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Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) |
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| DISTRIBUTION in North Carolina: This migrant species has an unusual distribution in the state. It appears mainly along the southern coast and in the southern mountains and adjacent Piedmont. There are scattered records over nearly all of the state, but with very few records for the northern mountains and essentially none for the northern Coastal Plain. |
| ABUNDANCE in North Carolina: Fairly common to common in fall in the extreme southeast, but mostly uncommon to fairly common along the coast north to Carteret County, and rare farther north along coast, at least to Cape Hatteras. Rare to uncommon in the southern mountains and southwestern Piedmont; very rare to casual elsewhere. Erratic in numbers from year to year, as this is mostly a migrant species. |
| FLIGHT PERIOD in North Carolina: Generally the fall season (late summer into early winter). Records fall between late March and early January; it is scarce before August and after November. Essentially a migrant in North Carolina. However, there are probably two broods in the state, based on the twin spikes in the Coastal Plain flight chart. Certainly, individuals seen in late summer and early fall lay eggs, which hatch and eventually yield a second brood, and possibly a third, in the state. |
 Distribution, abundance, flight period, and map information provided by Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina. |
 female · 08/30/08 · Wilkes County (P), NC(same Fritillary as below) |
 female · 08/30/08 · Wilkes County (P), NC(same Fritillary as above) |
 male · 09/01/08 · Wilkes County (P), NC
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 male · 09/01/08 · Wilkes County (P), NC |