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This list is by no means exhaustive. If you have any suggestions, additions, deletions or corrections please let us know!
| BUTTERFLY |
PLANT |
| Swallowtail Family (Papilionidae) |
| Black Swallowtail |
parsley, carrot, dill, parsnip |
| Spicebush Swallowtail |
spice bush, sassafrass |
| Snout Butterflies (Libytheidae) |
| Common Snout Butterfly |
hackberry |
| Brush Footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) |
| Great Spangled and Idalia Fritillaries |
violets |
| Buckeye |
plantains, gerardias, toadflax, snapdragons, false loosestrifes |
| Painted Lady |
thistles |
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Red Admiral
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nettles, false nettle
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Viceroy and Red-Spotted Purple
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willows, especially black willow, pussy willow, poplars, plums, and cherries
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Hackberry Butterfly
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hackberry
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Monarch Butterfly
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milkweeds
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| Sulfurs (Pieridae) |
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Cloudless Sulfur
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sennas, partridge pea
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Dogface Butterfly
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lead plant, false indigo, prairie clover
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| Coppers, Blues, Harvesters and Metalmarks (Lycaenidae, Riodinidae) |
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American Copper
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sorrel
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Sylvan Hairstreak
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willow
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Common Hairstreak
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mallow family , hollyhock , rose and marsh mallows
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Gray Hairstreak
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hawthorn
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| Skippers (Hesperoidea, Hesperidae) |
| Blazing Star Skipper |
grasses |
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