnston | 3 | Leicester |
| 56 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2016-07-24 | D. Johnston | 3 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 57 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2023-07-16 | M. Kastner et al. | 3 | |
| 58 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-07-23 | H. Mahan | 2 | |
| 59 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1996-08-10 | Thompson | 2 | |
| 60 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-09-16 | D. Carter | 2 | |
| 61 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-09-20 | HEL | 2 | |
| 62 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1998-08-02 | D. Carter | 2 | |
| 63 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2000-05-26 | S. Wood | 2 | |
| 64 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2003-10-22 | N. Baldwin | 2 | N.C. Arboretum |
| 65 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-05-30 | D. Johnston | 2 | northern Buncombe |
| 66 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-06-06 | D. Johnston | 2 | |
| 67 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-06-28 | G. Lankford | 2 | Big Ivy Creek area |
| 68 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-07-17 | D. Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 69 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-07-31 | D. Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 70 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-04-30 | D. Johnston | 2 | Leicester area |
| 71 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-07-08 | D. Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 72 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-08-05 | R. Stickney | 2 | near NC Arboretum |
| 73 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-08-05 | Doug Johnston | 2 | Leicester patch |
| 74 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-08-18 | D. Johnston | 2 | Leicester area |
| 75 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-07-18 | D. Johnston | 2 | Leicester area |
| 76 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-07-25 | D. Johnston | 2 | Alexander Park |
| 77 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-08-08 | D. Johnston | 2 | Leicester area |
| 78 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-08-15 | D. Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 79 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-09-15 | D. Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land - Bear Creek access |
| 80 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-10-08 | Doug Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 81 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-08-04 | Doug Johnston | 2 | Leicester |
| 82 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-08-16 | D. Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 83 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-08-16 | Doug Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 84 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-09-21 | D. Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 85 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-09-21 | Doug Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 86 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-09-26 | S. Wood | 2 | Fairview yard |
| 87 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-09-13 | D. Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 88 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-09-13 | Doug Johnston | 2 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 89 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2016-10-04 | D. Johnston | 2 | Leicester area |
| 90 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-08-01 | D. Johnston | 2 | Leicester area |
| 91 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2018-06-05 | K. Frye | 2 | Fairview yard |
| 92 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2019-08-15 | D. Johnston | 2 | Leicester area |
| 93 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2023-09-18 | B. Bockhahn | 2 | CHRO |
| 94 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1991-05-11 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 95 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1994-07-23 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 96 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-06-04 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 97 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-07-19 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 98 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-07-25 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 99 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-08-05 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 100 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-08-10 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 101 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-08-19 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 102 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1995-09-14 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 103 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1996-08-15 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 104 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1996-09-03 | R. Young | 1 | |
| 105 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-05-20 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 106 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-06-10 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 107 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-08-07 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 108 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-08-11 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 109 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-09-03 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 110 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-09-11 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 111 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1997-09-19 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 112 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 1998-05-19 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 113 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2000-04-29 | C. Kessler | 1 | |
| 114 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2000-05-08 | S. Wood | 1 | NC Arboretum |
| 115 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2000-08-12 | N. Baldwin | 1 | |
| 116 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2000-09-06 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 117 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2002-06-17 | S. Wood | 1 | |
| 118 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2002-07-07 | Pippen | 1 | Pisgah NF |
| 119 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2004-06-26 | HEL,Pippen | 1 | Pisgah National Forest |
| 120 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2006-06-14 | R. Emmitt | 1 | North Carolina Arboretum |
| 121 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-05-20 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 122 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-05-30 | S. Wood | 1 | Butler Mountain; 3,400 feet |
| 123 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-05-30 | S. Wood | 1 | Butler Mountain; 3,400 feet |
| 124 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-06-10 | G. Lankford | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 125 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-07-01 | G. Lankford | 1 | |
| 126 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-07-19 | G. Lankford | 1 | Warren Wilson College |
| 127 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2010-09-06 | D. Johnston | 1 | |
| 128 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-06-12 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 129 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-06-16 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 130 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-06-17 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 131 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-07-08 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 132 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-07-13 | Ricky Davis, Gail Lankford, Doug Johnston, Jeff Pippen | 1 | Bear Creek Rd. and Sandy Mush Gameland |
| 133 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-07-15 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 134 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-07-21 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 135 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-07-24 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 136 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-07-28 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 137 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-08-07 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 138 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-08-10 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 139 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-09-23 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 140 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-09-25 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 141 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-05-10 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 142 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-05-27 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 143 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-05-27 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 144 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-07-11 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 145 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-07-15 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 146 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-07-20 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 147 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-08-21 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 148 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-10-05 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 149 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-10-05 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 150 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-10-16 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land - Cedar Hill Section |
| 151 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-10-23 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 152 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-06-06 | D. Johnston | 1 | yard near Leicester |
| 153 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-09-29 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 154 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-10-04 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 155 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-10-06 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 156 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-10-20 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 157 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2013-10-22 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 158 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-07-29 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 159 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2014-07-29 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Leicester |
| 160 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-05-18 | R. Cavasin | 1 | Blue Ridge Parkway |
| 161 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-06 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 162 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-06 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Leicester |
| 163 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-14 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 164 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-21 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 165 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-21 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 166 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-28 | D. Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 167 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-06-28 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 168 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-07-07 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 169 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-07-07 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Leicester |
| 170 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2015-08-07 | Doug Johnston | 1 | Leicester |
| 171 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2016-06-17 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 172 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2016-07-23 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 173 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2016-09-24 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 174 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-06-11 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 175 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-06-24 | G. Lankford | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land |
| 176 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-07-26 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 177 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-07-29 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 178 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-07-30 | Johnston, Lankford, et al. | 1 | Sandy Mush Game Land -- Bear Creek section |
| 179 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2017-08-20 | P. DeGennaro | 1 | Owen Park |
| 180 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2018-05-13 | G. Lankford | 1 | Britten cove |
| 181 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2018-07-10 | D. Johnston | 1 | Leicester area |
| 182 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2022-08-20 | B. Bockhahn | 1 | FRBR - Farm and Lagoon Trail at Biltmore via bicycle |
| 183 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2023-07-15 | M. Kastner et al. | 1 | Hard Times Trailhead |
| 184 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2001-09-10 | S. Wood | 0 | |
| 185 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2004-05-14 | G. Lankford | 0 | ENRI |
| 186 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2004-09-19 | Lankford | 0 | |
| 187 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2005-08-11 | Lankford | 0 | |
| 188 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2005-09-15 | Lankford | 0 | yard |
| 189 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2005-10-03 | Lankford | 0 | yard |
| 190 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2006-08-26 | Lankford | 0 | |
| 191 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2009-05-29 | G. Lankford | 0 | |
| 192 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2011-05-10 | G. Lankford | 0 | Biltmore Estate |
| 193 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-05-06 | E. Shaw party | 0 | |
| 194 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-05-07 | E. Shaw party | 0 | |
| 195 Red-spotted Purple | Buncombe | 2012-10-17 | G. Lankford | 0 | Britten Cove |