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 7 4 16 36 66 118 236 101 47 56 3 17 34 68 138 164 121 89 29 39 6 7 3 1 2 1
Southern Cloudywing|147 2 18 16 24 24 31 25 74 32 24 28 12 7 29 27 42 101 116 66 39 26 40 10 18 1 4
Northern Cloudywing|146 36 51 50 72 75 75 110 76 41 39 3 2 5 9 26 42 80 61 23 7 16 1 1
Confused Cloudywing|148 1 2 2 3 1 5 1 3 3 3 3 10 15 6 6 4 2
Long-tailed Skipper|149 7 1 1 5 1 1 27 4 4 3 1 40 57 61 25 40 67 109 78 239 128 215 194 377 369 472 221 228 210 90 38
Golden Banded-Skipper|23 1 13 12 6 5 4 1 1 4 3 5 1 6
Silver-spotted Skipper|53 4 5 21 89 96 100 102 132 90 111 126 104 51 36 37 65 134 231 281 427 284 194 152 231 157 95 46 41 14 9 4 5
Common Sootywing|114 6 1 1 2 3 8 7 10 3 7 1
Hayhurst's Scallopwing|144 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3
Common Checkered-Skipper / White Checkered-Skipper|131 2 10 13 34 38 55 117 81 31 38 22 14 53 75 60 25 24 18 79 99 124 62 83 40 97 57 95 90 195 151 207 155 179 161 132 161 93 44
White Checkered-Skipper|132 4 1 1
Tropical Checkered-Skipper|133 2 3 9 9 7 5 1 3 1 4 13 1 1 20 31 55 17 27 78 39 24 69 25 23 55 37 48 88 43 44 46 42 43
Dreamy Duskywing|55 1 2 1
Sleepy Duskywing|56 1 3 10 98 117 63 39 12 1 1
Mottled Duskywing|59 2 1 8 1 1 3 6 1 2 2
Juvenal's Duskywing|57 7 2 12 112 265 853 1696 988 477 235 36 28 12 5 1 1 1 1 16
Horace's Duskywing|58 1 4 8 21 15 44 32 29 24 8 12 35 109 273 208 152 54 125 124 214 119 191 181 177 159 175 75 89 46 28 13 16 5 3
Zarucco Duskywing|60 1 1 1 6 4 5 4 1 2 1 4 8 20 4 3 7 4 10 18 21 28 17 19 20 10 14 9 2 5 15 1 1
Wild Indigo Duskywing|62 13 23 19 17 16 4 2 4 6 10 49 31 12 12 13 2 12 28 15 32 23 20 11 15 5 4 6 1
Palatka Skipper|63 2 21 13 28 1 2 3 44 42 22 2 15 14
Berry's Skipper|156 2
Dion Skipper|64 1 13 1 3 2 2 4 1 18 28 3 3 1 2
Bay Skipper|65 1
Dukes' Skipper|67 1 1
Palmetto Skipper|68 1 1 1 2 2 10 9 2
Dun Skipper|70 6 4 1 14 25 25 18 17 40 18 24 10 27 45 55 20 66 45 61 74 108 57 61 55 28 19 6 8
Delaware Skipper|12 3 7 6 2 1 2 2 3 8 1 5 9 9 12 7 2 1
Byssus Skipper|130 4 7 15 19 4 1 3 10 58 30 101 16 2 5 6
Fiery Skipper|84 2 14 12 18 11 13 22 19 30 35 41 56 41 47 92 80 128 181 236 396 441 396 675 274 239 230 421 403 391 406 631 404 193 186 218 176 122 27
Whirlabout|125 1 3 11 13 25 5 20 25 23 34 5 13 20 47 55 74 71 56 35 33 21 64 33 41 72 63 64 50 17 6 22 2 8
Crossline Skipper|124 1 1 2 16 10 30 10 8 1 1 3 2 3 3 5 24 5 26 8 11
Tawny-edged Skipper|123 2 2 3 5 11 7 14 21 23 7 2 2 4 9 10 2 13 4 19 20 9 16 20 4 6 4
