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 40 66 139 296 147 59 71 3 31 49 136 179 246 135 140 36 49 9 9 1 3 1 2 1
Southern Cloudywing|147 3 3 25 20 24 27 33 48 93 37 29 38 13 10 33 32 69 123 156 74 47 27 41 11 19 1 4
Northern Cloudywing|146 53 69 53 81 78 125 141 96 53 41 3 4 5 11 53 53 101 63 30 10 16 1 1
Confused Cloudywing|148 1 2 2 3 1 6 3 3 4 3 3 25 25 19 6 5 2
Long-tailed Skipper|149 7 1 1 5 1 1 27 6 1 4 4 5 61 88 83 47 96 98 180 143 310 200 280 361 718 506 606 274 311 235 102 44
Golden Banded-Skipper|23 1 15 14 6 5 4 1 1 4 3 1 9 1 1 7
Silver-spotted Skipper|53 7 11 24 154 125 145 122 241 139 137 168 146 57 43 70 130 194 363 399 667 387 294 211 318 203 118 65 53 15 10 4 5 2 1 1
Common Sootywing|114 1 6 1 1 2 1 3 8 7 10 5 8 3 35
Hayhurst's Scallopwing|144 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 7 5 1 3
Common Checkered-Skipper / White Checkered-Skipper|131 2 10 15 34 41 58 134 85 38 43 27 14 60 80 62 33 24 19 119 153 214 102 126 101 111 72 146 112 222 169 251 179 226 167 216 202 124 53
Tropical Checkered-Skipper|133 2 5 9 9 7 5 1 4 1 1 1 4 16 1 6 5 26 73 82 31 61 130 47 38 70 30 34 75 51 73 100 45 44 46 42 43
Dreamy Duskywing|55 1 2 1
Sleepy Duskywing|56 3 3 12 72 145 68 39 12 1 1
Mottled Duskywing|59 3 1 8 2 1 9 7 9 2 2
Juvenal's Duskywing|57 7 2 89 260 394 909 2611 1298 514 298 121 42 12 5 1 1 1 1 16
Horace's Duskywing|58 1 4 9 22 16 59 32 29 26 12 28 70 151 315 249 177 88 157 174 267 168 301 256 260 202 216 92 102 57 45 25 17 5 3
Zarucco Duskywing|60 3 2 1 3 7 7 5 5 1 2 1 5 8 23 4 4 9 5 13 20 38 31 20 28 23 11 17 10 4 5 15 1 1
Wild Indigo Duskywing|62 15 31 22 72 17 32 18 4 8 13 49 34 12 13 13 2 12 30 16 32 23 22 14 16 5 4 6 1
Palatka Skipper|63 2 21 13 29 1 2 3 46 46 22 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 1 1
Palmetto Skipper|68 1 1 1 2 2 14 9 2
Dun Skipper|70 6 5 1 14 26 25 20 24 68 18 28 11 30 57 71 36 88 56 79 92 123 72 77 83 45 21 8 9 1 1
Delaware Skipper|12 3 7 6 2 1 2 2 5 8 1 7 9 9 13 7 9 7 5
Byssus Skipper|130 4 8 17 21 4 1 3 1 12 61 47 103 16 4 5 6
Fiery Skipper|84 2 14 13 19 13 16 27 23 30 37 41 57 49 54 127 91 195 198 332 491 638 587 924 437 387 348 567 544 523 491 758 467 251 217 320 218 139 34
Whirlabout|125 1 3 11 15 25 6 20 26 30 40 7 13 27 69 91 100 96 81 51 56 49 131 74 76 104 116 79 52 19 7 22 2 8
Crossline Skipper|124 1 1 2 18 11 49 10 8 1 1 4 2 3 3 6 27 5 26 8 11
Tawny-edged Skipper|123 2 2 3 7 12 7 20 24 39 7 2 2 4 1 10 12 4 12 5 19 24 19 23 36 6 6 4 1
Southern Broken-Dash|153 1 3 4 2 14 23 37 93 8 1 1 8 15 16 12 34 21 48 17 104 34 35 25 25 7 22 3 7 1
Northern Broken-Dash|154 2 17 15 10 8 2 2 1 2 6 5 4 10 16 22 11 17 16 5 1
Little Glassywing|128 1 1 19 40 75 34 23 8 12 1 2 9 51 61 216 142 67 32 45 55 31 23 11 8 6 2 1
Sachem|19 1 4 29 3 13 7 4 30 32 50 32 31 46 45 58 66 88 33 20 46 57 17 9 11 11 6
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 3 2 6 5 6 15 1 1
Hobomok Skipper|119 2 1 1 5 12 69 7 8 1
Zabulon Skipper|120 1 6 34 45 68 86 147 185 250 113 46 14 14 32 56 95 86 77 72 76 106 76 99 64 44 37 22 10 1
