Alabama Butterfly Atlas

Flight Periods

The Flight Periods Graph illustrates the timing of a species’ flight and gives an idea of your chances of encountering that butterfly during a particular time period.

Not all butterfly species that occur in Alabama can be seen on any given day.  Adult butterflies emerge from their chrysalides during particular times of the year when weather and food resources are the best for survival.  The time that adult butterflies are on the wing is called a flight.

The Flight Periods Graph lists the species observed, the number of individuals observed, and the month of the year.  Each month is divided into four periods.  The numbers are based on accumulated field data beginning in 2000.

USING THE GRAPH: Enter the name of a butterfly species in the SEARCH field to see its flight date records. To get a picture of which species are flying on a particular date, select that time period on the heading row of the chart.  Click once to sort from lowest to highest number of individuals for each species recorded during that time period.  Double click to sort from highest to lowest numbers.  Click on a common name to go to that species account within this atlas. 

Common Name Feb2 Feb3 Feb4 Mar1 Mar2 Mar3 Mar4 Apr1 Apr2 Apr3 Apr4 May1 May2 May3 May4 Jun1 Jun2 Jun3 Jun4 Jul1 Jul2 Jul3 Jul4 Aug1 Aug2 Aug3 Aug4 Sep1 Sep2 Sep3 Sep4 Oct1 Oct2 Oct3 Oct4 Nov1 Nov2 Nov3
Hoary Edge|2 1 7 4 17 42 68 140 302 168 71 77 3 32 49 149 188 258 138 141 36 54 11 11 4 3 1 2 1
Southern Cloudywing|147 3 3 25 20 29 27 33 48 104 50 35 40 13 11 33 33 71 125 157 75 50 28 47 14 20 1 4
Northern Cloudywing|146 53 72 57 89 78 125 153 107 58 41 3 4 5 11 56 53 104 63 30 10 17 1 1 1
Confused Cloudywing|148 1 2 3 3 1 6 4 3 4 3 3 25 25 19 7 5 2
Long-tailed Skipper|149 7 1 1 5 1 1 27 6 1 4 4 5 64 92 90 53 105 122 221 178 408 443 300 398 767 564 667 339 355 267 106 44
Golden Banded-Skipper|23 1 15 14 6 5 4 1 1 4 3 1 11 1 1 7
Silver-spotted Skipper|53 7 12 25 170 140 225 139 248 148 145 173 149 60 55 86 160 233 453 472 768 442 342 256 349 253 139 98 71 15 11 6 5 2 1 1
Common Sootywing|114 1 6 1 1 2 1 3 8 7 10 5 8 4 35
Hayhurst's Scallopwing|144 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 7 5 1 3
Common Checkered-Skipper / White Checkered-Skipper|131 3 10 16 35 44 62 140 97 54 43 28 14 60 80 72 35 29 19 124 155 217 102 127 105 115 86 156 114 225 191 259 211 260 255 250 218 138 53
Tropical Checkered-Skipper|133 2 5 9 9 7 6 1 4 1 1 1 4 23 1 8 5 28 77 91 31 66 139 56 47 75 35 35 84 51 78 106 49 57 46 42 43
Sleepy Duskywing|56 3 3 13 74 170 94 68 12 1 1
Mottled Duskywing|59 3 1 8 2 1 12 7 9 2 2
Juvenal's Duskywing|57 7 2 90 260 404 958 2905 1549 608 306 122 42 12 5 2 1 1 1 16
Horace's Duskywing|58 1 4 10 22 16 59 32 32 26 12 37 133 213 345 271 181 94 170 191 286 185 354 283 295 259 235 105 108 62 48 32 22 7 1 3