Southern Broken-Dash|153 1 3 2 2 12 20 29 82 8 1 1 6 11 11 7 28 15 45 13 101 27 26 18 18 5 22 3 7 1
Northern Broken-Dash|154 2 10 11 8 8 2 2 1 2 4 5 3 3 13 22 7 9 6 5 1
Little Glassywing|128 1 1 14 39 68 32 21 7 12 1 2 6 19 43 141 108 52 26 35 26 29 17 11 8 6 1 1
Sachem|19 1 4 25 3 11 2 1 22 19 42 20 25 26 24 32 56 69 26 18 39 39 16 7 10 3 5
Cobweb Skipper|81 1 4 1
Dotted Skipper|82 1
Yehl Skipper|122 1 6 4 1 6 1 1 5 4 1
Broad-winged Skipper|121 1 1 1 1 7 8 5 48 35 19 4 2 1 6 4 9 17 3 1 1 6 4 14 1
Hobomok Skipper|119 2 1 1 5 11 69 7 8 1
Zabulon Skipper|120 1 1 14 28 52 81 104 120 241 108 44 14 13 18 33 77 70 67 59 64 87 58 81 47 40 32 17 5 1
Twin-spot Skipper|103 2 2 1 3 3 21 59 1 1 2 3 2 1 7 24 59 38 62 54 2 7 5 6 12 1 1
Dusted Skipper|22 2 1 24 34 11 1 1 2 1 1
Reversed Roadside-Skipper|5 1 1 2 6 1 3 1 2 1 1
Pepper and Salt Skipper|4 7 42 37 37 34 22 49 83 29 9 1 1 1 3
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper|6 4 2 3 5 5 8 11 25 13 51 9 2 2 3 8 44 50 174 33 59 23 117 188 249 5 9 3 1 1
Dusky Roadside-Skipper|8 1 1 2 1
Common Roadside-Skipper|7 1 14 33 24 8 6 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 11 1
Bell's Roadside Skipper|9 2 2
Swarthy Skipper|97 1 1 1 3 6 13 12 1 2 2 2 8 15 12 8 15 3 15 4 24 35 4 21 10 5 1 1 1
Eufala Skipper|88 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 7 10 12 6 5 16 11 8 12 10 20 21 7 13 2 2 1
Clouded Skipper|87 21 17 37 62 51 75 57 39 19 7 15 27 58 59 68 37 108 79 126 88 260 241 246 268 719 389 248 194 163 59 34 2
Southern Skipperling|44 1 1 1 1 2 2 29 3 5 16 4 29 6 53 16 28 28 61 40 47 29 10 48 67 43 22 10 27 4 5 10 9
Salt Marsh Skipper|104 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 12 2 5 8
Ocola Skipper|105 1 2 1 2 7 9 17 22 29 21 32 43 63 40 141 216 358 245 463 93 97 67 38 27
Brazilian Skipper|34 27 10 2 4 2 5 2 4 1 5 3 7 5 25 15 7 9 7 8 1
Least Skipper|13 2 10 7 14 12 16 15 15 21 18 31 31 38 33 15 18 72 29 39 18 67 51 73 27 58 37 18 6 3
Yucca Giant-Skipper|94 3 2 1 9 42 40 9 13 4 2 1
Zebra Swallowtail|73 3 2 37 126 337 537 395 227 263 128 198 161 134 153 122 53 21 36 15 19 17 30 12 22 36 30 127 64 22 76 49 7 22 36 7
Pipevine Swallowtail|24 3 5 27 46 159 358 239 110 118 129 48 63 168 135 262 117 58 114 149 182 59 264 126 134 151 192 109 128 130 165 99 41 18 13 2
Black Swallowtail|106 10 4 12 14 24 38 44 30 27 19 8 28 16 12 67 13 42 56 60 80 62 78 87 70 81 94 111 82 34 35 44 25 9 1 1 2 2
Giant Swallowtail|111 1 2 4 20 28 17 9 8 11 1 14 12 24 24 25 24 27 12 24 18 70 18 33 31 79 31 30 30 23 20 9 1 3
