Butterflies Flying in Nebraska in July (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Nebraska in July in our iNaturalist sample; 16 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

Top butterflies in July

Monarch512 obs.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail355 obs.

Black Swallowtail307 obs.

Painted Lady239 obs.

Silver-spotted Skipper219 obs.

Red Admiral215 obs.

Hackberry Emperor173 obs.

Eastern Tailed-Blue156 obs.

Small White138 obs.

Variegated Fritillary125 obs.

Pearl Crescent101 obs.

Orange Sulphur101 obs.

All butterflies flying in Nebraska in July

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	512	Aug (rising)
2	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	355	Aug (rising)
3	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	307	Jul (peak)
4	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	239	Sep (rising)
5	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	219	Aug (rising)
6	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	215	Jun (past peak)
7	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	173	Jun (past peak)
8	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	156	Aug (rising)
9	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	138	Jul (peak)
10	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	125	Jul (peak)
11	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	101	Aug (rising)
12	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	101	Sep (rising)
13	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	94	Aug (rising)
14	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	93	Jul (peak)
15	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	83	Jun (past peak)
16	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	79	Aug (rising)
17	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	74	Jul (peak)
18	Common Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius communis	Skippers	71	Jun (past peak)
19	Gorgone Checkerspot	Chlosyne gorgone	Brush-footed Butterflies	70	Jul (peak)
20	Common Sootywing	Pholisora catullus	Skippers	65	Jul (peak)
21	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	64	Aug (rising)
22	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	60	Jul (peak)
23	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	55	Sep (rising)
24	Taxiles Skipper	Lon taxiles	Skippers	51	Jul (peak)
25	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	46	Jun (past peak)
26	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	43	Aug (rising)
27	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	43	Jun (past peak)
28	Melissa Blue	Plebejus melissa	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	41	Jun (past peak)
29	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	35	Jul (peak)
30	Reakirt's Blue	Echinargus isola	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	33	Jun (past peak)
31	Coral Hairstreak	Satyrium titus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	32	Jul (peak)
32	Juniper Hairstreak	Callophrys gryneus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	31	Jun (past peak)
33	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	27	May (past peak)
34	Delaware Skipper	Anatrytone logan	Skippers	26	Aug (rising)
35	Aphrodite Fritillary	Argynnis aphrodite	Brush-footed Butterflies	26	Jun (past peak)
36	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	25	Sep (rising)
37	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	25	Aug (rising)
38	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	25	Jul (peak)
39	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	24	Sep (rising)
40	Peck's Skipper	Polites peckius	Skippers	24	Sep (rising)
41	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	24	Aug (rising)
42	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	23	Apr (past peak)
43	Two-tailed Swallowtail	Papilio multicaudata	Swallowtails and Parnassians	23	Jun (past peak)
44	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	21	Jul (peak)
45	Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	20	Jun (past peak)
46	Wild Indigo Duskywing	Erynnis baptisiae	Skippers	19	Jul (peak)
47	Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela	Brush-footed Butterflies	19	Jun (past peak)
48	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	17	Jul (peak)
49	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	16	Aug (rising)
50	Gray Comma	Polygonia progne	Brush-footed Butterflies	15	Jul (peak)