Butterflies Flying in Oklahoma in May (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Oklahoma in May in our iNaturalist sample; 8 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 Nov Dec

Top butterflies in May

Variegated Fritillary487 obs.

Hackberry Emperor398 obs.

Common Buckeye355 obs.

Monarch341 obs.

American Lady322 obs.

Eastern Tailed-Blue306 obs.

Gray Hairstreak274 obs.

Red Admiral271 obs.

Question Mark251 obs.

Black Swallowtail225 obs.

Orange Sulphur224 obs.

Pearl Crescent159 obs.

All butterflies flying in Oklahoma in May

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	487	May (peak)
2	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	398	Sep (rising)
3	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	355	Jun (rising)
4	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	341	Sep (rising)
5	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	322	Apr (past peak)
6	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	306	Apr (past peak)
7	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	274	Sep (rising)
8	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	271	Apr (past peak)
9	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	251	Sep (rising)
10	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	225	Aug (rising)
11	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	224	Oct (rising)
12	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	159	Apr (past peak)
13	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	152	Jun (rising)
14	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	139	Sep (rising)
15	Silvery Checkerspot	Chlosyne nycteis	Brush-footed Butterflies	132	May (peak)
16	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	130	May (peak)
17	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	118	May (peak)
18	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	110	Jul (rising)
19	Reakirt's Blue	Echinargus isola	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	99	Jun (rising)
20	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	92	Oct (rising)
21	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	91	May (peak)
22	Common Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius communis	Skippers	90	Oct (rising)
23	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	87	Aug (rising)
24	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	83	Oct (rising)
25	Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela	Brush-footed Butterflies	83	Jun (rising)
26	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	80	Aug (rising)
27	Hoary Edge	Cecropterus lyciades	Skippers	80	Jul (rising)
28	Goatweed Leafwing	Anaea andria	Brush-footed Butterflies	63	Apr (past peak)
29	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	50	Sep (rising)
30	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	48	Aug (rising)
31	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	44	Jun (rising)
32	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	43	Sep (rising)
33	Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	Brush-footed Butterflies	41	Oct (rising)
34	Gorgone Checkerspot	Chlosyne gorgone	Brush-footed Butterflies	39	Apr (past peak)
35	Banded Hairstreak	Satyrium calanus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	35	Jun (rising)
36	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	33	May (peak)
37	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	31	May (peak)
38	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	30	Sep (rising)
39	Common Sootywing	Pholisora catullus	Skippers	29	Jul (rising)
40	Diana Fritillary	Argynnis diana	Brush-footed Butterflies	29	Jun (rising)
41	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	27	May (peak)
42	Juniper Hairstreak	Callophrys gryneus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	27	Apr (past peak)
43	Northern Cloudywing	Cecropterus pylades	Skippers	27	Apr (past peak)
44	Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	Brush-footed Butterflies	25	Sep (rising)
45	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	23	Sep (rising)
46	Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton	Brush-footed Butterflies	22	Sep (rising)
47	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	22	Sep (rising)
48	Southern Broken-Dash	Polites otho	Skippers	22	Aug (rising)
49	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	19	Aug (rising)
50	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	18	Sep (rising)