Butterflies Flying in Minnesota in June (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Minnesota in June in our iNaturalist sample; 20 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

Top butterflies in June

Monarch2,086 obs.

Hobomok Skipper832 obs.

Hackberry Emperor696 obs.

Red Admiral687 obs.

Mourning Cloak617 obs.

Essex Skipper601 obs.

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail474 obs.

Red-spotted Admiral453 obs.

Great Spangled Fritillary451 obs.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail449 obs.

Black Swallowtail417 obs.

Silvery Checkerspot406 obs.

All butterflies flying in Minnesota in June

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	2,086	Aug (rising)
2	Hobomok Skipper	Lon hobomok	Skippers	832	Jun (peak)
3	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	696	Jun (peak)
4	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	687	Jul (rising)
5	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	617	Jun (peak)
6	Essex Skipper	Thymelicus lineola	Skippers	601	Jun (peak)
7	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio canadensis	Swallowtails and Parnassians	474	Jun (peak)
8	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	453	Jun (peak)
9	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	451	Jul (rising)
10	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	449	Aug (rising)
11	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	417	Jul (rising)
12	Silvery Checkerspot	Chlosyne nycteis	Brush-footed Butterflies	406	Jun (peak)
13	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	377	Aug (rising)
14	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	358	Jun (peak)
15	Peck's Skipper	Polites peckius	Skippers	358	Aug (rising)
16	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	301	Jul (rising)
17	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	293	Jul (rising)
18	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	290	Aug (rising)
19	Common Ringlet	Coenonympha california	Brush-footed Butterflies	290	Jun (peak)
20	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	269	Jul (rising)
21	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	256	Aug (rising)
22	Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela	Brush-footed Butterflies	255	Jun (peak)
23	Northern Crescent	Phyciodes cocyta	Brush-footed Butterflies	236	Jun (peak)
24	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	185	Jun (peak)
25	Long Dash	Limochores mystic	Skippers	166	Jun (peak)
26	Banded Hairstreak	Satyrium calanus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	165	Jul (rising)
27	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	146	Sep (rising)
28	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	144	Jul (rising)
29	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	138	Aug (rising)
30	American Silver-bordered Fritillary	Boloria myrina	Brush-footed Butterflies	123	Jun (peak)
31	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	116	Sep (rising)
32	Dreamy Duskywing	Erynnis icelus	Skippers	109	Jun (peak)
33	Delaware Skipper	Anatrytone logan	Skippers	107	Jul (rising)
34	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	106	Jul (rising)
35	Silvery Blue	Glaucopsyche lygdamus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	102	May (past peak)
36	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	102	Jul (rising)
37	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	98	Aug (rising)
38	Baltimore Checkerspot	Euphydryas phaeton	Brush-footed Butterflies	93	Jun (peak)
39	Northern Cloudywing	Cecropterus pylades	Skippers	87	Jun (peak)
40	Meadow Fritillary	Boloria bellona	Brush-footed Butterflies	81	Jul (rising)
41	Atlantis Fritillary	Argynnis atlantis	Brush-footed Butterflies	77	Jul (rising)
42	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	71	Jun (peak)
43	American Copper	Lycaena hypophlaeas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	56	Sep (rising)
44	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	55	Jul (rising)
45	Eyed Brown	Lethe eurydice	Brush-footed Butterflies	54	Jul (rising)
46	Bronze Copper	Tharsalea hyllus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	52	Jun (peak)
47	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	50	Jun (peak)
48	Gray Comma	Polygonia progne	Brush-footed Butterflies	48	Jul (rising)
49	Milbert's Tortoiseshell	Aglais milberti	Brush-footed Butterflies	46	Jul (rising)
50	Coral Hairstreak	Satyrium titus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	43	Jul (rising)