Butterflies of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
40 for this year.
Cnamecountyobserveryearcomments
Banded HairstreakFranklinBrenda Donis Lemus2025CarBMP record. Shocco Creek Game Land
Brazilian SkipperSwain2025iNat 298432083
Carolina Roadside-SkipperChowanTyler Neitzey2025iNat 293930556
Cassius BlueDare2025iNat 314918940
Checkered WhiteLeeAmanda Bratcher2025First time I have seen this butterfly, not a cabbage looper, full sun, pollinator Garden, upper 80s, slight breeze iNat 293926713
Common Checkered-SkipperChowan2025ecoEXPLORE Username: judeg iNat 309187486
Common SootywingChowanSteven Klingler2025iNat 301858686
Common SootywingPerquimans2025iNat 308603433
Creole Pearly-eyeClayLeslieMc2025iNat 287995002
Dion SkipperLeeJimmy Randolph2025Sanford yard; photos on Facebook Carolina Leps group
Dion SkipperRowanJoe Poston2025iNat 310677277
Eastern CommaLee2025iNat 321051259
Eastern Giant SwallowtailMaconSarah Johnson2025Nectaring on Ironweed. - Unusual sighting for me. - First time seeing this species in the 39 years Ive been living here. iNat 312882878
Eastern Giant SwallowtailMoore; CKyle Rice2025Significantly larger than other common Swallowtails. Visiting Zenia blossoms repeatedly. Possibly first sighting recorded in Moore County. iNat 317085191
Eastern Giant SwallowtailRutherford; P2025Yelton Road, Rutherfordton; iNaturalist record - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/307263921
Eastern Pine ElfinBertieJeffrey Pippen and Katie Sanford2025
Eastern Pine ElfinHertfordNick Flanders2025CarBMP record. Chowan Swamp Game Land
Great Spangled FritillaryNorthamptonKathy Richardson2025iNat 285345913
Hackberry EmperorJackson2025iNat 310060135
Hackberry EmperorNorthampton2025iNat 308891476
Hoary EdgeChowanNicholas Flanders2025Catherine's Creek Boat Launch
Hoary EdgeGatesNick Flanders2025Tinkham Rd.
Horace's DuskywingPasquotankNicholas Flanders2025Turnpike Rd.
Lace-winged Roadside-SkipperHalifax; PLuke Headings2025iNat 298685040
Lace-winged Roadside-SkipperHertford2025iNat 313752432
Little Wood-SatyrChowanSteven Klingler2025iNat 285063215
Northern Pearly-eyeFranklinAConfer2025iNat 297920238
Oak HairstreakMcDowell; PBert Harris2025https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290099466
Ocola SkipperJacksonJeff Pippen, Al Hooks2025Cashiers
Pipevine SwallowtailDare; OBL2025iNat 283268815
Pipevine SwallowtailHyde; OBStephen Cresswell2025iNat 282339005
Southern Pearly-eyeJohnston; P2025iNat 276544115
Southern SkipperlingCatawba2025iNat 301518002
Summer AzureChowanNicholas Flanders2025Multiple sites
Tawny-edged SkipperClayAl Hooks, Jeff Pippen2025Nantahala Forest
White PeacockDare; Mainland2025iNat 312233137
White-M HairstreakRobesonAaron U. Hartman2025iNat 319436938
Zabulon SkipperPasquotankNicholas Flanders2025Turnpike Rd.
Zebra LongwingAlamanceDianne Ford2025iNat 320884708
Zebra LongwingDavidson2025iNat 316052999