Here are a few of the more popular species in this area, their host plants and their favorite nectar sources:
BUTTERFLY HOST( LARVAL FOOD) ADULT NECTAR SOURCES
Tiger swallowtail
Black swallowtail
Pipevine swallowtail
Giant swallowtail
Monarch
Cloudless giant sulpher
Hackberry American lady Painted lady Gulf fritillary
Variegated fritillary
Great purple hairstreak
Red admiral Buckeye
Queen Viceroy Question mark Common skipper Fiery skipper Zebra longwing Checkered white
Mexican plum, green ash, camphor tree, blackberry, cottonwood.
Parsley, dill, wild carrot, Dutchmans breeches, fennel
Dutchman’ s pipe
Hop ash, trifoliate orange, Hercules’ club, black cherry
All milkweed species, inc. butterfly weed
Partridge pea, senna
Hackberry, sugarberry Thistle, composites Thistle, milfoil, mugwort and mallow Passion-vine, passion-flower, violets
Violet, pansy, passion-flower, purslane Cottonwood, mesquite, sycamore
Nettle, false nettle
frog fruit, plantain, snapdragon, flax, ruellia, paintbrush
All milkweed species, inc. butterfly weed Cottonwood, willow, some fruit trees All elms( inc. cedar), hackberry, nettle Hibiscus, mallow, hollyhock Native grasses Passion-vine, passion-flower Mustards
Butterfly weed & other milkweeds, abelia, butterfly bush. salvias
Lantana, milkweed, clover, fruit tree blossoms, clover, mistflower, aster
Thistle, lantana, frostweed, phlox, cardinal flower, sand-verbena
Lantana, milkweed, coral honeysuckle, butterfly bush
Mistflower, lantana, sunflowers. frostweed, goldeneye
Turks cap, salvia, lantana, cardinal flower, hibiscus
Varied Thistle, gayfeather, aster, clover Thistle, gayfeather, aste
Mistflower, lantana, aster, goldeneye, butterfly bush
All flax species, mistflower. clover Mexican plum, creek plum. goldenrod, ragweed
Mistflower, milkweed, aster Same – plus purple gerardia and composites
Boneset, mistflower, milkweed, frog fruit Most nectar-producing plants Aster, milkweed, inc. butterfly weed Fleabane, dandelion, milkweed, aster, frog fruit Most nectar-producing plants Lantana, mistflower, boneset, goldeneye Most nectar-producing plants
* Information in this article was provided by the Texas Master Naturalist- Elk Fork Chapter. Learn more at https:// txmn. org / elmfork /
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