By Dr. Charles Allen native@camtel.net
Host Plant | Butterfly Species |
Pawpaw | Zebra Swallowtail |
Sassafras | Palamedes (Laurel) Swallowtail & Spicebush Swallowtail |
Red Bay | Palamedes (Laurel) Swallowtail |
White Bay | Palamedes (Laurel) Swallowtail |
Spicebush | Spicebush Swallowtail |
Citrus, Hopwafer, Toothache Tree, & Trifoliate Orange | Giant Swallowtail |
Hibiscus | Checkered Skipper & Gray Hairstreak |
Maypops | Gulf Fritillary & Variegated Fritillary |
Pipevine | Pipevine Swallowtail |
Legumes (Clover, Partridge Pea, etc.) | Tailed Blue, Sulphurs, Sleepy Orange, Gray Hairstreak, Silver Spotted Skipper, Long Tailed Skipper & Funeral Skipper |
Parsley, Dill, Fennel, & Queen Anne's Lace | Eastern Black Swallowtail |
Thistle | American Painted Lady, Painted Lady, Question Mark, & Red Admiral |
Milkweeds* | Monarch & Queen |
Indian Grass | Georgia Satyr |
Monarda* | Gray Hairstreak |
Pycnanthemum* | Gray Hairstreak |
Oak | Dusky Wings & Gray Hairstreak |
Willow | Viceroy, Tiger Swallowtail, & Red Spotted Purple |
Cherry | Viceroy & Red Spotted Purple |
Elm | Question Mark |
Plaintain | Buckeye |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis) | Buckeye |
Aster | Pearl Crescent |
Mustard family (cabbage, broccoli, collards, peppergrass) | Checkered Whit |
