Butterflies Flying in Arkansas in June (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Arkansas in June in our iNaturalist sample; 10 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Top butterflies in June

Diana Fritillary512 obs.

American Lady374 obs.

Great Spangled Fritillary365 obs.

Eastern Tailed-Blue350 obs.

Pearl Crescent347 obs.

Common Buckeye346 obs.

Pipevine Swallowtail328 obs.

Zebra Swallowtail288 obs.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail262 obs.

Monarch244 obs.

Gray Hairstreak220 obs.

Spicebush Swallowtail207 obs.

All butterflies flying in Arkansas in June

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Diana Fritillary	Argynnis diana	Brush-footed Butterflies	512	Jun (peak)
2	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	374	Jun (peak)
3	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	365	May (past peak)
4	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	350	Jun (peak)
5	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	347	Jun (peak)
6	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	346	Aug (rising)
7	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	328	Aug (rising)
8	Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	288	Apr (past peak)
9	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	262	Aug (rising)
10	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	244	Sep (rising)
11	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	220	Jun (peak)
12	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	207	Aug (rising)
13	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	200	Sep (rising)
14	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	193	Aug (rising)
15	Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela	Brush-footed Butterflies	179	May (past peak)
16	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	173	Aug (rising)
17	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	153	Aug (rising)
18	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	147	Jun (peak)
19	Horace's Duskywing	Erynnis horatius	Skippers	144	Jun (peak)
20	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	143	Oct (rising)
21	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	142	Sep (rising)
22	Silvery Checkerspot	Chlosyne nycteis	Brush-footed Butterflies	101	Jul (rising)
23	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	99	Jul (rising)
24	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	99	May (past peak)
25	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	83	Oct (rising)
26	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	78	Jun (peak)
27	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	77	Jul (rising)
28	Carolina Satyr	Hermeuptychia sosybius	Brush-footed Butterflies	75	Apr (past peak)
29	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	71	Aug (rising)
30	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	69	Aug (rising)
31	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	64	Aug (rising)
32	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	63	Jul (rising)
33	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	62	Aug (rising)
34	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	57	Sep (rising)
35	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	54	May (past peak)
36	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	51	Aug (rising)
37	Hoary Edge	Cecropterus lyciades	Skippers	40	Jul (rising)
38	Coral Hairstreak	Satyrium titus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	38	Jun (peak)
39	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	37	Oct (rising)
40	Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton	Brush-footed Butterflies	36	Aug (rising)
41	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	34	Jul (rising)
42	Delaware Skipper	Anatrytone logan	Skippers	33	Aug (rising)
43	Funereal Duskywing	Erynnis funeralis	Skippers	33	Jul (rising)
44	Northern Broken-Dash	Polites egeremet	Skippers	33	Jun (peak)
45	Goatweed Leafwing	Anaea andria	Brush-footed Butterflies	31	Apr (past peak)
46	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	30	Sep (rising)
47	Clouded Skipper	Lerema accius	Skippers	29	Oct (rising)
48	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	25	Aug (rising)
49	Southern Broken-Dash	Polites otho	Skippers	25	Sep (rising)
50	Northern Cloudywing	Cecropterus pylades	Skippers	25	May (past peak)