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List of U.S. state butterflies
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of official U.S. state butterflies:[1]
| State | State butterfly | Image | Year & Citation |
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| Alabama | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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| Arizona | Two-tailed Swallowtail |
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| California | California Dogface Butterfly |
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| Colorado | Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly |
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| Delaware | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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| Florida | Zebra Longwing |
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| Georgia | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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| Idaho | Monarch Butterfly |
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| Illinois | Monarch Butterfly |
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| Kentucky | Viceroy Butterfly |
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| Maryland | Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly |
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| Minnesota | Monarch Butterfly |
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| Mississippi | Spicebush Swallowtail |
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| Montana | Mourning cloak |
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| New Hampshire | Karner Blue (Lycaeides melissa, subspecies samuelis) |
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| Oklahoma | Black Swallowtail |
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| Oregon | Oregon Swallowtail (State insect) |
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| South Carolina | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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| Tennessee | Zebra Swallowtail |
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| Texas | Monarch Butterfly (State insect) |
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| Vermont | Monarch Butterfly |
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| Virginia | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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| West Virginia | Monarch Butterfly |
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This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- ^ Official State Butterflies, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
- ^ Alabama Official Mascot and Butterfly. Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History (2003-11-17). Retrieved on 2007-03-18.