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Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama16561914341801195215471838150017981207480239
Alaska41144490221243162571832
Alberta345602003645354131653932
Arizona31568922582877286733545576800447982009975347
Arkansas2278295480923806723729119974223151
British Columbia8421633437461070190411285381954516
California652106624853503379852634997364736182148973448
Colorado15887325821205229341830903232205
Connecticut22176919336658331631780189
Delaware11 4351221812342852591021316
District of Columbia   1411261630781
Florida131419663191248527422299218019871913197812791570
Georgia150312881100113701342152619291788942268181
Idaho313585913721837425019261186
Illinois729118490120525332808301015913938825
Indiana2022159365820134515361725124039112032
Iowa585687354113124042634196213475026529
Kansas5715129256388355378324159309
Kentucky1482407761545868712515166397
Louisiana32966111161577168413273212146513991070569432
Maine9651172373987191412935761859425
Manitoba 11451315298174872506891
Maryland39551455821503224924322523178779513161
Massachusetts45612888592593489560184031253687925364
Michigan227751646651399149010995962858715
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota7 88196926220326041963902221158
Mississippi1478210918212226413914486359
Missouri1417160666107913431007149412913865121
Montana9334622203367104952435491
Nebraska3361774131213320028282683144657313316
Nevada611571601593001238412387188
New Brunswick611711339776812798274691843211
New Hampshire613351816171251174012945501452814
New Jersey33322415141365207322701882148466613743
New Mexico1926159403542664120896557631210315
New York30421774291705376242693190172854615131
Newfoundland/Labrador11 10631744212579633 2
North Carolina2152247821652300837284024363929581287509192
North Dakota331222168241894244217711557412596
Northwest Territories    9131210311 
Nova Scotia 114310828744929516332101
Nunavut     115     
Ohio830842456671291186914708323615217
Oklahoma747851012321866152712521862204970319940
Ontario1623864091470364548563256175752414218
Oregon7215839058097914451840141994038815759
Pennsylvania16442558562430383841913529213562511230
Prince Edward Island    113161233  
Quebec45382781190373945812386856240505
Rhode Island453726284133314066308016474416221
Saskatchewan1226319357782156725577154
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Carolina349724237242333741741238922610339
South Dakota 211095188235156472816 
Tennessee104192596127919961893192721361548795328174
Texas125320083984531754153956366040214544641136131443
Utah1143146314522712541374193175
Vermont2828139622112214308994681462811
Virginia42732547021554196325872057173466816185
Washington5418559810661823264439102904173464020879
West Virginia 343166261625485557248776 
Wisconsin12127647713363084393323561393319569
Wyoming  1943139487783615240301 
Yukon Territory    13306718    

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