Butterflies Flying in South Carolina in November (49 Species)

49 butterflies were recorded flying in South Carolina in November in our iNaturalist sample; 0 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

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Top butterflies in November

Gulf Fritillary472 obs.

Long-tailed Skipper176 obs.

Monarch173 obs.

Common Buckeye162 obs.

Cloudless Sulphur143 obs.

Fiery Skipper128 obs.

Zebra Longwing50 obs.

Clouded Skipper45 obs.

All butterflies flying in South Carolina in November

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	Brush-footed Butterflies	472	Sep (past peak)
2	Long-tailed Skipper	Urbanus proteus	Skippers	176	Oct (past peak)
3	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	173	Oct (past peak)
4	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	162	Sep (past peak)
5	Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	143	Sep (past peak)
6	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	128	Jul (past peak)
7	Ocola Skipper	Panoquina ocola	Skippers	70	Oct (past peak)
8	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	68	Sep (past peak)
9	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	59	Sep (past peak)
10	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	54	May (past peak)
11	Zebra Longwing	Heliconius charithonia	Brush-footed Butterflies	50	Oct (past peak)
12	Clouded Skipper	Lerema accius	Skippers	45	Sep (past peak)
13	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	38	Sep (past peak)
14	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	35	Apr (past peak)
15	Tropical Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius oileus	Skippers	29	Sep (past peak)
16	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	19	May (past peak)
17	Southern Pearly-eye	Lethe portlandia	Brush-footed Butterflies	17	Sep (past peak)
18	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	16	May (past peak)
19	Carolina Satyr	Hermeuptychia sosybius	Brush-footed Butterflies	16	Apr (past peak)
20	Cassius Blue	Leptotes cassius	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	12	Sep (past peak)
21	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	11	Oct (past peak)
22	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	10	Aug (past peak)
23	Red-banded Hairstreak	Calycopis cecrops	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	9	Aug (past peak)
24	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	8	Aug (past peak)
25	White Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius albezens	Skippers	8	Sep (past peak)
26	Southern Skipperling	Oarisma minima	Skippers	8	Oct (past peak)
27	Great Purple Hairstreak	Atlides halesus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	7	Sep (past peak)
28	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Sep (past peak)
29	Eufala Skipper	Lerodea eufala	Skippers	6	Sep (past peak)
30	Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	Brush-footed Butterflies	6	Aug (past peak)
31	Common Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius communis	Skippers	6	Oct (past peak)
32	White Peacock	Anartia jatrophae	Brush-footed Butterflies	5	Sep (past peak)
33	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	5	May (past peak)
34	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	5	Aug (past peak)
35	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	4	Apr (past peak)
36	Ceraunus Blue	Hemiargus ceraunus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	4	Sep (past peak)
37	Eastern Gemmed-Satyr	Cyllopsis gemma	Brush-footed Butterflies	4	Sep (past peak)
38	Queen	Danaus gilippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	3	Sep (past peak)
39	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	3	Mar (past peak)
40	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	3	May (past peak)
41	Huron Skipper	Atalopedes huron	Skippers	3	Jul (past peak)
42	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	1	Sep (past peak)
43	Great Southern White	Ascia monuste	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	1	Aug (past peak)
44	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	1	Aug (past peak)
45	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	1	Apr (past peak)
46	White M Hairstreak	Parrhasius m-album	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	1	Jun (past peak)
47	Zabulon Skipper	Lon zabulon	Skippers	1	Apr (past peak)
48	Southern Broken-Dash	Polites otho	Skippers	1	Aug (past peak)
49	Whirlabout	Hedone vibex	Skippers	1	Sep (past peak)