Butterflies of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
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Compiled by David George and Harry LeGrand.
Larval Foodplants for:
Butterfly Scientific Name:
Butterfly Common Name:
Plant Genus (Larval):
Abutilon
Acer
Acetosa
Actaea
Aegopodium
Aeschynomene
Agalinis
Agastache
Agrostis
Alcea
Alliaria
Alnus
Alternanthera
Amaranthus
Ambrosia
Amelanchier
Amorpha
Amphicarpaea
Anaphalis
Andropogon
Anethum
Angelica
Anoda
Antennaria
Apios
Apium
Apocynum
Aquilegia
Arabis
Arachis
Aralia
Arctium
Argemone
Aristida
Armoracia
Aronia
Artemisia
Aruncus
Arundinaria
Asarum
Asclepias
Asimina
Aster
Astragalus
Aucuba
Aureolaria
Avena
Axonopus
Bacopa
Baptisia
Barbarea
Batis
Benthamidia
Betula
Bidens
Bignonia
Boehmeria
Boerhavia
Borodinia
Bouteloua
Brachyelytrum
Brassica
Buchnera
Cakile
Calamovilfa
Canna
Capsella
Cardamine
Carduus
Carex
Carpinus
Carum
Carya
Castanea
Catalpa
Ceanothus
Celosia
Celtis
Cenchrus
Centaurea
Centrosema
Cercis
Chamaecrista
Chamaecyparis
Chamaedaphne
Chasmanthium
Chelone
Chenopodium
Cicuta
Cirsium
Citrus
Cladium
Clitoria
Coleataenia
Collinsonia
Colocasia
Comptonia
Conium
Corylus
Cosmos
Crataegus
Crotalaria
Croton
Cryptotaenia
Cucumis
Cuscuta
Cymbalaria
Cynanchum
Cynodon
Cynoglossum
Cyperus
Cyrilla
Cytisus
Dactylis
Dalea
Danthonia
Daucus
Deschampsia
Descurainia
Desmodium
Detritus
Dichanthelium
Dicliptera
Digitalis
Digitaria
Diospyros
Distichlis
Draba
Echinochloa
Echium
Eleusine
Elymus
Endodeca
Eragrostis
Eragrotis
Eremochloa
Erianthus
Erigeron
Erodium
Eryngium
Erythrina
Eupatorium
Euphorbia
Fabaceae
Fagus
Festuca
Ficus
Filago
Foeniculum
Fragaria
Frangula
Fraxinus
Galactia
Galium
Gamochaeta
Gaylussacia
Gleditsia
Glycine
Gonolobus
Gossypium
Grasses
Hamamelis
Helenium
Helianthus
Heracleum
Hesperis
Hibiscus
Holcus
Humulus
Hypericum
Ilex
Impatiens
Indigofera
Ipomoea
Isotrema
Itea
Juglans
Juniperus
Justicia
Kalmia
Kickxia
Kummerowia
Lachnanthes
Lamium
Laportea
Lathyrus
Leersia
Lepidium
Leptoloma
Lespedeza
Ligusticum
Linaria
Lindera
Linum
Liquidambar
Liriodendron
Lonicera
Lotus
Lunaria
Lupinus
Lysimachia
Madia
Magnolia
Malus
Malva
Matelea
Matthiola
Medicago
Melilotus
Melissa
Menispermum
Mentha
Microstegium
Mimulus
Modiola
Mollugo
Morella
Morus
Muhlenbergia
Myosotis
Nasturtium
Nerium
Nicotiana
Nyssa
Oclemena
Oryza
Osmorhiza
Ostrya
Panicum
Parietaria
Paspalum
Passiflora
Pastinaca
Pattalias
Pectis
Pedicularis
Penstemon
Persea
Petroselinum
Petunia
Phalaris
Phaseolus
Phleum
Phoradendron