Twin-spot Skipper|103 2 2 2 3 10 32 61 1 1 2 3 10 1 17 26 62 45 65 55 9 13 21 6 12 1 1
Dusted Skipper|22 2 1 66 41 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 63 46 37 35 35 72 86 31 9 1 1 4 1 3
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper|6 4 2 3 5 7 16 12 25 16 52 10 2 2 3 8 44 54 176 33 61 27 124 210 250 6 9 4 1 1
Dusky Roadside-Skipper|8 1 3 2 1 4
Common Roadside-Skipper|7 1 48 45 24 12 6 3 3 1 3 2 3 1 11 1
Bell's Roadside Skipper|9 2 2
Swarthy Skipper|97 1 2 1 3 7 15 12 1 2 2 2 8 18 14 9 17 3 12 4 24 36 12 21 10 6 1 1 1
Eufala Skipper|88 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 10 10 18 9 7 18 12 13 17 16 21 22 9 14 3 3 3 1 2
Clouded Skipper|87 23 18 42 63 59 84 60 45 25 7 17 30 61 67 76 69 152 104 150 104 306 290 306 317 789 502 316 243 209 69 37 2
Southern Skipperling|44 1 1 1 1 2 2 29 4 6 17 4 29 6 55 18 86 41 85 48 44 39 11 49 70 43 26 26 29 4 7 11 9
Salt Marsh Skipper|104 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 7 2 3 3 12 2 5 8
Ocola Skipper|105 1 7 2 2 4 15 17 19 33 70 47 47 61 93 58 178 361 394 315 484 140 127 70 42 28
Brazilian Skipper|34 1 27 10 2 4 2 5 2 5 2 5 4 7 5 27 15 7 9 7 8 1
Least Skipper|13 2 10 8 14 13 18 18 27 26 18 32 43 48 35 27 20 95 35 46 20 80 55 77 54 62 38 19 6 6
Yucca Giant-Skipper|94 3 2 2 22 62 40 9 14 4 2 1
Zebra Swallowtail|73 3 27 127 149 326 670 449 243 280 134 208 174 149 178 128 62 23 38 19 19 22 40 14 22 38 30 134 64 24 76 49 7 22 36 7
Pipevine Swallowtail|24 3 23 55 84 193 543 313 157 140 182 94 95 205 231 319 145 133 218 197 199 88 349 144 187 183 281 147 156 142 179 127 54 21 19 2
Black Swallowtail|106 10 5 24 27 39 45 67 33 29 22 10 37 31 25 80 30 67 69 74 107 89 95 129 93 100 103 126 94 47 42 57 28 10 1 1 2 2
Giant Swallowtail|111 2 4 5 21 38 21 10 10 18 5 16 14 26 28 31 33 29 17 26 27 104 27 50 41 86 49 38 47 28 21 10 1 3
Spicebush Swallowtail|109 4 24 11 49 196 154 90 184 216 251 192 111 178 125 51 49 102 90 185 182 347 213 147 148 211 87 70 34 15 6 5 1 1 1
Palamedes Swallowtail|110 23 22 53 59 108 75 59 50 48 28 4 1 25 15 42 39 118 84 63 28 51 44 61 91 70 105 111 111 59 10 20 1 2 1 2
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail|108 8 65 181 396 721 1597 977 779 550 719 369 291 160 224 197 195 132 302 231 458 315 664 506 616 697 677 398 298 159 115 26 5 4 1 1 1
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail|107 1 3 10 20
Dainty Sulphur|98 1 1 1 1 6 24 1 2 257 7 8 21 7 49 15 15 41 53 8 19 2 4 2
Barred Yellow|72 1 1 8 21 8 4 38 1 4 11 32 19 22 74 18 9 15 97 21 31 22 175 19 101 84 92 44 75 31 83 80 29 32 8 34 6 10
Little Yellow|134 3 3 26 8 6 6 7 2 2 5 5 6 7 24 23 18 5 24 43 109 120 248 94 218 404 562 777 951 560 630 520 290 238 135 176 57 67
Sleepy Orange|1 3 11 55 77 64 60 87 18 11 15 43 32 18 58 126 47 83 91 163 176 341 297 543 391 647 618 683 485 1092 565 459 319 276 160 108 184 76 61
Clouded Sulphur|42 1
Orange Sulphur|43 1 26 8 84 50 19 47 12 6 67 46 168 45 30 69 17 13 56 28 62 151 91 88 8 7 6 29 12 7 8 12 3 17 3 13 2 2 2
Southern Dogface|155 1 1 18 3 3 4 5 3 8 40 1 5 46 3 37 46 40 46 21 7 4 6 6 55 23 48 26 20 21 13 8 7 43 1
