Butterfly |
Butterfly Host Plants |
| American Painted Lady | Borage, Burdock, Everlasting, Hollyhocks, Knapweed, Mallow, Sunflower, Wormwood |
| Baltimore Checkerspot | Plantain, Turtlehead |
| Banded Hairstreak | Hickory, Oak, Walnut |
| Black Swallowtail | Carrot, Dill, Fennel, Parsley, Queen Anne's Lace, Rue |
| Cabbage White | Broccoli, Cabbage family, Mustard, Nasturtium |
| Checkered White | Mustard family |
| Clouded Sulphur | Alfalfa, Clover |
| Cloudless Sulphur | Senna |
| Common Buckeye | Heliotrope, Monkeyflower, Plantain, Sedum, Snapdragon, Verbena |
| Common Checkered Skipper | Hollyhock, hibiscus, mallow |
| Dainty Sulphur | Spanish Needles, Sneezeweed |
| Dogface | False Indigo, Indigo Bush, Prairie Clover |
| Eastern Comma | Elm, Hop Vine, Nettle |
| Eastern Tailed Blue | Clover, Pea Family, Vetch |
| Fritillaries | Violets |
| Tiger Swallowtail | Aspens, Sycamore, Tulip Tree, Wild Black Cherry, Willow, Yellow Poplar |
| Falcate Orangetip | Mustard,Rock Cress |
| Fiery Skipper | Grasses |
| Giant Swallowtail | Citrus Tree, Hop, Prickly Ash, Rue |
| Fritillaries | Violets |
| Gray Hairstreak | Clover, Hibiscus, Hollyhock, Mallows, Rose of Sharon |
| Gulf Fritillary | Passionflower Vine, Pentas |
| Hackberry Emperor | Hackberry Tree |
| Least Skipper | Grasses |
| Little Wood Satyr | Grasses |
| Little Yellow | Cassia, Clover, Senna, Legumes |
| Long-Tailed Skipper | Beans, Legumes |
| Milbert's Tortoiseshell | Nettle |
| Monarch | Milkweed |
| Mourning Cloak | Aspen, Birch, Cottonwood Ash, Elm, Hackberry, Poplar, Wild Rose, Willow |
| Northern Cloudywing | Legumes |
| Orange Sulphur | Alfalfa, Clover, Vetch |
| Pearl Crescent | Aster |
| Peck's Skipper | Grasses |
| Pipevine Swallowtail | Dutchman's Pipe, Pipevine |
| Purplish Copper | Dock, Knotweed |
| Queen | Milkweed Family |
| Question Mark | Basswood,Elm,Hackberry, Hops, Nettle |
| Red Admiral | Nettle |
| Red-spotted Purple | Apple, Aspen, Hawthorn, Poplar, Wild Cherry, Willow |
| Sara Orange tip | Mustard family |
| Silvery Blue | Legumes, Lupine |
| Silvery Checkerspot | Aster, Sunflowers |
| Silver-spotted Skipper | Black Locust Tree, Tick-Trefoils, Wisteria |
| Sleepy Orange |
Cassia, Clover, Sennas |
| Southern Dogface | Indigo Bush, Prairie Clover |
| Spicebush Swallowtail | Sassafras, Spicebush |
| Spring/Summer Azure | Apple, Blueberry, Dogwood, Spirea, Viburnum, Wild cherry |
| Tawny Emperor |
Hackberry |
| Variegated Fritillary | Passion Vine, Violets |
| Viceroy | Aspen, Cottonwood, Cherry, Poplar, Willow |
| West Coast Lady | Mallow, Nettles |
| Western Tiger Swallowtail | Alder, Ash, Aspen, Poplar, Willow |
| White Admiral | Aspen, Birch, Honeysuckle, Poplar, Willow |
| Wild Indigo Duskywing | Crown Vetch, Wild indigo |
| Zebra Longwing | Passionflower |
| Zebra Swallowtail | Pawpaw Tree |
Related Pages
Butterfly Food - List of favorite nectar producing butterfly plants.
Butterfly Forum- Blossom Swap's butterfly forum.
Butterfly Host Plant- List of host plants for caterpillars to feast on.
Butterfly Puddle - Easy project to entice butterflies to your garden.
Plant a Garden for Butterflies! - Information on selecting the best area, list of favorite plants, and butterfly garden plans.
Websites About Butterflies - If you're looking for butterfly websites, you will want to check our list of
informative butterfly resources, photographs and associations.
