Host Plants for Butterflies
P Artemisia stellariana 'Silver Brocade' American Painted Lady
T Birch Mourning Cloak,
F Black-Eyed Susan Silvery Checkerspot
W Burdock American Painted Lady, Painted Lady
F Butterfly Weed/Orange Glory (Milkweed family) Monarchs
V Carrot Eastern Black Swallowtail
V Celery Eastern Black Swallowtail
W Clover Eastern Tailed Blue, Clouded Sulphur
F Aster Pearl Crescent
V Dutchman's Pipe/Pipevine Pipevine Swallowtail
H Dill Eastern Black Swallowtail
T Elm Comma, Mourning Cloak
F Purple Coneflower Silvery Checkerspot
F Pearly Everlasting American Painted Lady, Painted Lady
W/F Milkweed Monarch, Queen, Soldier
F Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis) Karner Blue
F False Indigo (Baptisia) Orange Sulphur, Clouded Sulphur, Eastern Tailed Blue, Silver Spotted Skipper
H Fennel Eastern Black Swallowtail
W Garlic Mustard Cabbage White
F Gas Plant (Dictamnus fraxinella 'Rubra') Giant Swallowtail
Grasses/Sedges Skippers, Black Dash, Wood Nymphs
T Hackberry American Snout, Hackberry Emperor, Question Mark, Tawny Emperor, Mourning Cloak, Snout
F Hibiscus Gray Hairstreak
F Hollyhock American Painted Lady, Painted Lady, Checkered Skipper
V Hops Comma, Question Mark
Various Grasses Common Wood Nymph, Wood Satyr, Fiery Skipper, Least Skipper
H Lovage Eastern Black Swallowtail
B Lilac Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Privet Hawk Moth
F Lupine Silvery Blue butterfly
F (Lupinus perennis) Blue Lupine/Wild Lupine/Sundial Lupine Karner Blue (endangered species), frosted Elfin
F Mallow Checkered Skipper, Painted Lady
F New Jersey Tea Spring Azure
V Passion Vine Gulf Fritillary, Julia, Variegated Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, Crimson-Patch Longwing, Red-banded Hairstreak, Mexican Fritillary
T Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Zebra Swallowtail
V Pipevine Pipevine Swallowtail, Polydamus Swallowtail
W Plantain Baltimore Checkerspot
H Rue Eastern Black Swallowtail
F Senna (Cassia) Clouded Sulphur, Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange, Southern Dogface
W/H Sheep Sorrel American Copper
F Snap Dragon Buckeye
F Sneezeweed/Helen's Flower (Helenium autumnale) Dainty Sulphur
B Spicebush Spicebush Swallowtail
W/H Stinging Nettle Red Admiral, Comma, Question Mark, Milbert's Tortoiseshell
F Sunflower Gorgone Checkerspot, Silvery Checkerspot, Painted Lady
W Thistle Painted Lady
F Trifolium Clouded Sulphur, Eastern Tailed Blue, Gray Hairstreak
F Turtlehead Baltimore Checkerspot
F Violet/Viola/Pansy Fritillary butterflies
T Willow Mourning Cloak, Red Spotted Purple, Tiger Swallowtail, Viceroy, White Admiral
B Pink Flowering Almond (Prunus glandulosa) Tiger Swallowtail, Viceroy, Red-Spotted Purple, White Admiral
W=Weed
F=Flower
B=Bush
T=Tree
V=Vine
H=Herb/Vegetable
Host Plants for Moths
B Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) Hummingbird Moth
B Privet Privet Hawk Moth (Sphinx ligustri),
Viburnum, Honeysuckle Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Birch, Sumac, Walnut, Hickory, Sweetgum, Persimmon Luna
Tomato, Eggplant, Pepper, Potato, Tobacco, Grapevine, Moonflower, Virginia Creeper Sphynx/Hawk Moths
alder, apple, ash, beech, birch, box-elder, cherry, dogwood, elm, gooseberry, maple, plum, poplar, white oak, willow, lilac, tamarack Cecropia
This is a short list, as there are many more host plants for both butterflies and moths!
--LKR
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