Butterflies Flying in Indiana in August (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Indiana in August in our iNaturalist sample; 21 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

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Top butterflies in August

Monarch2,023 obs.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1,465 obs.

Silver-spotted Skipper669 obs.

Hackberry Emperor589 obs.

Common Buckeye546 obs.

Black Swallowtail523 obs.

Spicebush Swallowtail513 obs.

Zabulon Skipper506 obs.

Pearl Crescent387 obs.

Small White384 obs.

Painted Lady351 obs.

Eastern Tailed-Blue321 obs.

All butterflies flying in Indiana in August

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	2,023	Aug (peak)
2	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	1,465	Aug (peak)
3	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	669	Aug (peak)
4	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	589	Aug (peak)
5	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	546	Sep (rising)
6	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	523	Aug (peak)
7	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	513	Jul (past peak)
8	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	506	Aug (peak)
9	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	387	Aug (peak)
10	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	384	Sep (rising)
11	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	351	Sep (rising)
12	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	321	Aug (peak)
13	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	264	Aug (peak)
14	Peck's Skipper	Polites peckius	Skippers	248	Sep (rising)
15	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	227	Jun (past peak)
16	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	208	Sep (rising)
17	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	196	Jul (past peak)
18	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	169	Jul (past peak)
19	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	159	Aug (peak)
20	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	154	Sep (rising)
21	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	141	Aug (peak)
22	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	138	Jun (past peak)
23	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	137	Jul (past peak)
24	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	137	Sep (rising)
25	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	135	Sep (rising)
26	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	127	Aug (peak)
27	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	122	Sep (rising)
28	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	120	Aug (peak)
29	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	104	Aug (peak)
30	Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton	Brush-footed Butterflies	98	Aug (peak)
31	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	77	Jul (past peak)
32	Wild Indigo Duskywing	Erynnis baptisiae	Skippers	60	Aug (peak)
33	Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	59	Sep (rising)
34	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	54	Jul (past peak)
35	Silvery Checkerspot	Chlosyne nycteis	Brush-footed Butterflies	50	Jul (past peak)
36	Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	49	Jun (past peak)
37	Common Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius communis	Skippers	44	Sep (rising)
38	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	43	Aug (peak)
39	Common Sootywing	Pholisora catullus	Skippers	38	Aug (peak)
40	Delaware Skipper	Anatrytone logan	Skippers	38	Aug (peak)
41	Meadow Fritillary	Boloria bellona	Brush-footed Butterflies	33	Sep (rising)
42	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	31	Jul (past peak)
43	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	30	Aug (peak)
44	Harvester	Feniseca tarquinius	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	27	Jul (past peak)
45	Eastern Gemmed-Satyr	Cyllopsis gemma	Brush-footed Butterflies	21	Aug (peak)
46	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	20	Jul (past peak)
47	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	19	May (past peak)
48	American Copper	Lycaena hypophlaeas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	19	Jul (past peak)
49	Horace's Duskywing	Erynnis horatius	Skippers	15	Jul (past peak)
50	Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	15	Sep (rising)