Butterfly species as of June 1st (31 species)

[Steve Mirick]

As a benchmark, Jane and I have now recorded about 31 species of
butterflies in NH which is a bit less than last year when we recorded
about 34 species by this date.  The month has been very wet and cool as
compared to last year.   I still wonder if a few species are behind
schedule due to the weather.  A few species of note that we had seen
last year by this date that WE HAVE NOT seen this year include
Tawny-edged, Indian, and Peck's Skippers and Silver-bordered
Fritillary.  We checked for SB Fritillary at our "go to" spot in Rye on
Saturday and had none.  Last year we had our first on May 23rd!

A few comments on select species.  Sorry for the haphazard order of the
list!

2025 to date
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Juvenal's Duskywing
Holarctic Azures
American Lady - No where near as many as last year!
SLEEPY DUSKYWING - Nice to find a new location in Ossippee (close to the
others).  No doubt locally common in the Pine Barrens.
FROSTED ELFIN - Karner Blue Easement only as expected.
Eastern Pine Elfin
Dreamy Duskywing
Dusted Skipper - JUST CAME OUT over the last 2 days of the month in
numbers at a couple of spots.
Crescents
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Brown Elfin
Green Comma - Up north.
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Gray Hairstreak
Eastern Comma
Mourning Cloak
Zabulon Skipper - Now expected in May.  We've had a few now in the last
4 days of the month.
American Copper
COMMON BUCKEYE - Extremely early spring sighting on May 8.
HORACE'S DUSKYWING  - It appears we have confirmed a SPRING BROOD of
Horace's Duskywing in southern NH.
Cabbage White
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
Long Dash - Got our first of the year yesterday with a few in Newton, NH.
Black Swallowtail
Clouded Sulphur
Common Ringlet
Henry's Elfin - Deer Hill WMA
Karner Blue

Seen, but no photos:

Monarch - Early sighting in Exeter on 5/26
Red Admiral - No where near as many as last year.
Harvester - One in Newmarket on 5/26

Here are our photos submitted to iNaturalist for year to date:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2025-04-01&d2=2025-06-01&taxon_id=47224&user_id=stevemirick&verifiable=any&view=species

Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA

[amy highstrom]

How about Silvery Blue?   I haven't seen one yet this year and expected to by last week...usually out pretty early here.  iNat only has a handful of records by this time - in past two years there were around 30 records by this time.   

Amy

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[Steve Mirick]

We haven't seen Silvery Blue yet, but we typically don't see many down
in this part of the State.  We've had them at a spot in Lee, but none in
coastal Rockingham County.

- Steve