Butterflies Flying in Nebraska in August (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Nebraska in August in our iNaturalist sample; 15 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

Monarch940 obs.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail453 obs.

Silver-spotted Skipper365 obs.

Painted Lady349 obs.

Black Swallowtail293 obs.

Eastern Tailed-Blue212 obs.

Huron Skipper187 obs.

Common Buckeye152 obs.

Gray Hairstreak135 obs.

Pearl Crescent129 obs.

Small White129 obs.

Orange Sulphur115 obs.

All butterflies flying in Nebraska in August

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	940	Aug (peak)
2	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	453	Aug (peak)
3	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	365	Aug (peak)
4	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	349	Sep (rising)
5	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	293	Jul (past peak)
6	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	212	Aug (peak)
7	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	187	Aug (peak)
8	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	152	Aug (peak)
9	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	135	Aug (peak)
10	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	129	Aug (peak)
11	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	129	Jul (past peak)
12	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	115	Sep (rising)
13	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	115	Jun (past peak)
14	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	71	Sep (rising)
15	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	70	Jul (past peak)
16	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	68	Aug (peak)
17	Delaware Skipper	Anatrytone logan	Skippers	65	Aug (peak)
18	Common Sootywing	Pholisora catullus	Skippers	62	Jul (past peak)
19	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	61	Jun (past peak)
20	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	59	Jul (past peak)
21	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	56	Sep (rising)
22	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	56	Aug (peak)
23	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	53	Aug (peak)
24	Peck's Skipper	Polites peckius	Skippers	53	Sep (rising)
25	Common Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius communis	Skippers	53	Jun (past peak)
26	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	47	Jul (past peak)
27	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	36	Aug (peak)
28	Gorgone Checkerspot	Chlosyne gorgone	Brush-footed Butterflies	33	Jul (past peak)
29	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	32	Jul (past peak)
30	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	31	Jun (past peak)
31	Melissa Blue	Plebejus melissa	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	30	Jun (past peak)
32	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	29	Sep (rising)
33	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	28	Jun (past peak)
34	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	27	Jun (past peak)
35	Two-tailed Swallowtail	Papilio multicaudata	Swallowtails and Parnassians	24	Jun (past peak)
36	American Branded Skipper	Hesperia colorado	Skippers	18	Aug (peak)
37	Reakirt's Blue	Echinargus isola	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	17	Jun (past peak)
38	Wild Indigo Duskywing	Erynnis baptisiae	Skippers	16	Jul (past peak)
39	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	15	Jul (past peak)
40	Horace's Duskywing	Erynnis horatius	Skippers	14	Aug (peak)
41	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	13	Jul (past peak)
42	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	12	Jul (past peak)
43	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	11	Apr (past peak)
44	Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	9	Sep (rising)
45	Gray Comma	Polygonia progne	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Jul (past peak)
46	Silvery Checkerspot	Chlosyne nycteis	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Jun (past peak)
47	Aphrodite Fritillary	Argynnis aphrodite	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Jun (past peak)
48	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	7	Jul (past peak)
49	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	7	Jul (past peak)
50	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	6	Jun (past peak)