Zarucco Duskywing|60 3 2 1 3 9 59 7 5 1 2 1 6 8 36 6 4 9 5 15 22 39 34 21 29 23 11 18 11 4 5 15 1 1
Wild Indigo Duskywing|62 15 31 28 84 17 32 18 4 8 15 59 34 12 13 13 2 13 30 16 32 23 23 16 16 5 4 6 1 1
Palatka Skipper|63 2 21 13 29 1 2 3 46 48 23 4 15 14 1
Berry's Skipper|156 1 2
Dion Skipper|64 1 13 2 3 2 2 1 1 4 1 18 31 10 7 1 2
Dukes' Skipper|67 1 24 7 1
Palmetto Skipper|68 2 1 1 2 2 15 9 2
Dun Skipper|70 6 5 1 15 28 25 20 26 70 23 28 13 30 59 78 37 94 64 80 101 127 73 82 87 58 23 16 14 3 1
Delaware Skipper|12 3 7 8 2 1 2 2 6 8 1 7 12 10 13 7 9 12 5
Byssus Skipper|130 4 8 18 21 4 1 3 1 12 64 47 103 16 4 5 6
Fiery Skipper|84 2 15 13 19 13 16 30 26 31 46 45 58 50 60 140 115 225 240 352 519 724 674 990 474 414 404 609 618 556 524 795 496 281 262 370 265 150 34
Whirlabout|125 1 1 3 11 16 25 7 25 27 37 43 7 13 31 73 95 114 105 93 60 59 61 136 78 80 113 123 84 54 24 15 25 2 8
Crossline Skipper|124 1 1 2 18 13 49 10 8 1 1 4 2 3 6 6 27 5 26 8 11
Tawny-edged Skipper|123 2 2 3 7 12 8 20 24 39 7 2 2 4 1 10 12 4 13 5 19 24 21 26 36 8 10 4 2
Southern Broken-Dash|153 1 3 4 2 17 26 41 95 8 1 1 8 15 16 12 36 26 55 19 105 34 35 27 25 7 22 3 7 1
Northern Broken-Dash|154 2 20 16 11 8 2 2 1 2 6 5 6 11 20 23 12 19 17 5 1
Little Glassywing|128 1 1 19 41 75 35 23 8 12 1 2 11 52 64 223 149 71 34 45 60 34 23 11 8 6 2 1
Sachem|19 1 1 4 31 3 13 7 6 41 47 52 40 44 59 55 69 75 92 37 21 54 60 21 11 12 18 6 1
Yehl Skipper|122 1 6 4 1 1 6 3 16 7 6 1 1
Broad-winged Skipper|121 1 1 1 1 7 8 9 62 41 19 4 2 1 1 7 7 10 17 4 6 2 6 5 6 2 15 1 1
Hobomok Skipper|119 2 1 1 5 12 69 7 8 1
Zabulon Skipper|120 1 1 6 37 46 76 92 150 186 260 114 46 14 18 43 69 113 91 87 79 81 112 89 117 67 45 46 32 10 1
Twin-spot Skipper|103 2 2 2 3 10 33 62 1 1 2 3 10 1 17 26 65 57 66 55 9 19 21 6 12 1 18 1
Dusted Skipper|22 2 1 66 43 11 1 1 2 1 1
Reversed Roadside-Skipper|5 1 1 1 2 6 1 3 2 1 2 1 1
Pepper and Salt Skipper|4 16 65 55 43 36 43 72 107 31 9 1 1 1 4 1 3
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper|6 4 2 3 9 7 16 12 29 16 52 10 2 2 3 8 44 54 178 33 62 27 125 211 250 7 9 4 1 1
Dusky Roadside-Skipper|8 1 3 2 1 4
Common Roadside-Skipper|7 2 53 45 24 15 6 3 3 1 3 2 3 1 11 2 4 1
Bell's Roadside Skipper|9 2 2
Swarthy Skipper|97 1 2 1 4 7 18 14 1 2 2 2 8 18 14 9 17 3 15 4 26 36 12 22 10 6 1 1 1
Eufala Skipper|88 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 10 11 18 12 7 20 13 16 20 22 23 28 12 20 7 4 3 1 2
Clouded Skipper|87 26 19 44 64 59 87 62 45 25 7 17 32 62 69 78 73 160 135 163 126 333 329 316 341 834 571 343 291 264 78 40 2
Southern Skipperling|44 1 1 1 2 3 3 29 4 6 18 4 30 8 56 19 87 45 94 51 45 48 29 56 71 47 26 30 30 6 7 11 9
Salt Marsh Skipper|104 3 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 8 2 3 3 12 2 5 8
Ocola Skipper|105 1 7 2 2 4 16 20 22 39 82 50 54 74 102 63 182 370 424 328 512 175 166 124 45 28
Brazilian Skipper|34 2 27 10 2 4 2 5 2 5 2 5 4 7 5 27 15 7 9 7 10 1
