Butterflies Flying in Oklahoma in October (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Oklahoma in October in our iNaturalist sample; 12 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 October

Monarch1,468 obs.

Gulf Fritillary821 obs.

Huron Skipper628 obs.

Pearl Crescent348 obs.

Orange Sulphur336 obs.

Fiery Skipper314 obs.

Variegated Fritillary282 obs.

Painted Lady273 obs.

Dainty Sulphur252 obs.

Common Buckeye250 obs.

Gray Hairstreak250 obs.

Pipevine Swallowtail198 obs.

All butterflies flying in Oklahoma in October

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	1,468	Sep (past peak)
2	Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	Brush-footed Butterflies	821	Sep (past peak)
3	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	628	Aug (past peak)
4	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	348	Apr (past peak)
5	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	336	Oct (peak)
6	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	314	Sep (past peak)
7	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	282	May (past peak)
8	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	273	Oct (peak)
9	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	252	Oct (peak)
10	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	250	Jun (past peak)
11	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	250	Sep (past peak)
12	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	198	Sep (past peak)
13	Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	178	Sep (past peak)
14	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	156	Sep (past peak)
15	Common Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius communis	Skippers	150	Oct (peak)
16	Bordered Patch	Chlosyne lacinia	Brush-footed Butterflies	141	Oct (peak)
17	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	133	Apr (past peak)
18	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	132	Sep (past peak)
19	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	112	Sep (past peak)
20	Clouded Skipper	Lerema accius	Skippers	98	Oct (peak)
21	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	96	Apr (past peak)
22	Goatweed Leafwing	Anaea andria	Brush-footed Butterflies	94	Apr (past peak)
23	Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	Brush-footed Butterflies	92	Oct (peak)
24	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	89	May (past peak)
25	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	78	Apr (past peak)
26	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	73	Sep (past peak)
27	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	72	Aug (past peak)
28	Queen	Danaus gilippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	68	Aug (past peak)
29	Eufala Skipper	Lerodea eufala	Skippers	67	Oct (peak)
30	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	60	Sep (past peak)
31	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	53	Sep (past peak)
32	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	48	Sep (past peak)
33	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	47	Sep (past peak)
34	Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton	Brush-footed Butterflies	37	Sep (past peak)
35	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	31	Jun (past peak)
36	Western Pygmy-Blue	Brephidium exilis	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	29	Oct (peak)
37	Southern Dogface	Zerene cesonia	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	29	Oct (peak)
38	Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	28	Oct (peak)
39	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	28	Sep (past peak)
40	Carolina Satyr	Hermeuptychia sosybius	Brush-footed Butterflies	25	Apr (past peak)
41	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	23	Jun (past peak)
42	Eastern Gemmed-Satyr	Cyllopsis gemma	Brush-footed Butterflies	23	Apr (past peak)
43	Marine Blue	Leptotes marina	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	21	Jul (past peak)
44	Reakirt's Blue	Echinargus isola	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	20	Jun (past peak)
45	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	17	May (past peak)
46	Great Purple Hairstreak	Atlides halesus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	17	Sep (past peak)
47	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	17	May (past peak)
48	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	16	Aug (past peak)
49	Texan Crescent	Anthanassa texana	Brush-footed Butterflies	16	Oct (peak)
50	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	14	May (past peak)