Butterflies Flying in Louisiana in October (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Louisiana in October 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.

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

Top butterflies in October

Gulf Fritillary1,030 obs.

Long-tailed Skipper547 obs.

Monarch530 obs.

Common Buckeye448 obs.

Fiery Skipper286 obs.

Clouded Skipper196 obs.

Cloudless Sulphur193 obs.

Gray Hairstreak180 obs.

Viceroy180 obs.

Pearl Crescent175 obs.

Phaon Crescent164 obs.

Little Yellow160 obs.

All butterflies flying in Louisiana in October

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	Brush-footed Butterflies	1,030	Oct (peak)
2	Long-tailed Skipper	Urbanus proteus	Skippers	547	Oct (peak)
3	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	530	Oct (peak)
4	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	448	Oct (peak)
5	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	286	Oct (peak)
6	Clouded Skipper	Lerema accius	Skippers	196	Oct (peak)
7	Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	193	Sep (past peak)
8	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	180	Oct (peak)
9	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	180	Sep (past peak)
10	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	175	May (past peak)
11	Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	Brush-footed Butterflies	164	Oct (peak)
12	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	160	Oct (peak)
13	Ocola Skipper	Panoquina ocola	Skippers	128	Oct (peak)
14	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	127	Mar (past peak)
15	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	120	Sep (past peak)
16	Tropical Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius oileus	Skippers	88	Sep (past peak)
17	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	79	Apr (past peak)
18	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	73	Sep (past peak)
19	Carolina Satyr	Hermeuptychia sosybius	Brush-footed Butterflies	72	Mar (past peak)
20	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	69	Oct (peak)
21	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	60	Sep (past peak)
22	Whirlabout	Hedone vibex	Skippers	58	Oct (peak)
23	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	53	Apr (past peak)
24	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	51	Aug (past peak)
25	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	48	Mar (past peak)
26	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	47	Jun (past peak)
27	Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton	Brush-footed Butterflies	46	Jul (past peak)
28	Southern Pearly-eye	Lethe portlandia	Brush-footed Butterflies	40	Mar (past peak)
29	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	37	Oct (peak)
30	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	36	Aug (past peak)
31	White Peacock	Anartia jatrophae	Brush-footed Butterflies	35	Oct (peak)
32	Ceraunus Blue	Hemiargus ceraunus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	32	Oct (peak)
33	Goatweed Leafwing	Anaea andria	Brush-footed Butterflies	32	Mar (past peak)
34	Western Pygmy-Blue	Brephidium exilis	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	30	Oct (peak)
35	Great Purple Hairstreak	Atlides halesus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	30	Oct (peak)
36	Palamedes Swallowtail	Papilio palamedes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	29	Apr (past peak)
37	Salt Marsh Skipper	Panoquina panoquin	Skippers	29	Oct (peak)
38	Broad-winged Skipper	Poanes viator	Skippers	27	Apr (past peak)
39	Queen	Danaus gilippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	26	Aug (past peak)
40	Horace's Duskywing	Erynnis horatius	Skippers	23	Jul (past peak)
41	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	20	Jul (past peak)
42	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	20	Apr (past peak)
43	Southern Broken-Dash	Polites otho	Skippers	18	Sep (past peak)
44	Zebra Longwing	Heliconius charithonia	Brush-footed Butterflies	17	Oct (peak)
45	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	17	Oct (peak)
46	Southern Skipperling	Oarisma minima	Skippers	17	Aug (past peak)
47	Eufala Skipper	Lerodea eufala	Skippers	16	Oct (peak)
48	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	16	Aug (past peak)
49	Eastern Gemmed-Satyr	Cyllopsis gemma	Brush-footed Butterflies	16	Mar (past peak)
50	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	14	Aug (past peak)