Butterflies Flying in Indiana in June (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Indiana in June in our iNaturalist sample; 9 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Top butterflies in June

Great Spangled Fritillary517 obs.

Red Admiral404 obs.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail381 obs.

Monarch354 obs.

Small White333 obs.

Hackberry Emperor325 obs.

Silver-spotted Skipper272 obs.

Little Wood Satyr249 obs.

Pipevine Swallowtail186 obs.

Question Mark178 obs.

Zebra Swallowtail157 obs.

Spicebush Swallowtail154 obs.

All butterflies flying in Indiana in June

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	517	Jun (peak)
2	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	404	Jun (peak)
3	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	381	Aug (rising)
4	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	354	Aug (rising)
5	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	333	Sep (rising)
6	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	325	Aug (rising)
7	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	272	Aug (rising)
8	Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela	Brush-footed Butterflies	249	Jun (peak)
9	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	186	Jul (rising)
10	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	178	Jul (rising)
11	Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	157	Jun (peak)
12	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	154	Jul (rising)
13	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	152	Aug (rising)
14	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	142	Aug (rising)
15	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	125	Aug (rising)
16	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	106	Jul (rising)
17	Banded Hairstreak	Satyrium calanus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	104	Jun (peak)
18	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	79	Aug (rising)
19	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	71	Aug (rising)
20	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	71	Aug (rising)
21	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	60	May (past peak)
22	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	53	Sep (rising)
23	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	48	Aug (rising)
24	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	47	Sep (rising)
25	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	47	Jul (rising)
26	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	45	Mar (past peak)
27	Silvery Checkerspot	Chlosyne nycteis	Brush-footed Butterflies	44	Jul (rising)
28	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	42	Aug (rising)
29	Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton	Brush-footed Butterflies	41	Aug (rising)
30	Peck's Skipper	Polites peckius	Skippers	40	Sep (rising)
31	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	36	Sep (rising)
32	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	35	Sep (rising)
33	Delaware Skipper	Anatrytone logan	Skippers	35	Aug (rising)
34	Little Glassywing	Vernia verna	Skippers	34	Jun (peak)
35	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	33	Aug (rising)
36	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	30	Jul (rising)
37	Appalachian Brown	Lethe appalachia	Brush-footed Butterflies	30	Jul (rising)
38	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	25	Sep (rising)
39	Meadow Fritillary	Boloria bellona	Brush-footed Butterflies	23	Sep (rising)
40	Coral Hairstreak	Satyrium titus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	23	Jun (peak)
41	Hobomok Skipper	Lon hobomok	Skippers	23	May (past peak)
42	Horace's Duskywing	Erynnis horatius	Skippers	22	Jul (rising)
43	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	21	Jul (rising)
44	Northern Cloudywing	Cecropterus pylades	Skippers	21	Jun (peak)
45	Baltimore Checkerspot	Euphydryas phaeton	Brush-footed Butterflies	20	Jun (peak)
46	Northern Broken-Dash	Polites egeremet	Skippers	19	Jul (rising)
47	American Copper	Lycaena hypophlaeas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	17	Jul (rising)
48	Wild Indigo Duskywing	Erynnis baptisiae	Skippers	15	Aug (rising)
49	Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	15	Sep (rising)
50	Harvester	Feniseca tarquinius	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	15	Jul (rising)