This is a list of official U.S. state butterflies:
| State | State butterfly | Binomial nomenclature |
Image | Year designated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Monarch Butterfly (State insect) |
Danaus plexippus | 1989 | |
| Arizona | Two-tailed Swallowtail | Papilio multicaudata | 2001 | |
| Arkansas | Diana Fritillary Butterfly | Speyeria diana | 2007 | |
| California | California Dogface Butterfly | Colias eurydice | 1972 | |
| Colorado | Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly | Hypaurotis crysalus | 1996 | |
| Delaware | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | 1999 | |
| Florida | Zebra Longwing | Heliconius charithonia | 1996 | |
| Georgia | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | 1988 | |
| Hawaii | Kamehameha butterfly (State insect) |
Vanessa tameamea | 2009 | |
| Idaho | Monarch Butterfly (State insect) |
Danaus plexippus | 1992 | |
| Illinois | Monarch Butterfly (State insect) |
Danaus plexippus | 1975 | |
| Kentucky | Viceroy Butterfly | Limenitis archippus | 1990 | |
| Maryland | Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (State insect) |
Euphydryas phaeton | 1973 | |
| Minnesota | Monarch Butterfly (State insect) |
Danaus plexippus | 2000 | |
| Mississippi | Spicebush Swallowtail | Papilio troilus | 1991 | |
| Montana | Mourning Cloak Butterfly | Nymphalis antiopa | ||
| New Hampshire | Karner Blue Butterfly | Lycaeides melissa ssp. samuelis | 1992 | |
| New Mexico | Sandia Hairstreak Butterfly | Callophrys mcfarlandi | 2003 | |
| New York | Red Spotted Purple or White Admiral Butterfly | Limenitis arthemis | 2008 | |
| North Carolina | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | 2012 | |
| Oklahoma | Black Swallowtail | Papilio polyxenes | 1996 | |
| Oregon | Oregon Swallowtail (State insect) |
Papilio oregonius | ||
| South Carolina | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | 1994 | |
| Tennessee | Zebra Swallowtail | Eurytides marcellus | 1995 | |
| Texas | Monarch Butterfly (State insect) |
Danaus plexippus | 1995 | |
| Vermont | Monarch Butterfly (State butterfly) |
Danaus plexippus | 1987 | |
| Virginia | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | ||
| West Virginia | Monarch Butterfly (State butterfly) |
Danaus plexippus | 1995 | |
| Wyoming | Sheridan's Hairstreak | Callophrys sheridanii | 2009 |
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