Almost all of the states have named an official state insect. This is a list of all insects designated as a state butterfly as opposed to a state insect or a state bug. Use the list box above - Insect categories - to display state insects by their official designation. | State | Butterfly | Adopted as | Year | More | |
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| Alabama | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Official mascot and butterfly | 1989 | Find out more | ||
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| Arizona | Two-tailed Swallowtail | Official State butterfly | 2001 | Find out more | ||
| Arkansas | Diana fritillary butterfly | Official butterfly | 2007 | Find out more | ||
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| Connecticut | ||||||
| Delaware | Tiger Swallowtail | Official butterfly | 1974 | Find out more | ||
| Florida | Zebra Longwing | Official State butterfly | 1996 | Find out more | ||
| Georgia | Tiger Swallowtail | Official Georgia State butterfly | 1988 | Find out more | ||
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| Kentucky | Viceroy Butterfly | State butterfly | 1990 | Find out more | ||
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| Minnesota | Monarch Butterfly | Official butterfly | 2000 | Find out more | ||
| Mississippi | Spicebush Swallowtail | State butterfly | 1991 | Find out more | ||
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| Montana | Mourning Cloak | Official Montana State butterfly | 2001 | Find out more | ||
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| Nevada | ||||||
| New Hampshire | Karner Blue Butterfly | Official State butterfly | 1992 | Find out more | ||
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| New Mexico | Sandia Hairstreak | Official butterfly of New Mexico | 2003 | Find out more | ||
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| Ohio | ||||||
| Oklahoma | Black Swallowtail | State butterfly | 1996 | Find out more | ||
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| South Carolina | Tiger Swallowtail | Official butterfly | 1994 | Find out more | ||
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| Tennessee | Zebra Swallowtail | Official State butterfly | 1994 | Find out more | ||
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| Utah | ||||||
| Vermont | Monarch Butterfly | State butterfly | 1987 | Find out more | ||
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| Washington | ||||||
| West Virginia | Monarch Butterfly | Official State butterfly | 1995 | Find out more | ||
| Wisconsin | ||||||
| Wyoming | Sheridan's Green Hairstreak | Official State butterfly | 2009 | Find out more | ||
What butterfly holds top honors as the most popular among the 50 states? If you guessed that it was
Oklahoma's black swallowtail butterfly you would be wrong. If you found that it was the tiger swallowtail, you would be right.
Four states have adopted the tiger swallowtail as their official state butterfly. Virginia adopted the tiger swallowtail as their official state insect. |
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A close second, the monarch butterfly makes a strong showing with three states claiming this popular insect as their official state butterfly. Many other states have adopted the monarch butterfly as their official state insect. |
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Each of the other official state butterflies is unique to only one state. |
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