Butterflies Flying in Rhode Island in July (55 Species)

55 butterflies were recorded flying in Rhode Island in July 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 July

Monarch221 obs.

Red Admiral137 obs.

Small White75 obs.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail72 obs.

Spicebush Swallowtail63 obs.

Common Wood-Nymph50 obs.

American Copper49 obs.

Silver-spotted Skipper44 obs.

American Lady38 obs.

Question Mark37 obs.

Pearl Crescent33 obs.

Little Wood Satyr32 obs.

All butterflies flying in Rhode Island in July

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	221	Aug (rising)
2	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	137	Jul (peak)
3	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	75	Jul (peak)
4	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	72	Aug (rising)
5	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	63	Aug (rising)
6	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	50	Jul (peak)
7	American Copper	Lycaena hypophlaeas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	49	Jul (peak)
8	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	44	Jul (peak)
9	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	38	Sep (rising)
10	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	37	Jul (peak)
11	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	33	Jul (peak)
12	Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela	Brush-footed Butterflies	32	Jun (past peak)
13	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	26	Jun (past peak)
14	Dun Skipper	Euphyes vestris	Skippers	23	Jul (peak)
15	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	23	Aug (rising)
16	Northern Broken-Dash	Polites egeremet	Skippers	23	Jul (peak)
17	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	21	Jul (peak)
18	Broad-winged Skipper	Poanes viator	Skippers	20	Aug (rising)
19	Appalachian Brown	Lethe appalachia	Brush-footed Butterflies	20	Jul (peak)
20	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	19	Sep (rising)
21	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	18	Jul (peak)
22	Coral Hairstreak	Satyrium titus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	18	Jul (peak)
23	Banded Hairstreak	Satyrium calanus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	16	Jun (past peak)
24	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	15	Aug (rising)
25	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	15	Aug (rising)
26	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	12	Sep (rising)
27	Horace's Duskywing	Erynnis horatius	Skippers	11	Jul (peak)
28	Peck's Skipper	Polites peckius	Skippers	11	Aug (rising)
29	Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	10	Sep (rising)
30	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Sep (rising)
31	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	8	Jul (peak)
32	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	8	Oct (rising)
33	Baltimore Checkerspot	Euphydryas phaeton	Brush-footed Butterflies	8	Jun (past peak)
34	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	7	Apr (past peak)
35	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	7	Aug (rising)
36	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Sep (rising)
37	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Apr (past peak)
38	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	6	Aug (rising)
39	Delaware Skipper	Anatrytone logan	Skippers	6	Jul (peak)
40	Wild Indigo Duskywing	Erynnis baptisiae	Skippers	5	Jul (peak)
41	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	5	Jun (past peak)
42	Little Glassywing	Vernia verna	Skippers	5	Jun (past peak)
43	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	4	Aug (rising)
44	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	3	Jul (peak)
45	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	2	Jul (peak)
46	Common Ringlet	Coenonympha california	Brush-footed Butterflies	2	Jun (past peak)
47	White M Hairstreak	Parrhasius m-album	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	2	Sep (rising)
48	Common Sootywing	Pholisora catullus	Skippers	1	Jun (past peak)
49	Essex Skipper	Thymelicus lineola	Skippers	1	Jun (past peak)
50	Harvester	Feniseca tarquinius	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	1	May (past peak)