Spicebush Swallowtail|109 3 19 7 47 170 136 65 163 197 207 177 91 142 117 32 38 97 70 161 146 288 171 115 119 179 77 62 18 13 6 5 1 1 1
Palamedes Swallowtail|110 5 16 49 58 82 71 60 49 44 26 4 1 25 12 32 18 86 69 41 15 31 18 31 78 62 100 48 77 40 10 20 1 2 1 2
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail|108 4 18 55 170 728 1126 737 646 417 530 283 263 137 196 183 161 93 234 170 376 237 501 409 462 606 561 296 190 88 77 13 4 2 1 1 1
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail|107 1 10 20
Dainty Sulphur|98 1 1 2 7 1 253 5 3 9 11 11 9 20 4 3 1 3 1
Barred Yellow|72 1 1 7 21 8 4 30 4 11 27 19 22 73 17 8 7 97 11 20 20 151 19 90 56 92 40 29 14 17 35 29 17 8 34 6 9
Little Yellow|134 3 3 15 6 6 6 1 2 2 5 5 5 6 20 21 17 1 17 26 59 63 144 90 169 230 479 664 637 371 426 367 254 189 97 160 40 54
Sleepy Orange|1 3 11 44 53 49 54 73 18 10 10 42 31 17 38 120 42 79 74 149 114 283 247 401 356 395 375 488 316 456 352 355 211 215 133 69 165 67 50
Clouded Sulphur|42 1 1 4 8 6 1 7 2 1 13 3 18 2 1 2 4 24 6 3 1 16 1 3 9 2 1 2
Orange Sulphur|43 20 3 8 5 19 32 11 4 14 22 73 38 25 61 11 7 54 4 23 31 63 41 4 4 6 22 6 7 6 11 3 17 2 10 2 1 2
Southern Dogface|155 1 14 3 3 4 5 3 5 40 1 4 46 3 37 46 40 46 14 7 3 6 8 55 23 48 26 17 21 13 8 7 43 1
Cloudless Sulphur|113 25 47 115 89 149 242 235 151 140 161 159 153 130 77 111 108 65 31 122 56 150 137 294 354 474 547 923 880 973 829 821 435 513 322 192 256 198 113
Falcate Orangetip|15 42 188 302 351 425 244 179 36 1
Great Southern White|16 1 1 25 54 8 1 1
Checkered White|129 1 4 3 1 1 2 12 10 5 36 7 6 25 38 21 56 124 14 2 9 1 2 3 2 5 3 1 1 2
Cabbage White|118 4 17 22 44 80 52 80 39 21 35 62 155 92 88 218 66 81 49 209 222 545 85 76 23 39 14 37 25 21 34 42 41 6 14 26 23 29 16
West Virginia White|117 1 6 21 4 16 4 1
Harvester|75 2 4 1 8 4 1 14 1 6 2 8 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 1 5 1
American Copper|92 8 4 1 1 12 10 16 22 2 3 24 61 13 1 3 3 3 3 3 1
Great Purple Hairstreak|20 1 7 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 6 1 5 2 8 4 4 4 8 11 9 11 5 4 2 2 1
White-M Hairstreak|112 1 3 11 8 13 7 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 2 5 3 4 1 1
Red-banded Hairstreak|35 5 5 18 81 60 235 456 333 427 291 61 44 28 13 71 24 95 160 84 71 63 31 63 29 73 157 294 361 538 270 226 94 57 30 22 17 4 1
Gray Hairstreak|145 3 1 2 5 6 2 2 14 9 50 13 36 14 27 30 36 51 59 34 56 47 55 98 84 73 81 88 90 40 41 6 2 3
Juniper Hairstreak|30 4 19 135 69 72 8 9 2 2 3 1 2 12 25 5 5 8 1 13 11 3 57 6 1
