|
California Sister (Adelpha bredowii)
|
butterfly bush and overripe fruit
|
oaks, especially gambel oak
|
|
Red- spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
|
butterfly bush, lantana, and milkweed
|
birches, aspen tree, and willow
|
|
Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia)
|
sap, dung, and occasionally flower nectar
|
hackberry and tree Celtis pallida in the elm
family
|
|
Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
|
sap, rotting fruit, dung, carrion, and will take
moisture at wet spots along roads and streams
|
hackberry and sugarberry
|
|
Coronis Fritillary (Speyeria coronis)
|
unkown
|
violets
|
|
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
|
blazing stars, butterfly bush, hibiscus, lantana,
zinnia, and salvia
|
passionvines and passion flowers
|
|
Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)
|
lantana, stachytarpheta, and turnera
|
passionvines, morning glories, and turnera
|
|
Mormon Fritillary (Speyeria mormonia)
|
goldenrod
|
violets
|
|
Nokomis Fritillary (Speyeria nokomis)
|
thistles
|
viola nephrophylla
|
|
Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)
|
gaillardia, rabbitbrush, purple mints, and shrub
cinquefoil
|
violets
|
|
Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
|
butterfly bush and milkweed
|
passion flowers, woodland stonecrop, and violet
|
|
Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonius)
|
lantana and shepherd's needle
|
passionvine
|
|
Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
|
butterfly bush, blazing stars, milkweed, lantana,
salvia, blood flower, and coreopsis
|
milkweed and blood flower
|
|
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
|
climbing milkweed, butterfly bush, lantana, zinnia,
and blood flower
|
milkweed and blood flower
|
|
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
|
aster, black-eyed Susan, flowering dogwood, dogbane,
and goldenrod
|
hackberry and sugarberry
|
|
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
|
aster, milkweed, marigold, verbena, Joe-Pye weed,
goldenrod, and dogbane
|
everlastings, daisy family, mallow, ironweed,
sunflower
|
|
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
|
aster, coreopsis, swamp milkweed, and verbena
|
snapdragon, verbena, ruellia, swamp verbena, and
plantain family
|
|
Dotted Checkerspot (Poladryas minuta)
|
nectar from flowers including yellow composites
|
beardtongues in the figwort family
|
|
Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
|
flower nectar
|
sunflowers, ragweed, crownbeard, and cockleburs
|
|
Arctic Fritillary (Boloria chariclea)
|
goldenrods and asters
|
violets, scrub willows, and possibly blueberry
|
|
Callippe Fritillary (Speyeria callippe)
|
impatiens, passion vine, and hibiscus
|
violets
|
|
Edwards' Fritillary (Speyeria edwardsii)
|
flower nectar
|
violets
|
|
Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija)
|
flower nectar
|
dwarf bilberry and other plants in the heath
family
|
|
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
|
black-eyed Susan, milkweed, blood flower, passion
flowers,and tall verbena
|
violets
|
|
Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
|
goldenrod, black-eyed Susans
|
violets
|
|
Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene)
|
unknown
|
violets
|
|
Field Crescent (Phyciodes pulchellus)
|
flower nectar
|
asters
|
|
Fulvia Checkerspot (Chlosyne fulvia)
|
flower nectar
|
paintbrush
|
|
Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)
|
dung and carrion
|
small pussy willow, black birch, alder, western
azalea, and gooseberry
|
|
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
|
overripe fruit, tree sap, milkweed, dogbane,
butterfly biush, and zinnia
|
elm, aspen, hackberry, birch, and willow
|
|
Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)
|
dogbane, fleabane, and white clover
|
asters
|
|
Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)
|
dogbane, fleabane, and white clover
|
asters
|
|
Painted Crescent (Phyciodes picta)
|
flower nectar
|
field bindweed, aster, and hairy tubetongue
|
|
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
|
aster, blazing stars, butterfly bush, buttonbush,
milkweed, verbena, and zinnia
|
hollyhock, shasta daisy, sunflower, and mallow
|
|
Pale Crescent (Phyciodes pallida)
|
flower nectar
|
thistles
|
|
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
|
aster, swamp milkweed, verbena, and zinnia
|
aster
|
|
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
|
lippia and composites including shepherd's needle
|
dogfruit and mat grass in the verbena family
|
|
Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
|
when rotting fruit, tree sap, dung, and carrion are
unavailable do Question Marks visit flowers such as common milkweed, aster,
and sweet pepperbush
|
American elm, red elm, hackberry, Japanese hop,
nettles, and false nettle
|
|
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
|
aster, butterfly bush, milkweed, and shasta daisy
|
false nettle
|
|
Texas Crescent (Phyciodes texana)
|
flower nectar
|
honeysuckle, twinseed, and low plants of the acanthus
family: ruellia, jacobina, beloperone, and siphonoglossa
|
|
Tiny Checkerspot (Dymasia dymas)
|
unknown
|
plants in Acanthus family
|
|
California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)
|
flower nectar
|
buckbrush and wild lilacs
|
|
Edith's Checkerspot (Euphydryas editha)
|
flower nectar
|
paintbrush, beardtongues, lousewort, owl's clover,
Chinese houses, and plantain
|
|
Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
|
nectar, especially from yellow flowers
|
sunflower and crosswort
|