Least Skipper|13 2 1 10 8 14 13 18 18 27 26 19 50 46 48 37 27 20 102 36 49 31 99 58 82 54 62 39 19 7 11
Yucca Giant-Skipper|94 3 2 3 22 67 40 9 14 4 2 1
Zebra Swallowtail|73 3 28 128 160 343 743 474 257 285 165 210 179 166 188 137 62 23 39 19 21 23 46 15 32 42 38 141 67 24 76 49 7 22 36 7
Pipevine Swallowtail|24 3 23 55 84 201 583 342 234 149 195 98 96 231 239 356 160 146 284 274 234 129 428 183 227 194 309 183 218 163 198 129 65 24 22 2
Black Swallowtail|106 10 5 26 31 48 55 81 39 37 24 11 38 31 30 83 40 74 71 88 110 106 103 150 105 110 112 147 100 55 49 63 33 11 1 2 2 2
Giant Swallowtail|111 2 5 7 23 40 24 12 10 18 7 16 15 31 35 39 43 38 23 32 38 122 34 58 47 103 75 51 58 29 23 11 1 3
Spicebush Swallowtail|109 4 25 11 51 210 170 124 191 221 253 197 127 187 147 51 54 103 92 196 190 370 223 162 158 249 102 108 53 23 9 5 1 1 1
Palamedes Swallowtail|110 23 22 53 61 113 78 70 51 50 30 4 1 26 19 42 44 128 91 72 32 56 47 76 108 81 112 121 153 76 15 22 1 2 1 2
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail|108 8 65 185 422 758 1707 1066 849 588 739 380 298 173 246 235 199 158 337 264 495 351 744 570 726 793 824 511 387 224 176 27 5 6 1 1 1
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail|107 1 3 10 20
Dainty Sulphur|98 1 1 1 1 6 24 1 2 257 8 8 21 7 51 16 16 41 55 10 19 3 4 2
Barred Yellow|72 1 1 8 21 8 4 38 1 4 11 35 19 22 74 20 9 15 97 21 33 22 175 19 101 84 95 46 90 31 103 96 42 55 8 34 6 10
Little Yellow|134 3 3 26 8 6 7 7 2 2 6 5 6 7 24 23 18 5 24 43 111 120 249 94 218 407 563 780 960 570 639 608 312 270 152 184 57 68
Sleepy Orange|1 3 11 56 78 67 68 96 21 15 17 43 33 25 69 132 54 85 91 189 194 456 320 586 460 743 665 753 2020 1136 602 483 341 314 200 160 194 77 61
Clouded Sulphur|42 1
Orange Sulphur|43 4 26 9 84 50 32 57 12 14 87 87 168 46 34 84 17 13 56 29 69 166 91 89 8 7 6 29 13 7 8 14 4 22 3 29 16 4 2
Southern Dogface|155 1 1 18 3 3 5 5 3 8 40 1 6 46 3 37 46 40 46 21 7 4 6 6 56 24 48 26 20 21 13 8 7 43 1
Cloudless Sulphur|113 25 47 146 117 166 244 295 186 162 184 183 175 147 89 128 129 82 44 145 137 250 199 462 464 896 948 1430 1508 1537 1486 1197 816 732 522 371 331 232 141
Falcate Orangetip|15 3 78 373 426 448 631 261 179 36 1 1
Great Southern White|16 1 1 25 54 8 1 1
Checkered White|129 3 4 3 1 5 1 8 24 25 12 10 47 9 13 29 41 39 70 130 25 2 11 3 6 3 4 2 13 9 3 2 3 4 1
Cabbage White|118 4 19 29 67 88 75 111 62 62 65 198 232 172 147 301 142 140 93 266 311 687 126 128 26 94 27 62 45 25 61 50 49 21 20 30 31 33 18
West Virginia White|117 1 9 37 6 37 4 4 1
Harvester|75 1 3 3 5 4 8 5 3 19 4 8 3 8 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 1 5 1
American Copper|92 1 9 4 1 2 12 10 16 22 3 3 24 61 14 1 3 3 3 3 3 1
Great Purple Hairstreak|20 1 2 11 2 7 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 6 1 6 2 10 5 12 2 8 16 16 12 13 9 6 4 2 1