Hessel's Hairstreak|29 1 2 132 75 6 2 2 3
Eastern Pine Elfin|28 1 1 3 4 6 3 15 2 1 2 2 1 1 1
Henry's Elfin|33 1 11 25 45 73 36 20 3 3 7
Brown Elfin|31 17 6 5 1 1
Early Hairstreak|54 1 1
Coral Hairstreak|136 1 20 29 150 32 3 2
Oak Hairstreak|135 27 3 10 5 6 10 9 4
King's Hairstreak|139 4 2 8 15 7 2 1 1
Striped Hairstreak|140 1 5 14 32 33 32 7 2 4 1 2
Banded Hairstreak|138 1 3 32 65 68 78 67 8 7 1 1
Edwards' Hairstreak|137 10 138 61 21 8
Silvery Blue|76 3 1 1 2
Spring Azure|36 6 13 40 84 102 146 146 47 66 41 59 31 7 2 1
Summer Azure|37 1 3 1 3 18 59 278 320 290 389 574 247 162 81 94 115 120 117 35 67 82 135 92 50 26 62 1 1 1
Appalachian Azure|38 1 3 6 10 17
Eastern Tailed-Blue|45 1 1 9 75 250 291 176 272 153 104 103 128 211 156 218 353 111 117 105 148 167 116 112 113 127 235 275 136 266 223 84 26 14 5 2 1
Little Metalmark|26 1 1 1 1 1 19 7 3 6 1 2 8 4 5 2 11 31 32 117 9 5 2
Swamp Metalmark|27 4 34 5 10 2 6 10 11 6 2 1
American Snout|89 22 20 70 109 66 67 77 22 50 75 175 100 204 70 98 115 68 97 90 104 49 69 109 27 97 33 31 72 16 31 12 11 9 5 12 13 8 7
Monarch|47 23 24 26 4 8 77 71 84 108 51 36 22 24 17 28 19 4 11 11 15 19 25 42 27 75 63 189 161 147 143 159 342 501 949 2271 370 383 182
Queen|48 1 1 1 7 3 3 1 4 1 7 16 7 1 1 8 8 1
Zebra Longwing|77 1 1 2 4 6 16 7 8 31 45 14 10 22 18 20 30 21 38 58 24 3
Gulf Fritillary|3 5 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 8 31 12 16 26 29 42 57 147 136 127 269 201 334 403 762 814 837 851 1139 892 1234 440 535 338 173 116
Variegated Fritillary|71 4 3 2 1 14 8 30 17 20 40 14 28 45 32 24 36 10 36 37 31 73 56 86 654 41 47 57 57 109 30 37 24 41 21 6 5
Diana Fritillary|142 1 14 317 105 26 16 9 8 3 2 7 10 8 33 25 57 8 1
Great Spangled Fritillary|143 1 21 11 35 179 103 31 16 2 19 24 4 3 10 14 12 30 18 7 3 6 2 3 2
Viceroy|91 2 3 7 8 5 14 4 1 16 8 18 13 32 31 14 15 37 23 40 18 80 68 98 58 51 31 24 40 15 10 4
Red-spotted Purple|90 2 3 13 27 103 142 126 155 188 85 107 192 206 156 107 124 179 119 138 121 139 177 310 407 296 88 115 56 25 14 7 5 5
Hackberry Emperor|17 1 7 6 52 137 70 90 174 63 54 59 101 239 195 115 184 62 156 155 258 422 157 62 71 24 3 15 1
Tawny Emperor|18 1 2 3 2 2 10 17 13 6 8 15 17 18 67 10 5 21 48 22 17 46 11 3 4
Mourning Cloak|102 2 7 19 40 17 17 7 10 9 1 8 6 17 8 1 1 1
Question Mark|126 22 24 81 114 115 72 60 27 34 38 70 88 133 76 61 28 17 15 37 31 43 38 32 38 38 41 54 44 53 35 46 35 23 44 36 46 24 13
Eastern Comma|127 11 2 6 3 15 6 14 3 4 8 13 16 27 14 8 3 5 3 2 4 5 4 2 2 2 10 5 3 1 2 4 1 5 8 5 2
