Butterflies and Associated Larval Food Plants
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Larval Food Plants (in order of preference) | |||
| Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae  |
Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) Tagua Passionflower (Passiflora foetida)* Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) Blue Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea)* much used where available |
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| Red-Spotted Purple Basilarchia astyanax  |
Black Poplar (Populus nigra) White Poplar (Populus alba) Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) Swamp Cottonwood (Populus heterophylla) American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) Eastern Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) Common Chokecherry (Prunus virgniana) Apple (Malus pumila) Common Pear (Pyrus communis) American Basswood (Tilia americana) Common Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor  |
Pipevine (Aristolochia spp.) | |||
| Monarch Danaus plexippus  |
Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridis) Most other Milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) rarely used |
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| Silver-Spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus  |
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) Clammy Locust (Robinia viscosa) Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) Bristly Locust (Robinia hispida) False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) Ground Nut (Apios americana) Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)** Wisteria (Wisteria macrostachya) Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)** Garden Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)* Thicket Bean (Phaseolus polystachios) Round-headed Bush Clover (Lespedeza capitata) Wild Pea (Lathyrus palustris) Almost all Tick-clovers (Desmodium spp.) |
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| Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus  |
Common Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Dwarf Pawpaw (Asimina parviflora) |
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| Buckeye Junonia coenia  |
Almost all species of Agalinis, Castilleja, Linaria, Plantago and Phyla | |||
| Pearly Crescentspot Phyciodes tharos  |
Heath Aster (Aster ericoides) Tall Aster (Aster prealtus) New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) Many other Asters (Aster spp.) |
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| Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis  |
American Elm (Ulmus americana) Cedar Elm (Ulmus crassifolia) Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila) Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra) Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) False-nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) Tall Wild Nettle (Urtica gracilis) |
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| Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus glaucus  |
Carolina Ash (Fraxinus caroliniana) Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) White Ash (Fraxinus americana) Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) Common Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) Common Peach (Prunus persica)* Apple (Malus pumila) Common Catalpa (Catalpa bignoniodes) Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) Styrax (Styrax americana) Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) Sweet Bay (Magnolia virginiana) Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)* Hop-tree (Ptelea trifoliata) Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail Pterourus troilus  |
Red Bay (Persea borbonia) Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) Sweet Bay (Magnolia virginiana) Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) |
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| Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta  |
Burning Nettle (Urtica urens) Low Spring Nettle (Urtica chamaedryoides) Tall Wild Nettle (Urtica dioica) False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) Hammerwort (Parietaria pensylvanica) Pellitory (Parietaria floridana) |
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| American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis  |
Fragrant Cudweed (Gnaphalium obtusifolium) Purple Cudweed (Gnaphalium purpureum) Bighead Evax (Evax prolifera) Many-stem Evax (Evax verna) Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) |
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| * Not native to Georgia, but can be grown as a landscape plant or ornamental. ** Non-native considered invasive, not recommended. |
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