White-M Hairstreak|112 3 6 11 8 13 7 1 2 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 5 3 2 10 4 6 2 1
Red-banded Hairstreak|35 5 6 23 127 77 310 590 419 478 315 66 52 31 17 94 45 121 175 128 95 96 43 87 41 124 182 391 549 592 352 262 137 82 37 39 25 5 1
Gray Hairstreak|145 3 11 2 10 7 6 4 2 14 11 57 24 54 19 34 39 48 64 76 43 88 63 71 109 107 89 143 109 117 99 45 8 10 4 1 1
Juniper Hairstreak|30 29 50 227 112 72 14 9 33 4 3 1 3 13 25 6 5 8 2 16 12 5 60 12 3
Hessel's Hairstreak|29 1 3 136 75 6 2 2 3
Eastern Pine Elfin|28 2 2 5 4 6 5 15 2 1 2 2 1 1 1
Henry's Elfin|33 3 31 35 60 127 36 25 3 5 7
Brown Elfin|31 17 6 5 1 1
Early Hairstreak|54 1 1
Coral Hairstreak|136 1 23 91 209 36 3 4
Oak Hairstreak|135 1 27 5 11 6 8 10 9 4
King's Hairstreak|139 4 2 8 15 7 2 1 2
Striped Hairstreak|140 1 5 15 33 34 36 8 3 4 1 2
Banded Hairstreak|138 2 3 37 66 82 97 75 8 9 1 1
Edwards' Hairstreak|137 12 110 259 87 40 8
Silvery Blue|76 3 1 2 2
Spring Azure|36 12 35 85 140 130 154 230 55 73 66 66 32 7 2 2 1 1
Summer Azure|37 1 5 4 10 37 179 484 359 342 542 740 316 236 139 178 158 146 150 48 104 109 179 179 54 41 64 11 2 1
Appalachian Azure|38 1 3 6 10 17
Eastern Tailed-Blue|45 1 1 3 12 85 386 445 260 345 200 159 148 200 374 223 238 376 163 144 139 178 196 124 141 131 150 319 294 178 315 266 85 29 16 5 3 1
Little Metalmark|26 5 2 1 2 2 1 1 19 7 3 1 7 1 2 8 1 9 5 2 7 14 33 33 129 9 6 2
American Snout|89 28 23 99 120 88 80 120 31 62 77 214 117 265 100 131 128 83 108 134 145 81 80 143 38 108 110 50 77 33 35 15 17 13 8 12 14 9 8
Monarch|47 23 24 27 17 14 80 98 92 114 69 50 28 29 25 37 32 10 15 19 23 47 42 89 38 89 117 278 363 226 220 236 397 612 1344 2390 560 398 202
Queen|48 1 2 1 7 3 1 3 1 5 3 8 17 9 1 1 8 9 1
Zebra Longwing|77 1 1 1 1 2 4 8 16 7 8 31 45 14 10 23 20 22 30 22 38 58 24 3
Gulf Fritillary|3 8 4 4 1 4 1 3 3 6 11 35 23 21 30 50 56 96 203 259 255 565 515 682 848 1699 1502 1367 1401 1729 1295 1637 727 977 511 232 163
Variegated Fritillary|71 1 4 3 1 2 5 18 12 31 22 38 49 32 46 72 43 52 123 63 83 111 39 111 85 98 720 105 74 160 83 186 138 58 35 76 27 16 14
Diana Fritillary|142 1 1 2 60 441 112 28 22 10 8 3 2 7 10 8 42 28 59 8 1
Great Spangled Fritillary|143 1 25 15 37 196 131 37 16 3 20 26 5 10 11 15 12 31 19 7 3 6 2 3 2
Viceroy|91 3 4 9 9 6 16 5 3 16 9 26 16 38 41 24 24 51 30 52 53 109 83 143 71 71 55 36 53 36 10 4
Red-spotted Purple|90 3 2 9 30 46 132 169 151 199 204 100 128 230 227 183 136 146 224 221 262 159 203 355 616 535 392 166 178 84 48 38 15 5 5
Hackberry Emperor|17 1 7 7 65 156 92 120 229 82 83 97 170 313 302 153 252 93 208 264 357 529 261 122 105 31 18 19 1
Tawny Emperor|18 1 2 3 2 3 11 17 18 8 10 15 22 28 68 10 11 29 54 33 29 48 11 5 4
Mourning Cloak|102 2 10 22 44 26 21 17 10 10 1 2 10 11 23 10 1 1 1 1 1
Question Mark|126 22 31 145 139 128 76 107 31 39 48 86 110 154 90 72 34 24 21 46 39 55 47 56 43 51 81 96 71 93 42 60 58 43 54 69 52 31 13