American Lady|152 4 3 8 17 14 25 61 69 54 122 140 134 185 127 186 230 104 51 50 61 36 27 37 20 29 20 18 18 21 7 30 15 11 17 12 17 11 12
Painted Lady|151 3 1 1 2 2 3 8 4 2 5 1 4 14 8 13 18 31 47 20 42 31 41 26 96 30 38 30 17 20 22 6
Red Admiral|150 4 6 6 2 9 18 58 45 44 40 36 57 45 13 33 20 6 8 14 10 6 22 17 34 16 16 36 19 15 10 12 21 27 15 12 24 10 8
White Peacock|11 1 3 2 3 22 10 18 1 1 13 4
Common Buckeye|85 38 39 25 39 33 43 58 34 135 184 115 195 159 192 308 276 266 156 154 138 155 232 271 141 292 391 404 663 436 431 757 523 717 299 310 380 102 105
Baltimore Checkerspot|74 7 8 5 14 21 1
Silvery Checkerspot|40 1 1 2 4 14 22 141 27 71 6 14 9 15 16 122 127 60 8 21 29 175 93 6 1 1
Texan Crescent|14 6 1 1 1 4 38 55 9 1 2 32 2 23 7 39 40 3 18 81 56 40 103 5
Pearl Crescent|116 2 2 7 56 99 149 530 460 429 628 415 257 204 293 372 629 506 377 350 257 303 253 414 229 330 351 697 662 591 352 558 472 428 310 304 190 71 15
Phaon Crescent|115 4 4 6 1 21 1 1 16 14 9 25 30 18 39 61 21 11 22 32 6 2 23 3 155 22 77 18 26 25 22 4
Goatweed Leafwing|10 1 9 14 35 64 112 81 39 25 15 14 11 19 11 4 4 2 3 17 19 8 20 24 4 17 22 6 7 37 9 5 2 1 5 1
Southern Pearly-Eye|50 3 6 18 23 20 15 18 47 26 25 13 39 23 16 13 15 10 15 11 17 15 6 19 40 44 11 11 30 21 10 32 7 8 1
Northern Pearly-Eye|51 1 4 3 31 59 86 31 48 9 8 9 11 9 14 16 47 5 9 3 23 26 6 1 9 1 4 1
Creole Pearly-Eye|52 1 3 20 21 6 24 29 14 6 10 2 1 16 15 19 6 4 2 10 9 14 3 6 2 8
Appalachian Brown|141 6 23 2 7 12 11 10 11 28 13 23 9 14 6 7 5 36 20 3 5 1 2
Gemmed Satyr|46 11 9 57 156 135 137 77 41 27 47 22 27 22 19 23 28 5 14 18 33 3 31 12 39 24 38 28 42 55 29 27 18 14 2
Little Wood-Satyr|96 1 1 6 50 63 274 443 1014 606 312 184 72 133 95 13 27 2 21 3 3
Carolina Satyr|79 4 16 67 145 361 464 590 895 946 752 649 191 362 83 164 456 368 317 322 236 289 468 608 699 1363 1272 757 322 794 536 334 245 114 100 40 24
Intricate Satyr|157 1 1 3 17 1 2 1 2 10 10 1 13 22 1 3 1 2 1
Georgia Satyr|99 14 5 16 1 4 7 1 4 6 10 7 9 72 3 37 9 7 17
Helicta Satyr|100 1 5 1 1 1 3 2
Mitchell's Satyr|101 46 63 25 2 5 5 73 80 22
Common Wood Nymph|39 1 10 12 20 33 17 11 10 6 13 4 6 20 7 13 11 6 6 1
Funereal Duskywing|61 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Mercurial Skipper|158 1
Arogos Skipper|21 1
Meske's Skipper|83 1 2 1 1
Cofaqui Giant-Skipper|95 1
Orange-barred Sulphur|160
Cassius Blue|86 1 8 3 2 9 7 1 1
Western Pygmy-Blue|162 1
Reakirt's Blue|49 1
Julia Heliconian|161 2
Malachite|159 1
Gorgone Checkerspot|41 4 4 4 1