Phragmites
Phyla
Phyllanthus
Pinus
Piptochaetium
Pisum
Plantago
Plumbago
Poa
Polygonum
Populus
Portulaca
Potentilla
Prunus
Pseudognaphalium
Ptelea
Ptilimnium
Pueraria
Pyrus
Quercus
Raphanus
Rhamnus
Rhododendron
Rhus
Rhynchosia
Rhynchospora
Ribes
Ricinus
Robinia
Rorippa
Rosa
Rubus
Rudbeckia
Ruellia
Rumex
Ruta
Salicornia
Salix
Salsola
Salvia
Sanicula
Sassafras
Schizachyrium
Scirpus
Scrophularia
Securigera
Sedum
Senecio
Senna
Sericocarpus
Sesbania
Sesuvium
Setaria
Seymeria
Sida
Silphium
Silybum
Sinapis
Sisymbrium
Sium
Solanum
Solidago
Sonchus
Sorbus
Sorghastrum
Sorghum
Sparganium
Spartina
Spermolepis
Spiraea
Sporobolus
Stachys
Staphylea
Stellaria
Stenotaphrum
Striga
Strophostyles
Stylisma
Stylosanthes
Styrax
Swida
Symphoricarpos
Symphyotrichum
Symphytum
Symplocos
Taenidia
Tagetes
Talinum
Tanacetum
Tephrosia
Thalia
Thaspium
Thermopsis
Tilia
Torilis
Tridens
Trifolium
Trilisa
Tripsacum
Triticum
Ulmus
Urtica
Vaccinium
Verbascum
Verbesina
Vernonia
Veronica
Viburnum
Vicia
Vigna
Viola
Wisteria
Xanthium
Yucca
Zanthoxylum
Zea
Zephyranthes
Zizania
Zizaniopsis
Zizia
Tip: type first letter to quickly jump to those genera.
Nectar Foodplants for:
Butterfly Scientific Name:
Butterfly Common Name:
Plant Genus (Nectar):
Achillea
Aeschynomene
Agalinis
Alcea
Aletris
Allium
Amelanchier
Apium
Apocynum
Arabis
Arctium
Asclepias
Aster
Baccharis
Bacopa
Barbarea
Betula
Bidens
Buddleja
Camassia
Cardamine
Carphephorus
Castanea
Catharanthus
Ceanothus
Centaurea
Cephalanthus
Cerastium
Cercis
Chamaecrista
Cichorium
Cirsium
Claytonia
Clethra
Conoclinium
Coreopsis
Cornus
Cosmos
Crataegus
Croton
Daucus
Desmodium
Diervilla
Dionaea
Dipsacus
Echinacea
Echinochloa
Echium
Elephantopus
Epigaea
Erigeron
Eupatorium
Euphorbia
Eutrochium
Fragaria
Fraxinus
Geranium
Glycine
Helenium
Helianthus
Hesperis
Heterotheca
Hibiscus
Houstonia
Hydrangea
Impatiens
Insect
Ipomoea
Ipomoeas
Iris
Kalmia
Lamium
Lantana
Lathyrus
Leucanthemum
Liatris
Ligustrum
Limonium
Lindera
Linum
Lithospermum
Lobelia
Lonicera
Lupinus
Lythrum
Medicago
Melilotus
Mentha
Mikania
Monarda
Opuntia
Oxalis
Oxydendrum
Petunia
Phlox
Phyla
Physocarpus
Pilosella
Pluchea
Podophyllum
Polygonum
Pontederia
Populus
Potentilla
Prunella
Prunus
Pycnanthemum
Pyxidanthera
Quercus
Ranunculus
Rhododendron
Rhus
Rosa
Rubus
Rudbeckia
Sagittaria
Salix
Salsola
Scandix
Securigera
Sida
Silphium
Solidago
Spiraea
Symphyotrichum
Symplocos
Tagetes
Taraxacum
Trifolium
Trilisa
Vaccinium
Verbena
Vernonia
Viburnum
Vicia
Viola
Wisteria
Zanthoxylum