Butterflies of Berks County, Pennsylvania ---- Sightings in 2024
Butterfly walks in Berks County - 2024

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    The butterfly species with dates recorded have been seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania this year. There are records of 109 species for Berks County. The list below includes all those reported from 2003 through 2023 plus this year, a total of 94. New species (not seen during 2003 - 2023) will be added in red. One species was added in 2013, 2015, and 2018. No data was collected in 2014. The references for the 109 species and a list of the 15 species not included on this page are here.

      Again this year we are recording the first sighting for each month plus a last date for the year in order to have data over the season. If you have a later report than the "Last" date posted, please send it to the email below. 
       If you have a reliable sighting not on this list for 2024, please send an email to . If you are not sure and have a photograph, please send it. We appreciate your help. 
Sightings in 2024 - 46+ species so far (September - 32, August - 33, July - (-),
June - (-), May - (-), April - 11, March - 4, February - 0, January - 0)
(Latest new for year sightings: Ocola Skipper,Aphrodite
(-) means reports are saved for the month, but not yet compiled or posted here.
Working on backlog.
Updated 9/19/24
THIS YEAR'S CONTRIBUTORS (10) are listed at the bottom of the page.
Some highlights for 2024.
First butterfly of the year: Mourning Cloak seen by Jay Drasher on 3 March 2024
1st brood Juniper Hairstreak seen on 14 April 2024 by Debby Doaty.

 The day of the first sighting is listed for each month plus the last date for the year.

Family HESPERIIDAE Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Last
1 Silver-spotted Skipper 3 2
2 Long-tailed Skipper
3 Hoary-edged Skipper
4 Northern Cloudywing
5 Dreamy Duskywing 
6 Sleepy Duskywing
7 Juvenal's Duskywing  15
8 Horace's Duskywing 
9 Wild Indigo Duskywing 10 1
10 Common Checkered Skipper  15 1
11 Common Sootywing 2
12 Swarthy Skipper
13 Least Skipper  3 1
14 European Skipper 
15 Fiery Skipper 
16 Leonard's Skipper
17 Cobweb Skipper 
18 Indian Skipper
19 Peck's Skipper  24 1
20 Tawny-edged Skipper
21 Crossline Skipper
22 Long Dash 
23 Northern Broken Dash 
24 Little Glassy Wing
25 Sachem 24 1
26 Delaware Skipper 
27 Mulberry Wing
28 Hobomok Skipper 
29 Zabulon Skipper  3 1
30 Broad-winged Skipper
31 Black Dash 
32 Dun Skipper 
33 Dusted Skipper 
34 Ocola Skipper 19
35 Pepper and Salt Skipper
Family PAPILIONIDAE Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Last
36 Pipevine Swallowtail  1
37 Zebra Swallowtail  1
38 Black Swallowtail  1 1
39 Giant Swallowtail  14 2
40 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  14 1 1
41 Spicebush Swallowtail 10 1
42 Palamedes Swallowtail
Family PIERIDAE Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Last
43 Cabbage Butterfly=Cabbage White  13 7 13 1
44 Falcate Orangetip
45 Clouded Sulphur  15
46 Orange Sulphur 7 3 1
47 Cloudless Sulphur 11 1
48 Little Yellow
49 Sleepy Orange  10 1
Family LYCAENIDAE Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Last
50 Harvester  13
51 American Copper  1
52 Coral Hairstreak 
53 Edward's Hairstreak 
54 Banded Hairstreak 
55 Striped Hairstreak
56 Red-banded Hairstreak 10 1
57 Juniper Hairstreak  13
58 Brown Elfin 
59 Pine Elfin 
60 White-m Hairstreak 
61 Gray Hairstreak 12 1
62 Eastern Tailed Blue 3 1
63 Spring Azure  15 6
64 Northern Spring Azure 
65 Summer Azure  1 1
66 Appalachian Azure
Family NYMPHALIDAE
 Subfamily LIBYTHEINAE 		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Last
67 Snout Butterfly  4 1
Subfamily HELICONIINAE
68 Variegated Fritillary 18 1
69 Great Spangled Fritillary 10 1
70  Aphrodite  6
71  Meadow Fritillary  15
Subfamily NYMPHALINAE
72 Pearl Crescent 10 1
73 Silvery Checkerspot
74 Baltimore 
75 Question Mark 
76 E Comma  13 14
77 Gray Comma
78 Compton's Tortoiseshell 
79 Mourning Cloak  3 15
80 Milbert's Tortoiseshell 
81 American Painted Lady  16
82 Painted Lady  12
83 Red Admiral  14 10 2
84 Buckeye  24 2
85 Red-spotted Purple  15 2
86 Viceroy
Subfamily APATURINAE
87 Hackberry Butterfly/Emperor 4
88 Tawny Emperor  15
Subfamily SATYRINAE
89 Northern Pearly Eye 
90 Appalachian (Eyed) Brown  13
91 Little Wood Satyr 
92 Common Ringlet 
93 Common Wood Nymph 
Subfamily DANAINAE
94 Monarch 12 1
Monthly Totals 4 11 33 32

Past year butterfly species sightings in Berks County, PA
2003 (63)
2004 (63)
2005 (62)
2006 (61)
2007 (64)
2008 (67)
2009 (73)
2010 (80)
2011 (72)
2012 (78)
2013 (74)
No data
2015 (71)
2016 (61)
2017 (62)
2018 (65)
2019 (67)
2020 (68)
2021 (63)
2022 (60)
2023 (58)
2024 (--)
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Contributors to this year's sightings are: Deb Doaty, Jay Drasher, Karl Gardner, Rudy eller, Rebecca Reppert, Mike Slater, David Sonnen, Todd Underwood, Peter & Jane Wolfe
For Lancaster County, PA butterfly sightings go to Lancaster Butterfly Sightings - 2024.

A site with data on butterfly distributions by county (and photographs) for North America can be found at Butterflies and Moths of NA.   (http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/)

There is a small informal group of local butterfly collectors/observers in Berks Co., Pennsylvania If you are interested in butterflies and would like to meet this group, contact Karl Gardner maintains this page.

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