List of U.S. state butterflies

This is a list of official U.S. state butterflies:[1]

Table

State State butterfly Binomial
nomenclature
Image Year designated
Alabama Monarch Butterfly
(State insect)
Danaus plexippus 1989[2]
Arizona Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata 2001[3]
Arkansas Diana Fritillary Butterfly Speyeria diana 2007[4]
California California Dogface Butterfly Colias eurydice 1972[5]
Colorado Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly Hypaurotis crysalus 1996[6]
Delaware Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus 1999[7]
Florida Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia 1996[8]
Georgia Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus 1988[9]
Hawaii Kamehameha butterfly
(State insect)
Vanessa tameamea 2009[10]
Idaho Monarch Butterfly
(State insect)
Danaus plexippus 1992[11]
Illinois Monarch Butterfly
(State insect)
Danaus plexippus 1975[12]
Kentucky Viceroy Butterfly Limenitis archippus 1990[13]
Maryland Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
(State insect)
Euphydryas phaeton 1973[14]
Minnesota Monarch Butterfly
(State insect)
Danaus plexippus 2000[15]
Mississippi Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus 1991[16]
Montana Mourning Cloak Butterfly Nymphalis antiopa
New Hampshire Karner Blue Butterfly Lycaeides melissa ssp. samuelis 1992[17]
New Mexico Sandia Hairstreak Butterfly Callophrys mcfarlandi 2003[18]
New York Red Spotted Purple or White Admiral Butterfly Limenitis arthemis 2008[19]
North Carolina Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus 2012[20]
Oklahoma Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes 1996[21]
Oregon Oregon Swallowtail
(State insect)
Papilio oregonius
South Carolina Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus 1994[22]
Tennessee Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus 1995[23]
Texas Monarch Butterfly
(State insect)
Danaus plexippus 1995[24]
Vermont Monarch Butterfly
(State butterfly)
Danaus plexippus 1987[25]
Virginia Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
West Virginia Monarch Butterfly
(State butterfly)
Danaus plexippus 1995[26]
Wyoming Sheridan's Hairstreak Callophrys sheridanii 2009[27]
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

See also

References

  1. Official State Butterflies, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
  2. "Alabama Official Mascot and Butterfly". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2003-11-17. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
  3. "Arizona Revised Statutes". Arizona State Legislature. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  4. Arkansas - State symbols and emblems
  5. "California Government Code, Title 1, Division 2, Chapter 2.". California State Legislature. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  6. "Senate Bill 122, 1996; Colorado Revised Statute 24-80-913". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  7. Delaware Code Title 29 § 315
  8. "Florida Revised Statutes, Title 2, Chapter 10". Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  9. State Butterfly, Office of Secretary of state of Georgia website.
  10. Cooper, Jeanne (2009-08-21). "Emblems of Hawaii a surprise to many Americans". San Francisco Chronicle.
  11. "Idaho Symbols, Insect: Monarch Butterfly". Idaho State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots. SHG resources, state handbook & guide. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  12. "State Symbol: Illinois Official Insect — Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)". [Illinois] State Symbols. Illinois State Museum. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  13. "Kentucky Revised Statutes, Title 1, Chapter 2". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  14. Marylands Kids Page - State Symbols
  15. "Minnesota State Symbols" (PDF). Minnesota House of Representatives. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  16. State Symbols, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29
  17. State Animal, the New Hampshire Almanac, New Hampshire State Library. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  18. House Bill 13, 46th Legislature of the State of New Mexico
  19. Official Results for the New York State Butterfly Election
  20. Session Laws, 2012-29, North Carolina General Assembly Online. Retrieved 2012-06-22
  21. Oklahoma Almanac, State Emblems (pp. 37-40)
  22. The State Butterfly, South Carolina Legislature Online. Retrieved 2008-03-29
  23. State Symbols, Tennessee Department of State. Retrieved 2008-03-29
  24. "Texas State Symbols". The Texas State Library and Archives. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  25. "(Vermont) State Butterfly". Vermont Department of Libraries. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  26. "West Virginia Statistical Information, General State Information" (PDF). Official West Virginia Web Portal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  27. "Wyoming State Butterfly, Sheridan's Green Hairstreak, (Callophrys sheridani) from". Netstate.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

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