List of U.S. State Butterflies

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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