Swallowtails
Zebra Swallowtail
Host Plant: Paw Paw
Adult Food: Blueberry, blackberry, butterfly weed, butterfly
bush, lilac, red bud, verbena
Zebra Longtail
Host Plant: Passionflower
Adult Food: Blueberry, blackberry, butterfly weed, butterfly
bush, lilac, red bud, verbena
Black Swallowtail
Host Plant: Parsley, Queen Anne’s Lace,
carrot, celery, dill, fennel
Adult Food: Red clover, butterfly weed, thistle
Giant Swallowtail
Host Plant: Trees and shrubs of the citrus family,
hop tree, prickly ash
Adult Food: Lantana, azalea, bougainvillea, goldenrod,
butterfly bush, dianthus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Host Plant: Wild cherry, sweet bay, tulip tree,
birch, ash, cottonwood, willow
Adult Food: Wild cherry, butterfly bush, lilac, phlox,
dianthus
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Brush-footed
Butterflies
Great Spangled Fritillary
Host Plant: Any of the violet species
Adult Food: Butterfly weed, black-eyed susan, thistle,
verbena, vetch, joe-pye weed, passionflower vine, purple coneflower
Painted Lady
Host Plant: Thistle, hollyhock, mallow, daisy
Adult Food: Aster, cosmos, blazing stars, coreopsis,
joe-pye weed, red clover, butterfly bush, zinnia, privet, butterfly
weed
Viceroy
Host Plant: Willows, poplars, cottonwoods, apple
Adult Food: Aster, goldenrod, joe-pye weed, thistle,
butterfly weed
Red Admiral
Host Plant: Nettle
Adult Food: Prefers tree sap and fermenting fruit, but
will also nectar at daisy, aster, goldenrod, butterfly bush, red
clover, gaillardia
Monarch
Host Plant: Butterfly weed and other milkweeds
Adult Food: Nectar from all milkweeds, lilac, clover,
lantana, thistle, goldenrods, blazing stars, coreopsis, butterfly
bush, mints |