Cloudless Sulphur|113 25 47 146 117 165 241 287 175 158 180 178 175 146 85 124 118 78 43 134 128 225 189 422 401 729 779 1167 1150 1344 1154 1053 688 638 458 333 286 225 135
Falcate Orangetip|15 3 77 365 364 399 530 260 179 36 1 1
Great Southern White|16 1 1 25 54 8 1 1
Checkered White|129 3 4 3 1 1 4 25 11 5 41 7 12 28 40 32 69 129 24 2 11 1 6 3 4 2 13 3 2 2 2 3
Cabbage White|118 4 19 29 52 85 54 91 43 28 45 93 192 100 103 253 88 122 79 251 308 632 117 123 23 54 21 60 31 25 54 50 42 12 14 29 29 33 18
West Virginia White|117 1 8 26 6 37 4 4 1
Harvester|75 1 3 2 5 4 8 4 3 19 4 7 2 8 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 1 5 1
American Copper|92 1 9 4 1 2 12 10 16 22 2 3 24 61 13 1 3 3 3 3 3 1
Great Purple Hairstreak|20 1 2 10 2 7 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 6 1 5 2 9 5 11 1 8 12 14 11 12 9 5 3 2 1
White-M Hairstreak|112 3 6 11 8 13 7 1 2 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 5 2 2 10 4 5 2 1
Red-banded Hairstreak|35 5 6 23 126 77 293 554 383 449 300 66 52 30 16 90 33 105 174 104 91 90 43 84 36 117 178 373 528 580 317 260 102 77 35 36 23 5 1
Gray Hairstreak|145 3 11 2 10 7 6 2 2 14 10 53 18 52 18 32 38 45 64 70 41 86 60 63 102 103 87 139 102 110 94 43 8 3 3 1 1
Juniper Hairstreak|30 29 50 227 111 72 11 9 32 4 3 1 2 13 25 5 5 8 1 16 12 5 60 10 3
Hessel's Hairstreak|29 1 2 136 75 6 2 2 3
Eastern Pine Elfin|28 2 2 5 4 6 4 15 2 1 2 2 1 1 1
Henry's Elfin|33 3 31 30 51 92 36 20 3 5 7
Brown Elfin|31 17 6 5 1 1
Early Hairstreak|54 1 1
Coral Hairstreak|136 1 23 71 182 36 3 4
Oak Hairstreak|135 1 27 5 10 6 7 10 9 4
King's Hairstreak|139 4 2 8 15 7 2 1 2
Striped Hairstreak|140 1 5 15 33 33 34 8 3 4 1 2
Banded Hairstreak|138 1 3 36 65 72 85 75 8 9 1 1
Edwards' Hairstreak|137 12 103 226 87 40 8
Silvery Blue|76 3 1 2 2
Spring Azure|36 12 35 81 140 123 143 202 49 69 57 63 32 7 2 2
Summer Azure|37 1 5 4 10 35 163 479 349 332 519 691 288 225 120 140 138 139 141 43 100 103 166 108 53 41 62 9 1 1
Appalachian Azure|38 1 3 6 10 17
Eastern Tailed-Blue|45 1 1 2 11 80 376 397 198 338 188 154 140 170 340 190 232 366 135 139 132 171 193 118 136 125 149 304 286 166 303 253 84 29 15 5 3 1
Little Metalmark|26 4 2 1 1 1 1 19 7 3 6 1 2 8 1 4 5 2 7 14 33 32 129 9 5 2
American Snout|89 28 23 93 119 83 69 105 28 54 76 184 102 210 80 109 115 73 101 94 115 56 77 138 36 107 74 49 75 29 35 14 17 12 6 12 14 9 7
Monarch|47 23 24 27 17 13 78 92 89 109 62 47 25 27 25 34 28 9 13 17 23 20 40 86 33 79 97 211 181 192 201 203 381 568 1268 2348 397 393 186
Queen|48 1 1 1 7 3 3 1 5 2 7 17 8 1 1 8 9 1
Zebra Longwing|77 1 1 1 1 2 4 8 16 7 8 31 45 14 10 23 19 21 30 21 38 58 24 3
Gulf Fritillary|3 8 4 2 4 1 2 3 4 11 35 18 20 30 49 52 84 180 192 181 419 364 554 649 1338 1245 1197 1225 1564 1178 1446 556 818 426 221 162
Variegated Fritillary|71 4 3 1 2 1 17 12 30 20 24 48 22 32 66 38 47 121 55 60 62 38 81 82 95 707 84 66 148 76 180 123 42 30 56 25 14 14
Diana Fritillary|142 1 1 1 39 391 111 26 22 10 8 3 2 7 10 8 35 25 59 8 1
Great Spangled Fritillary|143 1 25 14 36 191 119 35 16 2 20 26 5 6 10 15 12 31 19 7 3 6 2 3 2
