List of state butterflies of the states of the United States

This is a list of the official and unofficial state butterflies of the states of the United States. These butterflies are considered state landmarks in the respective states of the United States:

State	State butterfly	Scientific name	year	Illustration
Alabama	Eastern tiger swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	1989
Arizona	Much-tailed swallowtail	Papilio multicaudatus	2001
Arkansas	Diana fritillary butterfly	Diana fritillary	2007
Colorado	Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly (as a state insect)	Hypaurotis crysalus	1996
Delaware	Eastern tiger swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	June 10, 1999
Florida	Zebra Longwing	Heliconius charitonius	1996
Idaho	Monarch butterfly (as a state insect)	Danaus plexippus	1992
Illinois	Monarch butterfly (as a state insect)	Danaus plexippus	1975
California	California Dogface (as a state insect)	Zerene eurydice	1972
Kentucky	Viceroy Butterfly	Limenitis archippus	1990
Maryland	Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (as a state insect)	Euphydryas phaeton	1973
Minnesota	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus	2000
Mississippi	Spicebush Swallowtail	Papilio troilus	1991
Montana	Mourning gown	Nymphalis antiopa	2001
New Jersey	Black swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	2016
New Hampshire	Karner Blue	Lycaeides melissa samuelis	1992
North Carolina	Eastern tiger swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	2012
Oklahoma	Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	1996
Oregon	Oregon Swallowtail (as a state insect)	Papilio oregonius	1979
South carolina	Eastern tiger swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	1994
Tennessee	Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus	1994
Texas	Monarch butterfly (as a state insect)	Danaus plexippus	1995
Vermont	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus	1987
Virginia	Eastern tiger terntail (as a state insect)	Papilio glaucus	1991
West Virginia	Monarch butterfly	Danaus plexippus	1995
Wyoming	Sheridan's Green Hairstreak	Callophrys sheridanii	2009

See also

• Overview of the state symbols of the US states

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official State Butterflies , NetState.com , as of April 21, 2006.
2. ↑ Florida State Symbols
3. ↑ Maryland State Symbols ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.