Photo: USDA Agricultural Research
|
Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
|
sap
|
gooseberries and azalea
|

Photo: Walter Siegmund
|
Hoary Comma (Polygonia gracilis)
|
sweet everlasting
|
currants, gooseberries, western azalea, and mock
azalea
|

Photo: Bill Bouton
|
Leanira Checkerspot (Thessalia leanira)
|
flower nectar
|
Indian paintbrush
|

Photo: D Gordon E Robertson
|
Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)
|
lilac, goldenrod, and thistle
|
false nettle
|

Photo: Ingrid Taylar
|
Northern Checkerspot (Chlosyne palla)
|
flower nectar
|
goldenrod, rabbitbrush, and asters
|

Photo: Bill Bouton
|
Painted Crescent (Phyciodes picta)
|
flower nectar
|
field bindweed, aster, and hairy tubetongue
|

Photo: Walter Siegmund
|
Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
|
flower nectar
|
besseya, penstemon, Indian paintbrush, snowberry,
honeysuckle, and plants from several other families including boraginaceae
and rosaceae
|

Photo: Terry Spivey
|
West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
|
aster, yarrow, and goldenrod
|
hollyhock, mallow, false nettle
|

Photo: D Gordon E Robertson
|
Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
|
rotting fruit and flower nectar
|
purpletop and other grasses
|

Photo: David Bygott
|
Red Satyr (Megisto rubricata)
|
unkown
|
Bermuda grass and St. Augustine grass
|

Photo: Walter Siegmund
|
Rocky Mountain Parnassian (Parnassius smintheus)
|
sedum and asteraceae family
|
stonecrop
|

Photo: Calibas
|
Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)
|
zinnia, aster, and butterfly bush
|
dill, fennel, parsley, and Queen Anne's lace
|

Photo: Mongo
|
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
|
butterfly bush, milkweed, red clover, and thistle
|
dill, fennel, parsley, and rue
|

Photo: Mongo
|
Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, lantana, azalea,
bougainvilla, bouncing Bet, dame's rocket, goldenrod, Japanese honeysuckle,
and swamp milkweed
|
trees and herbs of the citrus family: prickly ash,
hop tree, and common rue
|

Photo: Steve L Martin
|
Indra Swallowtail (Papilio indra)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, flower nectar
|
aromatic herbs of the parsley family growing among
rocks
|

Photo: Alves Gaspar
|
Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, flower nectar
|
rarely plants in the parsley family and sagebrushes:
Arctic wormwood and wild tarragon
|

Photo: Kaldari
|
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, butterfly bush,
lantana, swamp milkweed, mexican sunflowers, verbena, and petunia
|
pipevine
|

Photo: Jim Conrad
|
Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, California buckeye,
yerba santa, and wallflower
|
wild cherry, wild plum, coffee berry, ash
|

Photo: Jay Williams
|
Two- tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, lilac, swamp milkweed,
and thistle
|
velvet ash, chokecherry, common hoptree, and
flowering ash
|