Viceroy|91 3 4 8 9 5 16 5 2 16 9 19 15 37 39 15 23 51 25 47 49 89 69 135 70 62 49 33 44 26 10 4
Red-spotted Purple|90 3 2 6 28 43 116 155 140 197 196 94 122 209 217 179 125 140 206 204 222 141 177 317 514 458 369 128 148 76 26 24 11 5 5
Hackberry Emperor|17 1 7 7 57 145 87 117 223 65 73 85 133 278 252 140 227 77 191 203 299 475 211 94 103 28 7 15 1
Tawny Emperor|18 1 2 3 2 3 11 17 17 8 10 15 22 25 68 10 6 26 52 29 27 46 11 5 4
Mourning Cloak|102 2 10 20 42 20 17 13 10 9 1 1 10 9 17 8 1 1 1 1
Question Mark|126 22 30 142 134 125 75 94 29 36 48 81 102 140 88 70 28 22 20 40 38 50 45 52 38 44 50 62 52 81 37 57 56 28 50 66 51 29 13
Eastern Comma|127 12 4 11 5 21 7 31 6 13 16 17 19 28 15 8 4 5 5 2 4 6 5 3 6 3 12 5 5 2 3 5 1 5 8 5 2
American Lady|152 4 4 11 18 16 26 67 75 56 126 152 152 206 142 227 262 122 83 74 76 51 39 43 22 36 27 21 19 24 12 73 16 14 17 17 18 12 12
Painted Lady|151 3 1 3 1 2 2 3 8 6 2 7 2 9 17 11 30 36 33 59 28 55 38 57 33 121 33 52 39 31 20 23 7
Red Admiral|150 4 6 9 2 15 39 99 56 50 48 64 76 52 19 48 20 9 17 21 20 13 30 37 50 27 20 43 25 22 12 27 29 30 23 30 29 11 8
White Peacock|11 1 3 2 3 22 10 18 1 1 13 5
Common Buckeye|85 39 40 66 47 40 42 83 38 142 199 152 257 202 233 404 304 303 180 179 178 230 267 331 230 343 512 502 802 573 626 1110 755 820 360 387 413 118 127
Baltimore Checkerspot|74 7 8 5 14 21 8
Silvery Checkerspot|40 1 1 2 4 19 40 155 27 72 6 14 10 18 43 126 128 64 10 26 29 180 100 6 2 1
Texan Crescent|14 1 6 1 2 2 2 1 5 38 57 24 1 3 45 25 52 11 39 40 11 47 114 63 41 104 7
Pearl Crescent|116 2 2 10 78 129 229 778 589 490 710 478 351 240 311 446 729 559 422 386 295 342 288 498 253 345 439 776 747 730 422 595 589 492 346 338 206 77 19
Phaon Crescent|115 4 4 6 1 21 1 1 16 14 9 27 32 18 39 61 21 11 22 42 13 27 23 3 170 28 77 49 27 34 22 6
Goatweed Leafwing|10 1 27 25 43 61 135 84 55 35 19 14 11 19 12 4 11 2 3 17 19 8 22 27 7 23 23 6 7 38 9 5 3 3 6 1
Southern Pearly-Eye|50 4 6 16 25 21 17 19 59 29 25 13 40 24 16 16 15 12 15 12 23 18 8 23 45 47 14 12 33 27 13 32 7 8 1
Northern Pearly-Eye|51 1 6 3 49 63 89 33 51 9 9 11 13 10 16 16 49 5 14 3 24 27 7 9 9 2 4 1
Creole Pearly-Eye|52 1 3 23 21 6 26 32 14 6 10 2 2 16 16 21 7 4 2 11 13 16 3 6 4 8
Appalachian Brown|141 1 6 23 2 14 12 12 10 12 28 14 24 15 14 10 7 5 38 30 4 5 1 2
Gemmed Satyr|46 22 21 73 237 159 141 91 42 31 48 25 30 22 19 24 30 5 16 19 38 6 33 13 46 32 40 35 53 58 34 30 18 14 2
Little Wood-Satyr|96 1 5 8 51 65 330 472 1065 613 343 203 75 134 98 14 27 2 21 3 3
Carolina Satyr|79 5 16 74 157 534 542 656 985 1038 850 687 201 374 95 168 503 381 380 336 260 380 536 718 927 1540 1488 870 490 861 639 472 270 131 100 40 24
Intricate Satyr|157 1 1 1 1 3 17 1 3 1 2 13 31 13 27 25 2 1 5 2 2 1
Georgia Satyr|99 18 1 5 16 1 4 8 1 4 6 10 7 9 72 16 53 15 7 21
Helicta Satyr|100 1 5 1 1 1 3 2
Mitchell's Satyr|101 51 64 37 2 5 5 79 124 46
Common Wood Nymph|39 1 10 14 21 34 22 11 10 7 13 4 6 20 8 17 11 6 6 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 30 2 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