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 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2021-05-06 Lankford et al. 36 Madison County butterfly count
2 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-05-09 G. Lankford et al. 32 Madison County butterfly count
3 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2008-05-11 HEL, Cook 30 Hot Springs area
4 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-09-19 Lankford, Dixon, et al. 30 Hot Springs area
5 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2016-05-28 HEL 25
6 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2021-05-15 P. Dixon 25
7 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-07-28 HEL, W. Cook 20
8 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2023-05-11 Dixon, Lankford, Rayburn 20
9 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-05-19 P. Dixon 18
10 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2013-05-20 R. Stickney 15 Hot Springs area
11 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2017-05-26 R. Young party 15
12 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-05-24 P. Dixon 14
13 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-09-09 P. Dixon 12 Hot Springs area
14 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-07-06 P. Dixon 11
15 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2021-05-31 P. Dixon 11
16 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2015-05-13 G. Lankford 10
17 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-05-11 P. Dixon 10
18 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-08-24 P. Dixon 10 Hot Springs area
19 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-05-16 P. Dixon 10
20 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-05-14 G. Lankford et al. 10
21 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-07-25 P. Dixon 10
22 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2022-08-23 P. Dixon, H. Rayburn 10
23 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2023-08-09 P. Dixon, G. Lankford 10
24 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-05-20 P. Dixon 9
25 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-06-18 HEL 7
26 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-05-27 P. Dixon 7
27 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-05-10 P. Dixon 7
28 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-08-04 P. Dixon, G. Lankford 7
29 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2021-08-25 Lankford, Dixon, et al. 7
30 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2023-05-18 Pippen 7 River Rd & Pete's Farm
31 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2023-09-20 R. Van Epps, K. Metcalf 7
32 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2017-09-24 HEL 6
33 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-06-23 P. Dixon 6 Hot Springs area
34 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2023-07-09 P. Dixon, L. Arent 6
35 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-05-17 G. Lankford 5
36 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2015-07-20 Lankford, Stanton 5
37 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2016-07-14 Lankford and part 5
38 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-08-10 P. Dixon 5 Hot Springs area
39 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-08-20 E. Shaw party 5 Hot Springs area
40 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-08-29 Dixon, Lankford 5 Madison County butterfly count
41 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-09-05 P. Dixon 5 Hot Springs area
42 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2023-05-10 R. Van Epps 5 Hot Springs area
43 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2010-09-14 D. Johnston 4 Sandy Mush Game Land
44 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-07-29 HEL, W. Cook 4
45 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2016-05-24 G. Lankford et al 4
46 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-05-01 P. Dixon 4
47 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2022-08-12 H. Rayburn 4
48 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2010-08-22 D. Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
49 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-06-15 G. Lankford 3
50 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-09-07 G. Lankford 3
51 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2013-06-11 S. Halling 3
52 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2013-06-24 D. Johnston 3
53 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2013-09-24 G. Lankford 3
54 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2015-06-18 G. Lankford et al. 3
55 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2015-09-14 G. Lankford et al. 3
56 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2016-09-16 G. Lankford et al 3
57 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-07-20 P. Dixon 3 Hot Springs area
58 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-07-26 P. Dixon 3
59 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-09-30 P. Dixon 3 Hot Springs area
60 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-05-02 P. Dixon 3
61 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-08-16 P. Dixon 3 Hot Springs area
62 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2021-06-16 Lankford, Dixon, et al. 3
63 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2021-09-08 H. Rayburn 3
64 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2022-08-09 Lankford, Dixon, Rayburn 3
65 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-04-09 Pippen, Cook 2
66 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-08-26 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
67 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2013-05-28 G. Lankford 2
68 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2014-05-21 G. Lankford et al. 2
69 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2016-06-23 Lankford and part 2
70 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-05-09 Lankford, HEL, et al. 2
71 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-06-19 P. Dixon 2
72 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-06-22 P. Dixon 2
73 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-06-26 G. Lankford party 2
74 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-08-04 P. Dixon 2 Hot Springs area
75 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-08-16 Lankford, Dixon party 2 Hot Springs area
76 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-08-13 P. Dixon 2 Hot Springs area
77 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-09-01 P. Dixon 2 Hot Springs area
78 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-09-20 Lankford et al. 2
79 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-04-22 Lankford, Dixon, et al. 2 Madison County butterfly count
80 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-08-31 P. Dixon 2 Hot Springs area
81 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2021-07-06 HEL, Arent, Dixon, Lankford 2
82 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2006-04-28 HEL 1 Pisgah NF - Hot Springs area
83 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2010-07-08 S. Thompson 1 Rich Mountain Road
84 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-07-22 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
85 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-07-28 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
86 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2013-04-30 G. Lankford 1
87 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2013-08-04 D. Johnston et al. 1 Buncombe County butterfly count
88 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2014-09-18 G. Lankford et al. 1
89 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2015-08-04 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
90 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2015-08-04 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land, Madison County
91 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2016-03-25 Owens, Cowal 1
92 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2017-04-26 G. Lankford party 1
93 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2017-06-28 Lankford and party 1
94 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2017-09-19 G. Lankford and party 1
95 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-04-27 HEL, D. Carter 1
96 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-05-19 P. Dixon 1
97 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-05-29 P. Dixon 1
98 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-06-03 P. Dixon 1
99 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-06-08 P. Dixon 1 Mill Ridge and Rich Mountain area
100 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-06-09 P. Dixon 1
101 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-06-13 P. Dixon 1
102 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-08-12 P. Dixon 1 Hot Springs area
103 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-08-23 P. Dixon 1 Hot Springs area
104 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2018-10-15 P. Dixon 1 Hot Springs area
105 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-04-30 S. Halling 1
106 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2019-07-20 P. Dixon 1 Hot Springs area
107 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-06-02 P. Dixon 1
108 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-06-26 P. Dixon, G. Lankford 1
109 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-06-26 Lankford, Dixon, et al. 1
110 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-07-11 P. Dixon 1
111 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-09-07 G. Lankford et al. 1
112 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2020-09-27 P. Dixon 1 Hot Springs area
113 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2021-09-17 G. Lankford 1 Hot Springs area
114 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2022-03-21 P. Dixon 1
115 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2022-04-03 D. Carter 1
116 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2022-04-23 Rayburn, Arent et al. 1
117 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2023-07-11 P. Dixon, L. Arent, G. Lankford 1
118 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2008-05-29 K. Caldwell 0
119 Red-spotted Purple Madison 2012-05-06 E. Shaw party 0