|
Host
Plant
|
Butterfly
Species
|
| Trees |
|
| American
Beech (Fagus grandifolia) |
Early
Hairstreak |
| Ash (Fraxinus
spp.) |
Tiger
Swallowtail |
| Birch (Betula
spp.) |
White
Admiral, Mourning Cloak |
| Black
Cherry (Prunus serotina) |
Spring
Azure, Red-spotted Purple, Tiger
Swallowtail, Viceroy |
| Black Locust (Robinia
pseudoacacea) |
Silver-spotted
Skipper |
| Cottonwood (Populus
deltoides) |
Mourning Cloak,
Red-spotted Purple, Mourning Cloak |
| Elm (Ulmus
spp.) |
Eastern Comma,
Question Mark, Mourning Cloak |
| Hackberry (Celtis
occidentalis) |
Eastern Comma,
Question Mark, Mourning Cloak, American Snout, Tawny Emperor |
| Hawthorn (Crataegus
spp.) |
Banded Hairstreak,
Red-spotted Purple |
| Hornbeam (Ostrya
virginiana) |
Red-spotted
Purple,
Tiger Swallowtail |
| Oak (Quercus
spp.) |
Banded Hairstreak,
Red-spotted Purple |
| Pawpaw (Asimina
triloba) |
Zebra Swallowtail |
| Pine (Pinus
spp.) |
Eastern Pine Elfin |
| Sassafras (Sassafras
albidum) |
Spicebush
Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail |
| Tulip Popular (Liriodendron
tulipifera) |
Spicebush
Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail |
| Wild Apple (Malus
coronaria) |
Viceroy |
| Wild Plum (Prunus
americana) |
Tiger
Swallowtail,
Viceroy |
| Willow (Salix
spp.) |
Viceroy, Mourning
Cloak, Red-spotted Purple |
|
|
| Shrubs |
|
| Blueberry (Vaccinium
spp.) |
Brown Elfin |
| Dogwood (Cornus
spp.) |
Spring Azure |
| False Indigo (Amorpha
spp.) |
Silver-spotted
Skipper, Dog Face, Hoary Edge, Eastern Tailed Blue |
| Hercules-Club (Aralia
spinosa) |
Giant Swallowtail |
| New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus
americanus) |
Spring Azure, Giant
Swallowtail |
| Spicebush (Lindera
spp.) |
Spicebush
Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail |
| Sumac (Rhus
spp.) |
Red-banded
Hairstreak |
| Viburnum (Viburnum
spp.) |
Spring Azure |
|
|
| Vines |
|
|
Dutchman's Pipevine (Aristolochia
macrophylla) |
Pipevine
Swallowtail |
| Passionflower (Passiflora
spp.) |
Gulf Fritillary,
Variegated Fritillary |
|
|
| Herbs |
|
| Alfalfa (Medicago
sativa) |
Orange Sulphur |
| Aster (Aster
spp.) |
Pearl
Crescent,
Silvery Checkerspot |
| Beggar's Ticks (Bidens
spp.) |
Southern
Cloudywing,
Hoary Edge |
| Bittercress (Cardamine
spp.) |
Falcate Orangetip |
| Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia
laciniata) |
Silvery Checkerspot |
| Dock (Rumex
spp.) |
Bronze Copper |
| False Nettle (Boehmeria
cylindrical) |
Question
Mark,
Eastern Comma, Red Admiral |
| Foxglove (Aureolaria
and Agalinis spp.) |
Common
Buckeye |
| Lamb's Quarters (Chenopodium
album) |
Common Sootywing |
| Mallow (Malva
spp.) |
Gray Hairstreak,
Common Checkered Skipper |
| Milkweed (Asclepias
spp.) |
Monarch |
| Nettle (Urtica
spp.) |
Red Admiral |
| Partridge Pea (Cassia
spp.) |
Little Sulphur |
| Plantain (Plantago
spp.) |
Common
Buckeye |
| Pussytoes (Antennaria
spp.) |
American Painted
Lady |
| Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus
carota) |
Black Swallowtail |
| Red Clover (Trifolium
pratense) |
Clouded Sulphur |
| Ruellia (Ruellia
spp.) |
Common
Buckeye |
| Stick-tights (Desmodium
spp.) |
Silver-spotted
Skipper, Eastern Tailed Blue |
| Thistle (Cirsium
spp.) |
American Painted
Lady |
| Violet (Viola
spp.) |
Great Spangled
Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary |
| White Clover (Trifolium
repens) |
Clouded
Sulphur,
Orange Sulphur |
| Winter Cress (Barbarea
vulgaris) |
Checkered White,
Cabbage White |
| Wood Nettle (Laportea
canadensis) |
Eastern Comma, Red
Admiral |
|
|
| Grasses
and Sedges |
|
| Big Bluestem (Andropogon
gerardii) |
Dusted Skipper |
| Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium
scoparium) |
Swarthy Skipper,
Dusted Skipper |
| Orchardgrass (Dactylis
glomerata) |
Little Wood Nymph |
| Panic Grass (Panicum
spp.) |
Northern Broken
Dash |
| Purpletop (Tridens
flavus) |
Common Wood Nymph |
| Sedges (Carex
and Cyperus spp.) |
Dun Skipper,
Appalachian Eyed Brown |
| Various grasses (Poa
spp.) |
Little Wood
Satyr,
Pepper and Salt Skipper |
| White Grass (Leersia
virginica) |
Northern Pearly Eye |
