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 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-08-04 G. Lankford 47 Buncombe County butterfly count
2 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2019-08-04 Johnston, Lankford 30 Buncombe County butterfly count
3 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-08-05 G. Lankford 28 North Buncombe butterfly count
4 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-08-20 Lankford et al. 25 North Buncombe butterfly count
5 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-08-02 G. Lankford 23 North Buncombe County count
6 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2017-08-04 G. Lankford et al. 23 North Buncombe Co. butterfly count
7 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-08-05 Lankford and part 20 North Buncombe Butterfly Count
8 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2009-09-03 G. Lankford 16 Buncombe County "count"
9 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-07-13 Ricky Davis, Gail Lankford, Doug Johnston, Jeff Pippen 15 Bear Creek Rd. and Sandy Mush Gameland
10 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2018-09-14 Lankford et al. 15 Buncombe County butterfly count
11 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-07-15 D. Johnston 14 Sandy Mush Game Land
12 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-10-20 D. Johnston 14 Biltmore Estate
13 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-08-04 D. Johnston et al. 12 Buncombe County butterfly count
14 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-08-04 Doug Johnston 12 Sandy Mush Game Land
15 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-08-04 D. Johnston et al. 11 Buncombe County butterfly count
16 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-11-18 D. Johnston 9 Leicester area
17 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-07-24 D. Johnston 8 Sandy Mush Game Land
18 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-10-12 D. Johnston 7 Sandy Mush Game Land
19 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-11-10 D. Johnston 7 Leicester area
20 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-07-16 D. Johnston 6 Sandy Mush Game Land
21 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-09-12 D. Johnston 6 Sandy Mush Game Land
22 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-07-21 D. Johnston 5 Leicester area
23 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-08-25 D. Johnston 5 Leicester area
24 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-08-01 Johnston, Thompson 5 Sandy Mush Game Land -- Norbo tract
25 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-11-10 D. Johnston 5 Sandy Mush Game Land
26 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-06-18 G. Lankford 4 Sandy Mush Game Land
27 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-07-15 D. Johnston 4 Leicester area
28 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-07-28 D. Johnston 4 Leicester area
29 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-10-23 D. Johnston 4 Sandy Mush Game Land
30 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-08-05 Doug Johnston 4 Leicester patch
31 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-10-05 D. Johnston 4 Sandy Mush Game Land
32 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-08-14 Doug Johnston 4 Biltmore estate
33 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-08-04 D. Johnston 4 Sandy Mush Game Land
34 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-08-04 Doug Johnston 4 Sandy Mush Game Land
35 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2000-05-07 C. Kessler 3 Blue Ridge Parkway
36 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-09-14 D. Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
37 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-09-17 D. Johnston 3
38 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-06-06 D. Johnston 3
39 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-06-12 D. Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
40 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-05-06 D. Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
41 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-05-06 Doug Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
42 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-05-10 Doug Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
43 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-05-27 D. Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
44 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-07-30 D. Johnston 3 Leicester area
45 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-08-26 D. Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
46 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-06-14 Doug Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
47 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-09-03 Doug Johnston 3 Leicester
48 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-07-31 D. Johnston 3 Sandy Mush Game Land
49 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2000-08-26 S. Wood 2
50 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2003-10-22 N. Baldwin 2 N.C. Arboretum
51 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-07-08 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
52 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-08-10 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
53 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-09-23 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
54 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-09-25 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
55 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-05-27 Doug Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
56 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-07-29 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
57 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-08-21 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
58 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-10-05 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
59 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-10-16 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land - Cedar Hill Section
60 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-10-23 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
61 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-07-28 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
62 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-09-29 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
63 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-10-29 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
64 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-08-04 Doug Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
65 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-06-21 D. Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
66 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-06-21 Doug Johnston 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
67 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-10-19 D. Johnston 2 Leicester area
68 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2017-11-14 Johnston, Stanton 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
69 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2018-04-03 Johnston and party 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
70 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2023-09-24 H. Rayburn 2 Sandy Mush Game Land
71 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 1994-07-15 R. Young 1
72 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 1995-08-13 R. Young 1
73 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 1996-08-10 Thompson 1
74 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 1997-06-10 S. Wood 1
75 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 1997-07-14 S. Wood 1
76 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 1997-09-19 S. Wood 1
77 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 1997-10-11 S. Wood 1
78 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 1999-10-06 L. Williams 1
79 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2000-06-23 R. Emmitt 1 N.C. Arboretum
80 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2000-08-08 S. Wood 1
81 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2000-08-12 N. Baldwin 1
82 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2000-11-01 S. Wood 1
83 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2001-05-21 S. Wood 1
84 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2001-11-19 S. Wood 1
85 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2005-09-14 S.Garriock 1
86 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-05-20 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
87 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-09-06 D. Johnston 1
88 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2010-11-19 D. Johnston 1
89 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-06-16 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
90 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-06-17 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
91 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-06-23 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
92 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-06-24 D, Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
93 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2011-07-24 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
94 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-06-24 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
95 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-07-20 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
96 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-08-18 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
97 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-10-18 D. Johnston 1
98 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-11-11 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
99 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-03-09 D. Johnston 1
100 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-08-08 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
101 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-10-01 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
102 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-10-20 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
103 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2013-11-30 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
104 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-07-01 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
105 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-07-01 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
106 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-07-20 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
107 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-07-20 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
108 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-08-16 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
109 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-08-16 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
110 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-09-20 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
111 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-09-20 Doug Johnston 1 Leicester
112 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-09-26 S. Wood 1 Fairview yard
113 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-11-09 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
114 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2014-11-09 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
115 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-06-23 Doug Johnston 1 Leicester
116 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-06-25 Doug Johnston 1 Leicester
117 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-06-28 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
118 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-06-28 Doug Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
119 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-08-17 Doug Johnston 1 Leicester
120 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-08-26 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
121 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-08-26 Doug Johnston 1 Leicester
122 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-09-12 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
123 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-09-12 Doug Johnston 1 Leicester
124 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2015-11-05 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
125 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-02-28 D. Johnston 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
126 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-07-23 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
127 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-09-19 S. Wood 1 open field at Fairview
128 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2016-09-24 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
129 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2017-05-31 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
130 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2017-06-24 G. Lankford 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
131 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2017-07-26 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
132 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2017-07-29 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
133 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2017-07-30 Johnston, Lankford, et al. 1 Sandy Mush Game Land -- Bear Creek section
134 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2017-08-01 D. Johnston 1 Leicester area
135 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2018-10-06 H. Rayburn 1 Blue Ridge Parkway
136 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2023-08-06 G. Lankford 1 Sandy Mush Game Land
137 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2023-08-20 G. Lankford 1
138 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2004-08-25 Lankford 0 yard
139 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2005-10-03 Lankford 0 yard
140 Variegated Fritillary Buncombe 2012-05-06 E. Shaw party 0