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These are some of the common, showy butterflies of this region and the food plant (or plants) appropriate for caterpillars of each species.
Butterfly Species
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Caterpillar Plants
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Red-spotted Purple
Limenitis arthemis astyanax |
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Willow, poplar, cherry |
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Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele
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Various violets (Viola) |
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa |
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Willow, poplar, elm |
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui |
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Various mallows, thistles |
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Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
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Plantain (Plantago), various snapdragons |
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice |
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Clovers |
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Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
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Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia) |
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Giant Swallowtail
Papilio cresphontes |
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Citruses, Hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata), Prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum) |
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus |
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Willow, poplar, alder |
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus |
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Milkweeds (Asclepias) |
Nectar Plants
These are the best flowers to plant in this region to attract a wide variety of butterfly species. The plants listed here have been shown to be tolerant of the local climate and particularly attractive to the butterflies mentioned above.
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