Butterflies Flying in Texas in January (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Texas in January 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.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Top butterflies in January

Gulf Fritillary895 obs.

Red Admiral832 obs.

Monarch793 obs.

Orange Sulphur782 obs.

Common Buckeye722 obs.

Queen712 obs.

Dainty Sulphur467 obs.

American Snout460 obs.

American Lady458 obs.

Variegated Fritillary424 obs.

Sleepy Orange400 obs.

Little Yellow366 obs.

All butterflies flying in Texas in January

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	Brush-footed Butterflies	895	Oct (rising)
2	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	832	Apr (rising)
3	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	793	Oct (rising)
4	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	782	Apr (rising)
5	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	722	Apr (rising)
6	Queen	Danaus gilippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	712	Oct (rising)
7	Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	467	Apr (rising)
8	American Snout	Libytheana carinenta	Brush-footed Butterflies	460	Oct (rising)
9	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	458	Apr (rising)
10	Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	Brush-footed Butterflies	424	Apr (rising)
11	Sleepy Orange	Eurema nicippe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	400	Oct (rising)
12	Little Yellow	Eurema lisa	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	366	Oct (rising)
13	Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	Skippers	319	Oct (rising)
14	Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	300	Apr (rising)
15	Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak	Strymon istapa	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	288	Nov (rising)
16	Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	Brush-footed Butterflies	253	Oct (rising)
17	Checkered White	Pontia protodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	229	Apr (rising)
18	Southern Dogface	Zerene cesonia	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	228	Oct (rising)
19	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	218	Oct (rising)
20	Reakirt's Blue	Echinargus isola	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	218	Apr (rising)
21	Laviana White-Skipper	Heliopetes laviana	Skippers	217	Nov (rising)
22	Tropical Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius oileus	Skippers	213	Oct (rising)
23	Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	212	Oct (rising)
24	Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	Swallowtails and Parnassians	208	Apr (rising)
25	White Peacock	Anartia jatrophae	Brush-footed Butterflies	205	Nov (rising)
26	Great Southern White	Ascia monuste	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	190	Apr (rising)
27	Dusky-blue Groundstreak	Calycopis isobeon	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	190	Oct (rising)
28	Ceraunus Blue	Hemiargus ceraunus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	183	Oct (rising)
29	Mexican Bluewing	Myscelia ethusa	Brush-footed Butterflies	159	Nov (rising)
30	Clouded Skipper	Lerema accius	Skippers	156	Oct (rising)
31	Brown Longtail	Spicauda procne	Skippers	151	Nov (rising)
32	Eufala Skipper	Lerodea eufala	Skippers	136	Oct (rising)
33	Lyside Sulphur	Kricogonia lyside	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	132	Apr (rising)
34	Texan Crescent	Anthanassa texana	Brush-footed Butterflies	123	Apr (rising)
35	Common Mestra	Mestra amymone	Brush-footed Butterflies	118	Oct (rising)
36	Vesta Crescent	Phyciodes graphica	Brush-footed Butterflies	117	Apr (rising)
37	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	101	Apr (rising)
38	White Checkered-Skipper	Burnsius albezens	Skippers	94	Nov (rising)
39	Southern Skipperling	Oarisma minima	Skippers	86	Nov (rising)
40	Large Orange Sulphur	Phoebis agarithe	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	83	Oct (rising)
41	Long-tailed Skipper	Urbanus proteus	Skippers	82	Oct (rising)
42	Zebra Longwing	Heliconius charithonia	Brush-footed Butterflies	79	Nov (rising)
43	Fatal Metalmark	Calephelis nemesis	Metalmark Butterflies	75	Oct (rising)
44	Western Pygmy-Blue	Brephidium exilis	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	74	Oct (rising)
45	Funereal Duskywing	Erynnis funeralis	Skippers	74	Apr (rising)
46	Sickle-winged Skipper	Eantis tamenund	Skippers	74	Nov (rising)
47	Cassius Blue	Leptotes cassius	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	67	Nov (rising)
48	Great Purple Hairstreak	Atlides halesus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	66	Oct (rising)
49	Red-bordered Metalmark	Caria ino	Metalmark Butterflies	66	Nov (rising)
50	White-striped Longtail	Chioides albofasciatus	Skippers	64	Oct (rising)