Photo: Brocken Inaglory
|
Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, lavender, zinnia
|
flowering ash, aspen tree, willow
|

Photo: Stephen Patrick
|
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
|
scarlet monkeyflower, impatiens, passion vine,
lavender, verbena, aster, cosmos, and oregano
|
mustard (cabbage) family, nasturtium, spider flower
|

Photo: Bob Peterson
|
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, and flower nectar
|
senna, cassia, and desert senna
|

Photo: Anne Toal
|
Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
|
red Mexican bird of paradise, common dogweed,
Labrador tea, asters, wild marigold, and rabbitbrush
|
daisy family, dogweed, and low-growing plants in the
aster family: shepherd's needle, sneezeweed, fetid marigoldd, and cultivated
marigold
|

Photo: Anne Toal
|
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
|
lantana, shepherd's needle, bougainvilla, rose
periwinkle, turk's cap, and hibiscus
|
feather tree, and pithecellobium and inga species in
the pea family
|

Photo: Megan McCarty
|
Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)
|
flower nectar
|
acacia and diphysa, especially fern acacia
|

Photo: Megan McCarty
|
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
|
aster, common milkweed, and goldenrod
|
alfalfa, clovers, related legumes, and white clover
|

Photo: Megan McCarty
|
Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
|
alfalfa, coreopsis, houstonia, and verbena.
|
small-leaved plants in the pea family: alfalfa;
prairie clovers, indigo, and clover
|
Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae)
|

Photo: Jerry Friedman
|
Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)
|
trailing lantana and sweet bush
|
docks, sorrels, and knotweeds
|

Photo: Clinton & Charles Robertson
|
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
|
sweet bush, trailing lantana, milkweed, blood flower,
goldenrod, and Queen Anne's lace
|
legumes, hibiscus, hollyhock, passion flowers, and
mallow
|

Photo: Anne Toal
|
Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
|
sweet bush, trailing lantana, desert broom,
goldenrod, Hercules club, shepherd's needle, sweet pepperbush, and wild plum
|
mistletoes
|

Photo: Megan McCarty
|
Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
|
sweet bush, trailing lantana, winter cress, dogbane,
common milkweed, wild carrot, shepherd's needle, butterflyweed, and white
sweet clover
|
junipers, especially alligator juniper
|

Photo: David Bygott
|
Leda Hairstreak (Ministrymon leda)
|
sweet bush, mesquite, trailing lantana, and
seepwillow
|
mesquites
|

Photo: Gary Jue
|
Boisduval's Yellow (Eurema boisduvalliana)
|
scruffy prairie clover, buckwheat, false indigo, and
white sweet clover
|
senna and cassia species in the pea family
|

Photo: Anne Toal
|
Caeraunus Blue (Hemiargus isola)
|
scruffy prairie clover, buckwheat, false indigo, and
white sweet clover
|
acacias, kidneywood, and baja fairy duster
|

Photo: Bill Bouton
|
Greenish Blue (Plebejius saepiolus)
|
scruffy prairie clover, buckwheat, clovers, and falseindigo
|
clovers, especially alsike
|

Photo: Anne Toal
|
Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
|
scruffy prairie clover, buckwheat, false indigo, and
white sweet clover
|
baja fairy duster, kidneywood, false indigo, members
of the pea family, leadwort, alfalfa, milkvetch, and mesquite
|

Photo: Anne Toal
|
Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola)
|
buckwheat, white clover, and false indigo
|
pea family
|

Photo: Michael Rosenberg
|
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
|
scruffy prairie clover, cassia, wild indigo, and
white sweet clover
|
sennas and shepherd's needle
|

Photo: Katja Schulz
|
Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
|
scruffy prairie clover, buckwheat, dogbane, privet,
blackberry, false indigo, common milkweed, and white sweet clover
|
woody shrubs and occasionally herbs: dogwood, New
Jersey tea, meadowsweet, and collinsia
|

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr
|
Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exile)
|
scruffy prairie clover, buckwheat, false indigo, and
white sweet clover
|
pigweed, saltbush species, and others in the
goosefoot family
|
(Family Riodinidae)
|

Photo: Anne Toal
|
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
|
flower nectar
|
seepwillow and sometimes virgin's bower
|