Eastern Comma|127 12 4 12 5 22 9 31 7 13 17 22 25 28 15 8 4 6 7 2 5 6 5 4 7 3 13 5 5 2 3 5 2 6 8 5 2
American Lady|152 5 4 11 18 16 27 72 79 63 130 159 157 214 169 255 278 132 84 89 78 53 40 46 22 37 27 24 24 29 15 74 17 15 20 20 23 12 12
Painted Lady|151 3 1 3 1 2 2 3 8 6 2 7 2 9 17 12 30 36 33 59 28 55 38 58 34 122 34 53 41 40 22 24 7
Red Admiral|150 4 6 9 5 18 41 102 56 51 50 67 76 53 22 49 22 11 18 25 22 13 33 41 50 34 25 44 26 23 12 28 30 33 23 30 29 11 8
White Peacock|11 1 1 6 3 4 22 11 18 25 11 14 5 1
Common Buckeye|85 39 40 67 47 41 47 101 46 152 209 171 265 209 251 426 337 311 185 194 216 258 275 383 287 382 657 580 884 613 686 1151 896 913 410 456 479 121 130
Baltimore Checkerspot|74 7 8 5 14 21 8
Silvery Checkerspot|40 1 2 4 4 22 40 160 27 73 6 14 10 20 45 127 128 64 16 27 31 181 101 6 2 1 1
Texan Crescent|14 1 6 1 1 2 2 2 1 7 38 57 24 15 3 223 32 94 32 40 40 15 75 132 173 43 104 7
Pearl Crescent|116 2 2 10 81 133 239 807 636 541 714 486 352 245 337 472 797 610 432 405 326 406 325 639 285 362 563 824 821 779 446 634 618 520 380 361 211 79 19
Phaon Crescent|115 4 4 6 1 1 22 1 1 16 14 9 27 34 18 39 61 23 11 22 44 17 2 27 23 4 170 28 77 49 27 37 11 24 6
Goatweed Leafwing|10 1 27 25 48 62 139 84 56 37 24 16 11 19 12 5 11 2 3 17 19 9 24 27 7 23 23 7 8 38 10 5 3 4 6 1
Southern Pearly-Eye|50 4 7 16 25 21 19 21 61 30 26 13 40 24 16 16 15 12 17 12 24 18 9 23 56 50 16 12 34 28 14 32 7 8 1
Northern Pearly-Eye|51 1 6 3 52 64 93 35 51 9 9 11 13 11 17 16 49 6 14 4 36 28 11 9 9 2 4 1
Creole Pearly-Eye|52 1 3 23 23 6 26 32 14 6 10 2 2 16 16 21 7 4 2 12 13 16 3 6 4 8
Appalachian Brown|141 1 6 23 6 14 12 12 10 12 28 14 24 15 14 10 7 5 43 30 4 6 1 2
Gemmed Satyr|46 22 21 80 261 166 144 103 44 33 49 25 30 22 19 24 31 5 18 19 38 7 33 14 54 36 47 35 54 59 34 31 19 15 2 1
Little Wood-Satyr|96 1 5 8 58 71 391 473 1095 618 346 204 85 134 99 14 27 2 21 3 3
Carolina Satyr|79 5 17 75 164 555 610 681 1011 1100 856 706 204 380 100 184 530 405 416 365 271 434 631 769 992 1638 1642 899 542 897 761 537 305 144 101 40 24
Intricate Satyr|157 1 1 1 1 3 17 1 5 1 2 15 31 13 45 25 4 1 5 2 2 1
Georgia Satyr|99 18 2 5 16 2 4 1 8 1 4 6 11 7 9 72 16 57 15 8 21
Helicta Satyr|100 1 5 1 1 1 3 2
Mitchell's Satyr|101 51 65 37 2 5 5 79 128 46
Common Wood Nymph|39 1 10 14 22 34 22 11 11 7 13 4 6 20 10 17 11 6 6 1
Dreamy Duskywing|55 1 2 1
Funereal Duskywing|61 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1
Cobweb Skipper|81 2 3 1
Mercurial Skipper|158 1
Arogos Skipper|21 1
Meske's Skipper|83 1 1 2 1 1
Cofaqui Giant-Skipper|95 1
Orange-barred Sulphur|160
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak|164 1
Cassius Blue|86 1 8 3 2 1 9 7 1 5 3 1
Marine Blue|163 2 2
Western Pygmy-Blue|162 1 1 1 1 1 74 20 1
Reakirt's Blue|49 1
Swamp Metalmark|27 4 34 5 10 2 6 10 11 6 2 1
Julia Heliconian|161 1 2
Malachite|159 1
Gorgone Checkerspot|41 4 4 4 1