Butterflies Flying in Wisconsin in June (60 Species)

60 butterflies were recorded flying in Wisconsin in June in our iNaturalist sample; 15 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 June

Monarch1,430 obs.

Red Admiral569 obs.

Great Spangled Fritillary538 obs.

Hobomok Skipper527 obs.

Silver-spotted Skipper520 obs.

Little Wood Satyr507 obs.

Small White485 obs.

Red-spotted Admiral445 obs.

Hackberry Emperor417 obs.

Karner Blue398 obs.

Mourning Cloak372 obs.

Essex Skipper358 obs.

All butterflies flying in Wisconsin in June

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	1,430	Jul (rising)
2	Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Brush-footed Butterflies	569	Jul (rising)
3	Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	Brush-footed Butterflies	538	Jun (peak)
4	Hobomok Skipper	Lon hobomok	Skippers	527	Jun (peak)
5	Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	Skippers	520	Aug (rising)
6	Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela	Brush-footed Butterflies	507	Jun (peak)
7	Small White	Pieris rapae	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	485	Aug (rising)
8	Red-spotted Admiral	Limenitis arthemis	Brush-footed Butterflies	445	Jun (peak)
9	Hackberry Emperor	Asterocampa celtis	Brush-footed Butterflies	417	Jun (peak)
10	Karner Blue	Plebejus samuelis	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	398	Jul (rising)
11	Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa	Brush-footed Butterflies	372	Jun (peak)
12	Essex Skipper	Thymelicus lineola	Skippers	358	Jun (peak)
13	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	357	Aug (rising)
14	Baltimore Checkerspot	Euphydryas phaeton	Brush-footed Butterflies	351	Jun (peak)
15	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	Swallowtails and Parnassians	332	Aug (rising)
16	Least Skipper	Ancyloxypha numitor	Skippers	302	Aug (rising)
17	American Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	Brush-footed Butterflies	299	May (past peak)
18	Viceroy	Limenitis archippus	Brush-footed Butterflies	255	Aug (rising)
19	Northern Pearly-eye	Lethe anthedon	Brush-footed Butterflies	243	Jul (rising)
20	Northern Crescent	Phyciodes cocyta	Brush-footed Butterflies	227	Jun (peak)
21	Silvery Checkerspot	Chlosyne nycteis	Brush-footed Butterflies	225	Jun (peak)
22	Banded Hairstreak	Satyrium calanus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	217	Jul (rising)
23	Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	Brush-footed Butterflies	208	Jul (rising)
24	Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	Brush-footed Butterflies	196	Jul (rising)
25	Peck's Skipper	Polites peckius	Skippers	191	Aug (rising)
26	Eastern Comma	Polygonia comma	Brush-footed Butterflies	189	Jul (rising)
27	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio canadensis	Swallowtails and Parnassians	182	Jun (peak)
28	Eastern Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	Swallowtails and Parnassians	168	Aug (rising)
29	Long Dash	Limochores mystic	Skippers	160	Jun (peak)
30	Common Ringlet	Coenonympha california	Brush-footed Butterflies	156	Jun (peak)
31	Eastern Tailed-Blue	Everes comyntas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	125	Aug (rising)
32	Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	117	Jul (rising)
33	Juvenal's Duskywing	Erynnis juvenalis	Skippers	100	May (past peak)
34	Common Wood-Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	Brush-footed Butterflies	92	Jul (rising)
35	Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Brush-footed Butterflies	91	Aug (rising)
36	Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos	Brush-footed Butterflies	87	Aug (rising)
37	American Silver-bordered Fritillary	Boloria myrina	Brush-footed Butterflies	81	Jun (peak)
38	Northern Cloudywing	Cecropterus pylades	Skippers	79	Jun (peak)
39	Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton	Brush-footed Butterflies	72	Jul (rising)
40	Meadow Fritillary	Boloria bellona	Brush-footed Butterflies	70	Aug (rising)
41	Bronze Copper	Tharsalea hyllus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	66	Aug (rising)
42	American Copper	Lycaena hypophlaeas	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	63	Jul (rising)
43	Coral Hairstreak	Satyrium titus	Gossamer-winged Butterflies	57	Jul (rising)
44	Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	55	Sep (rising)
45	Aphrodite Fritillary	Argynnis aphrodite	Brush-footed Butterflies	49	Jul (rising)
46	Eyed Brown	Lethe eurydice	Brush-footed Butterflies	45	Jul (rising)
47	Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme	Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs	42	Sep (rising)
48	Delaware Skipper	Anatrytone logan	Skippers	38	Jul (rising)
49	Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles	Skippers	36	Aug (rising)
50	Appalachian Brown	Lethe appalachia	Brush-footed Butterflies	33	Jul (rising)