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Butterfly
Plants
The
following plants are sources for nectar for the adult butterfly
or are host plants that the caterpillars eat. The butterflies
listed are the ones most likely to visit these plants, but
many others often visit.
|
| Plant |
Nectar |
Butterflies |
Host |
Butterflies |
| Abelia |
x |
Monarch,
Painted Lady, Skippers, Sulphurs, Swallowtails |
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| Achillea
(Yarrow) |
x |
Coppers,
Hairstreaks, Skippers |
x
|
Painted
Lady, Swallowtails |
|
Aesculus |
x |
|
|
|
| Agastache
(Anise Hyssop) |
x |
Painted
Lady, Red Admiral, Sulphurs, Tortoiseshell |
|
|
| Alcea
(Hollyhock) |
x |
Mourning
Cloak |
x |
Hairstreaks,
Painted Lady, Skippers |
| Amsonia |
x |
|
|
|
| Antennaria |
x |
|
x |
Painted
Lady |
| Antirrhinum
(Snapdragon) |
|
|
x |
Buckeye |
| Aquilegia
(Columbine) |
x |
Fritillary,
Swallowtail |
x |
Duskywing |
| Aristolochia
(Dutchman's Pipe) |
|
|
x |
Swallowtails |
| Artemesia |
x |
|
x |
Painted
Lady |
| Asclepias |
x |
Blues,
Buckeyes, Coppers, Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Monarchs, Mourning
Cloak, Pearl Crescent, Queen, Question Mark, Red Admiral, Red
Spotted Purple, Skipper, Spring Azure, Swallowtails, Sulphurs,
Viceroy |
x |
Monarch |
| Baptisia |
|
|
x |
Dogface,
Skipper |
| Belamcanda
(Blackberry Lily) |
x |
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| Boltonia |
x |
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| Buddleia |
x |
Buckeye,
Comma, Dogface, Monarch, Mourning Cloak, Painted Lady, Red Admiral,
Red Spotted Purple, Swallowtails, Tortoiseshell, Viceroy |
x |
|
| Campanula |
x |
|
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| Caryopteris |
x |
|
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|
| Centaurea |
x |
|
x |
|
| Centranthus
(Red Valerian) |
x |
Fritillary,
Mourning Cloak, Painted Lady, Swallowtail, Tortoiseshell |
|
|
|
Cercis canadensis (Redbud Tree) |
x |
|
|
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| Chelone |
x |
Skipper,
Swallowtail |
x |
Baltimore,
Buckeye |
| Cleome |
|
|
x |
Whites |
| Clethra |
x |
Question
Mark, Red Admiral, Skipper, Swallowtail |
|
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| Coreopsis |
x |
Blues,
Buckeye, Coppers, Pearl Crescent, Red Admiral, Spring Azure,
Sulphurs, Viceroy |
|
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| Dianthus |
x |
Red
Admiral, Swallowtails |
|
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| Echinacea
(Purple Coneflower) |
x |
Fritillary,
Hairstreaks, Skipper, Swallowtails, Viceroy |
|
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| Echinops
(Globe thistle) |
x |
Buckeye,
Fritillary, Painted lady, Skipper, Sulphurs |
|
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| Eryngium |
x |
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| Eupatorium |
x |
Fritillary,
Monarch, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Skipper, Swallowtails, Tortoiseshell,
Viceroy |
|
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| Fennel,
Bronze |
|
|
x |
Swallowtail |
| Festuca
(Blue Fescue) |
|
|
x |
Skippers |
| Geranium |
x |
Blues,
Pearl Crescent, Skipper, Spring Azure |
|
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| Helenium |
x |
Duskywing,
Skipper, Tortoiseshell |
x |
Sulphurs |
| Hemerocallis |
x |
Swallowtails |
|
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| Hesperis
(Dame's Rocket) |
x |
Whites,
Monarch, Painted Lady, Swallowtails, Sulphurs |
|
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| Hibiscus
(Rose of Sharon) |
x |
Swallowtails |
x |
Hairstreaks,
Skippers |
| Humulus
(Hops) |
|
|
x |
Comma,
Hairstreak, Question Mark, Red Admiral, Tortoiseshells |
| Lavender |
x |
|
x |
Swallowtails |
| Liatris
(Gayfeather) |
x |
Coppers,
Crescents, Fritillary, Monarch, Painted Lady, Skipper, Sulphurs |
|
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| Linum
(Flax) |
|
|
x |
Fritillary |
| Lupine |
x |
Monarch,
Swallowtails |
x |
Blues,
Hairstreak, Painted Lady, Spring Azure, Sulphurs |
| Lychnis |
x |
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| Lysimachia |
x |
Fritillary |
|
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| Malva
(Mallow) |
x |
Monarch,
Skippers |
x |
Hairstreaks,
Painted Lady, Skippers |
| Monarda |
x |
Fritillary,
Painted lady, Swallowtails, Tortoiseshell, Whites |
|
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| Nepeta |
x |
Fritillary,
Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Swallowtails, Whites |
|
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| Penstemon |
x |
|
x |
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| Phystostegia |
x |
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| Plumbago |
x |
Blues,
Hairstreak, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Spring Azure, Sulphurs,
Viceroy |
|
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| Potentilla |
|
|
x |
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| Rudbeckia
(Black Eyed Susan) |
x |
Blues,
Fritillary, Monarch, Pearl Crescent, Viceroy |
|
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| Salix
(Willow) |
|
|
x |
Fritillary,
Hairstreaks, Mourning Cloak, Red Spotted Purple, Swallowtails,
Viceroy |
| Salvia |
x |
Fritillary,
Hairstreak, Monarch, Queen, Sulphurs, Swallowtails |
|
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| Scabiosa |
x |
Painted
lady, Red Admiral, Sulphurs, Swallowtails, Whites |
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| Sedum |
x |
Blues,
Coppers, Hairstreaks, Monarch, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Skipper,
Sulphurs, Swallowtails, Tortoiseshell |
x |
Buckeye |
| Senna |
x |
|
x |
Hairstreaks,
Sulphurs |
| Shasta
Daisy |
x |
Buckeye,
Coppers, Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Pearl Crescent, Skipper, Tortoiseshell |
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| Solidago
(Goldenrod) |
x |
Coppers,
Hairstreaks, Monarch, Painted lady, Swallowtail, Sulphurs, Tortoiseshell,
Viceroy |
x |
Checkerspot |
| Spirea |
x |
|
x |
Spring
Azure |
| Stokesia |
x |
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| Thalictrum
(Meadowsweet) |
|
|
x |
Spring
Azure |
| Tricyrtis |
|
|
x |
Buckeye |
| Verbena |
x |
Blues,
Buckeye, Skipper, Swallowtails, Sulphurs |
x |
Buckeye |
| Vernonia
(Ironweed) |
x |
American
Lady, Fritillary, Monarch, Skipper, Swallowtails |
x |
|
| Viburnum |
|
|
x |
Spring
Azure |
| Violets |
|
|
x |
Fritillary |
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