Photo: Megan McCarty
|
Palmer's Metalmark (Apodemia palmeri)
|
flower nectar
|
mesquites
|

Photo: Svdmolen
|
Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo)
|
eriogonum, buckwheat, and yellow-flowered composites:
senecio and rabbitbrush
|
buckwheat
|

Photo: Systasea Zampa
|
Arizona Powdered-Skipper (Systasea zampa)
|
French marigold
|
mallows
|

Photo: Brocken Inaglory
|
Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
|
white-flowered composites: shepherd's needles,
fleabane, and asters; also French marigold, oregano, sedum "autumn
joy," red clover, knapweed, and beggar's ticks
|
globemallows, mallow, hollyhock, alkali mallows,
velvet-leaf, and poppy mallow, and beggar's ticks
|

Photo: David Bygott
|
Erichson's White Skipper (Heliopyrgus domicella)
|
French marigold
|
mallows
|

Photo: Northern Prairie Wildlife
|
Small Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus scriptura)
|
French marigold
|
alkali mallow, scarlet globemallow, and desert
globemallow
|

Photo: Stonebird
|
Northern White Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)
|
French marigold
|
unknown
|

Photo: Vitaly Charny
|
Golden-banded Skipper (Autochton cellus)
|
French marigold, trailing arbutus, blackberry,
abelia, and hollyhock
|
legumes, New Mexico locust, and hog peanut
|

Photo: Bill Bouton
|
Violet-clouded Skipper (Lerodea arabus)
|
French marigold, bidens, and lantana
|
Bermuda grass and green spangletop
|

Photo: Eugene Zelenko
|
"White" Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus
communis albescens)
|
French marigold
|
mallows
|

Photo: Aaron Gunnar
|
Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
|
nectar from blue, purple, pink, or white flowers
including dogbane, selfheal, crown vetch, Japanese honeysuckle, thistles,
common milkweed, Deptford pink, and hoary vervain
|
legumes, and plants in the pea family: beggar's
ticks, bush clover, clover, and lotus
|
Photo: Pbedell
|
Golden-headed scallopwing (Staphylus ceos)
|
unknown
|
pigweeds and Fremont's goosefoot
|
|
Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
|
deerweed and California buckwheat
|
deerweed, legumes: New Mexican locust, bur clover,
desert ironwood, and vetch
|
|
Persius Duskywing (Erynnis persius)
|
|
lupine, golden banner, lotus, and other legumes
|
|
Mexican Cloudywing (Thorybes mexicana)
|
flower nectar
|
clover, wild pea, and vetch
|
|
Mohave Sootywing (Hesperopsis libya)
|
flower nectar
|
shadscale
|
|
Afranius Duskywing (Erynnis afranius)
|
flower nectar
|
legumes: deerweed, lupine, and milkvetch
|
|
Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
|
ogbane, marjoram, oxalis, white clover, common
milkweed, peppermint, cucumber, and melon
|
lambsquarters, amaranths, and cockscomb
|
|
Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
|
lueberry, wild strawberry, blackberry, Labrador tea,
dogbane, New Jersey tea, winter cress, purple vetch, and lupine
|
willows, poplars, aspens, and occasionally birch
|
|
Persius Duskywing (Erynnis persius)
|
flower nectar
|
lupine, golden banner, lotus, and other legumes
|
|
Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
|
wild azalea, blueberry, blackberry, and dandelion
|
scrub oak and other shrubby oaks
|
|
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
|
aster, ironweed, verbena, milkweed, and woodland
stonecrop
|
grasses, sedges, especially bermuda grass
|
|
Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacus)
|
flower nectar
|
side oats grama, Bermuda grass, sideoats grama, and
green spangletop
|
|
Dull Firetip (Apyrrothrix araxes)
|
nectar from monarda and baccaris
|
oaks: Arizona blue, emory, and Mexican blue
|
|
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
|
aster, butterfly bush, and milkweed
|
aspen tree and willow
|
|
Weidemeyer's Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
|
sap, snowberry, tree sap, and carrion
|
willow, aspen, cottonwood, ocean spray, and
shadbush
|