Butterflies Flying in New Hampshire in August (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in New Hampshire in August in our iNaturalist sample; 19 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 August

Monarch1,633 obs.

Great Spangled Fritillary582 obs.

Common Ringlet414 obs.

Common Wood-Nymph349 obs.

Eastern Tailed-Blue348 obs.

American Lady318 obs.

Small White309 obs.

Peck's Skipper294 obs.

Red-spotted Admiral257 obs.

Zabulon Skipper227 obs.

American Copper212 obs.

Green Comma191 obs.

All butterflies flying in New Hampshire in August

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	1,633	Aug (peak)
2	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	582	Jul (past peak)
3	Common Ringlet	Coenonympha california	Brush-footed Butterflies	414	Jun (past peak)
4	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	349	Jul (past peak)
5	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	348	Aug (peak)
6	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	318	Jul (past peak)
7	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	309	Aug (peak)
8	Peck's Skipper	Polites peckius	Skippers	294	Aug (peak)
9	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	257	Jun (past peak)
10	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	227	Aug (peak)
11	American Copper	Lycaena hypophlaeas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	212	Jul (past peak)
12	Green Comma	Polygonia faunus	Brush-footed Butterflies	191	Aug (peak)
13	Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	177	Jul (past peak)
14	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	164	Jul (past peak)
15	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	151	Aug (peak)
16	American Silver-bordered Fritillary	Boloria myrina	Brush-footed Butterflies	141	Aug (peak)
17	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	129	Jul (past peak)
18	Atlantis Fritillary	Argynnis atlantis	Brush-footed Butterflies	125	Jul (past peak)
19	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	117	Jul (past peak)
20	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	110	Jul (past peak)
21	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	107	Jun (past peak)
22	Wild Indigo Duskywing	Erynnis baptisiae	Skippers	91	Jul (past peak)
23	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	88	Aug (peak)
24	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	81	Apr (past peak)
25	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	68	May (past peak)
26	Aphrodite Fritillary	Argynnis aphrodite	Brush-footed Butterflies	63	Jul (past peak)
27	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	62	Aug (peak)
28	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	61	Aug (peak)
29	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	57	Jun (past peak)
30	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	56	Jul (past peak)
31	Appalachian Brown	Lethe appalachia	Brush-footed Butterflies	51	Jul (past peak)
32	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	48	Jul (past peak)
33	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	46	Sep (rising)
34	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	42	Aug (peak)
35	Broad-winged Skipper	Poanes viator	Skippers	37	Jul (past peak)
36	Horace's Duskywing	Erynnis horatius	Skippers	36	Jul (past peak)
37	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	32	Aug (peak)
38	Milbert's Tortoiseshell	Aglais milberti	Brush-footed Butterflies	30	Aug (peak)
39	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	27	Jul (past peak)
40	Long Dash	Limochores mystic	Skippers	27	Jun (past peak)
41	Meadow Fritillary	Boloria bellona	Brush-footed Butterflies	26	Aug (peak)
42	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	25	Aug (peak)
43	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	23	Aug (peak)
44	White M Hairstreak	Parrhasius m-album	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	18	Aug (peak)
45	Northern Broken-Dash	Polites egeremet	Skippers	17	Jul (past peak)
46	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	15	Aug (peak)
47	Gray Comma	Polygonia progne	Brush-footed Butterflies	14	Jul (past peak)
48	Harvester	Feniseca tarquinius	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	12	Jun (past peak)
49	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio canadensis	Swallowtails and Parnassians	10	Jun (past peak)
50	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	9	Jul (past peak)