Butterfly Gardening R – Z: Butterflies and their food plants

- by Debra Anchors

Spicebush swallowtail butterfly

To attract this butterfly:	Provide this food plant:
Red admiral	False nettle, Nettle
Red-spotted purple	Aspen, Cherry
Ringlet	Grasses, Sedges
Sara orange tip	Winter cress
Silver-spotted skipper	False indigo, Locust
Silvery blue	Lupine
Sister	Oak
Snout butterfly	Hackberry
Spicebush swallowtail	Spicebush, Sassafras
Spring azure	Cherry, Dogwood, Meadowsweet
Tawny emperor	Hackberry
Tiger swallowtail	Aspen, Cherry, Spicebush, Sassafras, Tulip poplar
Viceroy	Aspen, Willow
West Coast lady	Mallow
Western admiral	Aspen, Willow
Western tailed blue	Milk vetch, Vetch
Western tiger swallowtail	Aspen, Willow
White admiral	Aspen, Birch
Zebra	Passionflower
Zebra swallowtail	Pawpaw

Enjoy this interesting video of the Spicebush swallowtail butterfly

Butterfly life cycle
How to make a butterfly garden
Butterflies and their food plants A – F
Butterflies and their food plants G - Q
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