Butterflies Flying in Arkansas in October (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Arkansas in October 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 October

Monarch1,055 obs.

Huron Skipper409 obs.

Fiery Skipper380 obs.

Common Buckeye315 obs.

Gulf Fritillary297 obs.

Clouded Skipper292 obs.

Common Checkered-Skipper255 obs.

Variegated Fritillary244 obs.

Pearl Crescent232 obs.

Painted Lady224 obs.

Dainty Sulphur170 obs.

Cloudless Sulphur166 obs.

All butterflies flying in Arkansas in October

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	1,055	Sep (past peak)
2	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	409	Oct (peak)
3	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	380	Aug (past peak)
4	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	315	Aug (past peak)
5	Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	Brush-footed Butterflies	297	Oct (peak)
6	Clouded Skipper	Lerema accius	Skippers	292	Oct (peak)
7	Common Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius communis	Skippers	255	Oct (peak)
8	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	244	Aug (past peak)
9	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	232	Jun (past peak)
10	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	224	Sep (past peak)
11	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	170	Oct (peak)
12	Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	166	Aug (past peak)
13	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	150	Oct (peak)
14	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	140	May (past peak)
15	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	105	Jun (past peak)
16	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	105	Sep (past peak)
17	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	92	Jun (past peak)
18	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	92	Aug (past peak)
19	Goatweed Leafwing	Anaea andria	Brush-footed Butterflies	86	Apr (past peak)
20	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	81	Sep (past peak)
21	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	78	Aug (past peak)
22	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	72	Sep (past peak)
23	Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	Brush-footed Butterflies	71	Oct (peak)
24	Eastern Gemmed-Satyr	Cyllopsis gemma	Brush-footed Butterflies	65	Apr (past peak)
25	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	64	Jul (past peak)
26	Carolina Satyr	Hermeuptychia sosybius	Brush-footed Butterflies	55	Apr (past peak)
27	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	55	Sep (past peak)
28	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	54	Jun (past peak)
29	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	48	Jul (past peak)
30	Long-tailed Skipper	Urbanus proteus	Skippers	46	Oct (peak)
31	Ocola Skipper	Panoquina ocola	Skippers	44	Oct (peak)
32	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	35	Mar (past peak)
33	Southern Dogface	Zerene cesonia	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	29	Sep (past peak)
34	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	28	Jun (past peak)
35	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	26	Aug (past peak)
36	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	25	Jul (past peak)
37	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	25	Aug (past peak)
38	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	23	Aug (past peak)
39	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	23	Aug (past peak)
40	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	22	May (past peak)
41	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	20	Jun (past peak)
42	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	16	Aug (past peak)
43	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	14	Aug (past peak)
44	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	13	Jul (past peak)
45	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	10	May (past peak)
46	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	7	Aug (past peak)
47	Gray Comma	Polygonia progne	Brush-footed Butterflies	7	Oct (peak)
48	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	6	Aug (past peak)
49	Queen	Danaus gilippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	5	Sep (past peak)
50	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	5	Aug (past peak)