print email comment close Buginfo: State Insects URL: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/buginfo/statebugs.htm Description: Quick list of the state insects for the "41 states in the United States [that] have officially designated State Insects." It also notes that "California was the first state of the United States to select a state insect. The Dogface Butterfly, Zerene eurydice, was officially adopted as the state insect of California in 1929." From the Smithsonian Institution. Publisher: Smithsonian Institution LII Database Information: Record 26155 created by Jennifer English on 05/19/2008 Last modification on 05/27/2008 Published: 06/05/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26155