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28 States currently listing official state butterflies
 - 25 %
Monarch Butterfly
Alabama,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Minnesota,
Texas,
Vermont,
West Virginia
 - 18 %
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Delaware,
Georgia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Virginia,

1 - Alabama - Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - 1989

2 - Arizona - Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) - 2001

3 - Arkansas - Diana Fritillary butterfly (Speyeria diana) - 2007

4 - California - California Dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice) - 1972

5 - Colorado - Colorado Hairstreak butterfly (Hypaurotis crysalus) - 1996

6 - Delaware - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) - 1974

7 - Florida - Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitonius) - 1996

8 - Georgia - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) - 1988

9 - Hawaii - Kamehameha butterfly (Vanessa tameamea) - 2009

10 - Idaho - Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - 1992

11 - Illinois - Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - 1975

12 - Kentucky - Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus)

13 - Maryland - Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton) - 1973

14 - Minnesota - Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - 2000

15 - Mississippi - Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) - 1991

16 - Montana - Mourning Cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa)

17- New Hampshire - Karner Blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) - 1992

18 - New Mexico - Sandia Hairstreak butterfly (Callophrys mcfarlandi) - 2003

19 - North Carolina  - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) - 2012

20 - Oklahoma - Black Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) - 1996

21 - Oregon - Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio oregonius)

22 - South Carolina -Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) - 1994

23 - Tennessee - Zebra Swallowtail butterfly (Eurytides marcellus) - 1995

24 - Texas - Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - 1995

25 - Vermont - Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - 1987

26 - Virginia - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

27 - West Virginia - Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - 1995 

28 - Wyoming - Sheridan's Green Hairstreak (Callophrys sheridanii) - 2009

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