Butterflies Flying in Louisiana in December (42 Species)

42 butterflies were recorded flying in Louisiana in December in our iNaturalist sample; 0 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Top butterflies in December

Monarch145 obs.

Gulf Fritillary137 obs.

Long-tailed Skipper66 obs.

Cloudless Sulphur63 obs.

Red Admiral46 obs.

Common Buckeye41 obs.

American Snout12 obs.

Tropical Checkered-Skipper11 obs.

All butterflies flying in Louisiana in December

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	145	Oct (past peak)
2	Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	Brush-footed Butterflies	137	Oct (past peak)
3	Long-tailed Skipper	Urbanus proteus	Skippers	66	Oct (past peak)
4	Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	63	Sep (past peak)
5	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	46	Mar (past peak)
6	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	41	Oct (past peak)
7	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	27	Sep (past peak)
8	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	26	Oct (past peak)
9	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	23	Oct (past peak)
10	Ocola Skipper	Panoquina ocola	Skippers	18	Oct (past peak)
11	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	12	Apr (past peak)
12	Tropical Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius oileus	Skippers	11	Sep (past peak)
13	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	10	Apr (past peak)
14	Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	Brush-footed Butterflies	7	Oct (past peak)
15	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Apr (past peak)
16	White Peacock	Anartia jatrophae	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Oct (past peak)
17	Zebra Longwing	Heliconius charithonia	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Oct (past peak)
18	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Sep (past peak)
19	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	6	Mar (past peak)
20	Queen	Danaus gilippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	5	Aug (past peak)
21	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	5	Aug (past peak)
22	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	5	Sep (past peak)
23	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	4	Oct (past peak)
24	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	4	May (past peak)
25	Eastern Gemmed-Satyr	Cyllopsis gemma	Brush-footed Butterflies	4	Mar (past peak)
26	White Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius albezens	Skippers	4	Apr (past peak)
27	Brazilian Skipper	Calpodes ethlius	Skippers	3	Aug (past peak)
28	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	3	Oct (past peak)
29	Clouded Skipper	Lerema accius	Skippers	3	Oct (past peak)
30	Southern Pearly-eye	Lethe portlandia	Brush-footed Butterflies	3	Mar (past peak)
31	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	2	Jul (past peak)
32	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	2	Aug (past peak)
33	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	1	Oct (past peak)
34	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	1	May (past peak)
35	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	1	May (past peak)
36	Great Purple Hairstreak	Atlides halesus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	1	Oct (past peak)
37	Funereal Duskywing	Erynnis funeralis	Skippers	1	Jun (past peak)
38	Eufala Skipper	Lerodea eufala	Skippers	1	Oct (past peak)
39	Carolina Satyr	Hermeuptychia sosybius	Brush-footed Butterflies	1	Mar (past peak)
40	Palamedes Swallowtail	Papilio palamedes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	1	Apr (past peak)
41	Goatweed Leafwing	Anaea andria	Brush-footed Butterflies	1	Mar (past peak)
42	Southern Skipperling	Oarisma minima	Skippers	1	Aug (past peak)