Butterflies Flying in New Mexico in October (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in New Mexico in October in our iNaturalist sample; 10 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Top butterflies in October

Western Pygmy-Blue282 obs.

Painted Lady271 obs.

Variegated Fritillary183 obs.

Fiery Skipper182 obs.

Monarch180 obs.

Dainty Sulphur166 obs.

American Snout129 obs.

Reakirt's Blue116 obs.

Sleepy Orange111 obs.

Queen105 obs.

Checkered White104 obs.

Orange Sulphur100 obs.

All butterflies flying in New Mexico in October

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Western Pygmy-Blue	Brephidium exilis	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	282	Sep (past peak)
2	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	271	Jul (past peak)
3	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	183	Jul (past peak)
4	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	182	Oct (peak)
5	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	180	Aug (past peak)
6	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	166	Oct (peak)
7	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	129	Oct (peak)
8	Reakirt's Blue	Echinargus isola	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	116	Jul (past peak)
9	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	111	Jul (past peak)
10	Queen	Danaus gilippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	105	Aug (past peak)
11	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	104	Jul (past peak)
12	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	100	Jul (past peak)
13	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	77	May (past peak)
14	Gray Buckeye	Junonia grisea	Brush-footed Butterflies	66	Oct (peak)
15	Southern Dogface	Zerene cesonia	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	54	Oct (peak)
16	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	53	Jul (past peak)
17	Two-tailed Swallowtail	Papilio multicaudata	Swallowtails and Parnassians	50	Jul (past peak)
18	Arizona Sister	Adelpha eulalia	Brush-footed Butterflies	45	Aug (past peak)
19	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	39	Jul (past peak)
20	West Coast Lady	Vanessa annabella	Brush-footed Butterflies	36	Jul (past peak)
21	Orange Skipperling	Oarisma aurantiaca	Skippers	34	Sep (past peak)
22	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	33	Jun (past peak)
23	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	32	Jul (past peak)
24	Mexican Yellow	Eurema mexicana	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	32	Oct (peak)
25	Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	29	Sep (past peak)
26	Bordered Patch	Chlosyne lacinia	Brush-footed Butterflies	28	Aug (past peak)
27	Lupine Blue	Icaricia lupini	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	28	May (past peak)
28	Ceraunus Blue	Hemiargus ceraunus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	24	Aug (past peak)
29	Mylitta Crescent	Phyciodes mylitta	Brush-footed Butterflies	23	Apr (past peak)
30	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	17	Jul (past peak)
31	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	16	Aug (past peak)
32	Fatal Metalmark	Calephelis nemesis	Metalmark Butterflies	15	Oct (peak)
33	Great Purple Hairstreak	Atlides halesus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	14	Apr (past peak)
34	Marine Blue	Leptotes marina	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	14	May (past peak)
35	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	12	Oct (peak)
36	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	12	Jul (past peak)
37	Field Crescent	Phyciodes pulchella	Brush-footed Butterflies	12	May (past peak)
38	Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	11	Aug (past peak)
39	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	11	Aug (past peak)
40	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	10	Sep (past peak)
41	Hoary Comma	Polygonia gracilis	Brush-footed Butterflies	9	Jul (past peak)
42	Common Mestra	Mestra amymone	Brush-footed Butterflies	9	Oct (peak)
43	Common Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius communis	Skippers	9	Jul (past peak)
44	Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Jul (past peak)
45	Milbert's Tortoiseshell	Aglais milberti	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Jul (past peak)
46	Goatweed Leafwing	Anaea andria	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Aug (past peak)
47	Empress Leilia	Asterocampa leilia	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Oct (peak)
48	Funereal Duskywing	Erynnis funeralis	Skippers	7	Jul (past peak)
49	Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Sep (past peak)
50	Texan Crescent	Anthanassa texana	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	May (past peak)