NH Butterfly Species Distribution Maps

Distribution maps represent where species have been reported to the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network. Systematic surveys have not been conducted for most species.

Report your butterfly sightings to the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network by submitting observations (including date/time, location, and a photo) to iNaturalist.

Click the button below to download a PDF file of all butterfly distribution maps or on the list of species for individual maps.

All Butterfly Distribution Maps


Acadian Hairstreak

American Copper

American Lady

American Snout

Aphrodite Fritillary

Appalachian Azure

Appalachian Brown

Arctic Skipper

Atlantis Fritillary

Baltimore Checkerspot

Banded Hairstreak

Black Dash

Black Swallowtail

Bog Copper

Bog Elfin

Bog Fritillary

Broad-winged Skipper

Bronze Copper

Brown Elfin

Cabbage White

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Checkered White

Cherry Gall Azure

Clouded Skipper

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Wood Nymph

Cloudless Sulphur

Cobweb Skipper

Columbine Duskywing

Common Branded Skipper

Common Buckeye

Common Ringlet

Common Roadside Skipper

Common Sootywing

Common Wood-Nymph

Compton Tortoiseshell

Coral Hairstreak

Crossline Skipper

Delaware Skipper

Dion Skipper

Dreamy Duskywing

Dun Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Early Hairstreak

Eastern Comma

Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern-tailed Blue

Edwards' Hairstreak

European Skipper

Eyed Brown

Fiery Skipper

Frosted Elfin

Gray Comma

Gray Hairstreak

Great Spangled Fritillary

Green Comma

Hackberry Emperor

Harris's Checkerspot

Harvester

Henry's Elfin

Hessel's Hairstreak

Hickory Hairstreak

Hoary Comma

Hoary Edge

Hoary Elfin

Hobomok Skipper

Horace's Duskywing

Huron Sachem

Indian Skipper

Juniper Hairstreak

Jutta Arctic

Juvenal's Duskywing

Karner Blue

Laurentian Skipper

Least Skipper

Leonard's Skipper

Little Glassywing

Little Wood Satyr

Little Yellow

Long Dash

Long-tailed Skipper

Lucia Azure

Manitoba Branded Skipper

Marine Blue

Meadow Fritillary

Melissa Arctic

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Monarch

Mottled Duskywing

Mourning Cloak

Mulberry Wing

Mustard White

Northern Azure

Northern Broken-Dash

Northern Cloudywing

Northern Crescent

Northern Pearly-Eye

Ocola Skipper

Orange Sulphur

Painted Lady

Pearl Crescent

Peck's Skipper

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Persius Duskywing

Pink-edged Sulphur

Pipevine Swallowtail

Question Mark

Red Admiral

Red-banded Hairstreak

Red-spotted Admiral - Viceroy

Red-spotted Admiral

Red-spotted Purple

Regal Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silvery Blue

Silvery Checkerspot

Sleepy Duskywing

Southern Cloudywing

Southern Hairstreak

Spicebush Swallowtail

Spring Azure

Striped Hairstreak

Summer Azure

Tawny Emperor

Tawny-edged Skipper

Two-spotted Skipper

Variegated Fritillary

Viceroy

West Virginia White

Western Pine Elfin

Western Tailed-blue

White Admiral / Red-spotted Purple

White Admiral

White M Hairstreak

White Mountain Arctic

White Mountain Fritillary

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Zabulon Skipper