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Southern Michigan Butterfly Plants
Larval Host Plants
Scientific Names (Plants) Common Names (Plants) Common Name (Butterflies)
Actinomeris alternifolia Wing Stem Silvery Checkerspot
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting American Painted Lady
Antennaria sp. Pussytoes American Painted Lady
Aristolochia serpentaria Virginia Snakeroot Pipevine Swallowtail
Asclepius sp. Various Milkweeds Monarch
Aster sp. Asters Pearl Cresent, Silvery Checkerspot, Painted Lady
Betula sp. Birch Compton Tortoise Shell
Betula sp. Birch Mourning Cloak
Carex lacustris Sedge Appalachian Eyed Brown
Carex sp. Sedges Eyed Brown
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea Mottled Dusky Wing
Celtis occidentalis Hackberry Snout Butterfly, Hackberry Butterfly, Tawny Emperor, Question Mark
Chelone glabra Turtlehead Baltimore
Cirsium muticum Swamp Thistle Swamp Metalmark
Cirsium sp. Thistle Painted Lady
Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Spring Azure
Cornus sp. Dogwoods Summer Azure
Gerardia sp. False Foxglove Buckeye, Baltimore
Helianthus sp. Sunflowers Silvery Checkerspot
Hystrix patula Grasses (Bottlebrush Grass) Northern Pearly Eye, Little Wood Satyr
Lindera Benzoin Spicebush Spicebush Swallowtail
Lupinus perennis Lupine Karner Blue
Mentha sp. Mint Summer Azure
Populus sp. Aspen Common Tortoise Shell, Mourning Cloak
Potentilla fruiticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil Dorcas Copper
Prunus americana Wild Plum Coral Hairstreak, Tiger Swallowtail
Prunus serotina Black Cherry Coral Hairstreak, Tiger Swallowtail, Red-Spotter Purple
Prunus virginiana Choke Cherry Coral Hairstreak, Tiger Swallowtail
Ptelea trifoliata Hop Tree Giant Swallowtail
Quercus sp. (Quercus velutina) Oaks (Black Oaks, etc.) Banded Hairstreak
Rhus sp. Sumac Summer Azure
Ribes sp. Gooseberry sp. Gray Common
Salix sp. Willow Common Tortoise Shell
Salix sp. (Salix exigua) Willow (Sandbar Willow) Viceroy, Mourning Cloak
Sassafras albidum Sassafras Spicebush Swallowtail
Spiraea sp. Spiraea Summer Azure
Ulmus sp. Elm Comma Merchant, Mourning Cloak, Question Mark
Umbelliferae   Black Swallowtail
Urtica sp. Nettle Question Mark, Comma Merchant, Red Admiral, Milberts Tortoise Shell
Vaccinium sp. Blueberry Northern Spring Azure
Viburnum acerifolium Maple Leaf Viburnum Spring Azure
Viola sp. Violets Great Spangled Fritillary, Aphrodite Fritillary, Silver-bordered Fritillary, Meadow Fritillary
Zanthoxylum americanum Prickly Ash Giant Swallowtail
  Legumes Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Eastern Tailed Blue
  Various Grasses Wood Nymph
Nectaring Plants
Scientific Names (Plants) Common Names (Plants) Common Names (Butterflies)
Amorpha canescens Leadplant Coral Hairstreak, Banded Hairstreak 
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting Silver-bordered Fritillary
Apocynum sp. Dogbane Coral Hairstreak, Banded Hairstreak, Eastern Tailed Blue, Summer Azure, Great Spangled Fritillary, Pearl Crescent, Baltimore, Milbert's Tortoise Shell, American Painted Lady, Buckeye, White Admiral, Monarch, Red Spotted Purple
Asclepius incarnata Swamp Milkweed Banded Hairstreak, Eyed Brown
Asclepius syriaca Common Milkweed Pipe-vine Swallowtail, Black Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail, Gray Hairstreak, Summer Azure, Great Spangled Fritillary, Aphrodite Fritillary, Silvery Checkerspot, Baltimore, American Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Little Wood Satyr, Wood Nymph
Asclepius tuberosa Butterfly Weed Spicebush Swallowtail, Coral Hairstreak, Eastern Tailed Blue, Variegated Fritillary, Silvery Checkerspot, Pearl Cresent
Aster sp. Aster Eastern Tailed Blue, Silver-bordered Fritillary, American Painted Lady, Buckeye, Viceroy, Wood Nymph
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea Spicebush Swallowtail, Purplish Copper, Coral Hairstreak, Summer Azure, Karner Blue, Great Spangled Fritillary
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Giant Swallowtail, Painted Lady, Wood Nymph
Cirsium muticum Swamp Thistle Swamp Metalmark, Baltimore
Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset Silver-bordered Fritillary, Milbert's Tortoise Shell
Eupatorium sp. Joe Pye Weed Giant Swallowtail,  Tiger Swallowtail, Orange Sulphur, Variegated Fritillary, Pearl Crescent, Milbert's Tortoise Shell, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Viceroy, Eyed Brown,
Fragaria sp. Strawberry Coral Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, Eastern Tailed Blue, Silvery Blue
Hypericum sp. St. Johns Wort Karner Blue
Iris versicolor Iris Silver-bordered Fritillary
Liatris sp. Blazing Star Tiger Swallowtail, Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak, Aphrodite Fritillary, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Wood Nymph
Lupinus perennis Lupine Spicebush Swallowtail, Painted Lady
Malus coronaria Crabapple Spicebush Swallowtail
Mentha sp. Mints Gray Hairstreak
Monarda fistulosa Bee Balm Tiger Swallowtail, Great Spangled Fritillary, Wood Nymph, Monarch
Monarda punctata Horsemint Karner Blue
Phlox pilosa Phlox Karner Blue
Potentilla friuticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil Dorcas Copper, Swamp Metalmark, Baltimore
Prunus virginiana Chokecherry American Painted Lady, Silvery Blue
Rhus tomentosa Staghorn Sumac Banded Hairstreak, Summer Azure, Snout Butterfly, Silvery Checkerspot, Red Admiral, White Admiral, Little Wood Satyr, Red Spotted Purple
Rubus sp. Blackberry Spicebush Swallowtail, Coral Hairstreak, Karner Blue, Pearl Cresent, Painted Lady, Viceroy
Rudbeckia hirta Black-Eyed Susan Dorcas Copper, Coral Hairstreak, Swamp Metalmark, Great Spangled Fritillary, Meadow Fritillary, Milbert's Tortoise Shell,
Solidago sp. Goldenrod Clouded Sulphur, Purplish Copper, Gray Hairstreak, Snout Butterfly, Silver-bordered Fritillary, Pearl Crescent, Milbert's Tortoise Shell, Viceroy, Wood Nymph, Monarch, Eastern Tailed Blue
Spiraea sp. Spiraea sp. Coral Hairstreak, Summer Azure
Vaccinium sp. Blueberry Spicebush Swallowtail, Silvery Blue
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain Orange Sulphur, Wood Nymph
Veronia missurica Ironweed Tiger Swallowtail, Painted Lady, Monarch
Reference:
Nielsen, Mogens C., Michigan Butterflies and Skippers.   Michigan State University Extension. 1999.


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