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Butterflies most common to the South/ South East United States and their Host Plants
The exceptions are South Florida and South Texas which get Butterflies we only dream about and I only covered a few of the Skippers as there are far to many of them.
Note some plants listed are invasive and I do not recommend them being plant but are listed only because they came up in my research and you may come across caterpillars on them wild when you are out searching. Always research your plants and grow natives local to your area when at all possible
Cloudless Sulphur & Sleepy Orange
1. Cassia/Senna alata - Candlestick plant
2. Chamaecrista fasciculata - Partridge Pea
3. Chamaecrista nictitans - Sensative pea
4. Cassia obtusifolia - Sicklepod
5. Cassia bicapsularis - Christmas Senna
6. Cassia surattensis - Glaucous Cassia
7. Senna mexicana - Bahama Senna
8. Senna ligustrina - Privet Senna
9. Cassia javanica - Apple Blossom Cassia, Pink Cassia as well
as many others in the Senna/Cassia family
Southern Dogface
1. Plants of the Pea family
2. Amorpha fruticosa - Bastard Indigobush
3. Dalea feayi - Feay's Prairie Clover
4. Dalea pinnata - Summer Farewell
Orange (Alfalfa) Sulphur
1. Plants of the Pea family
2. Melilotus albus - White Sweetclover
3. Trifolium repens - White Clover
4. Medicago lupulina - Black Medick
5. Medicago sativa - Alfalfa
Little Yellow
1. Plants in the Pea family
2. Mimosa strigillosa - Powderpuff
White-M Hairstreak
- Beech family, Fagaceae
1. Quercus geminata - Sand Live Oak
2. Quercus laurifolia - Laurel Live Oak
3. Quercus nigra - Water Oak
4. Quercus stellata - Post Oak
5. Quercus virginiana - Virginia Live Oak
Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Pea family, Fabaceae
1. Herbs in the Pea family and clover
Spring Azure
- Heath family, Ericaceae
- Buddleia family, Buddlejaceae
1. Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood
2. Dogwood
3. Buddleja davidii - Butterfly Bush
4. many other trees and shrubs
Question Mark
- Hackberry family, Celtidaceae
- Elm family, Ulmaceae
1. Celtis laevigata - Sugarberry Tree
2. Ulmus alata - Winged Elm
3. Ulmus americana - American Elm
Long-tailed Skipper
- Bean family, fabaceae
1. Centrosema arenicola - Pineland Butterfly Pea vine
2. Centrosema virgianum - Spurred Butterfly Pea vine
3. Clitoria mariana - Atlantic Pigeonwings vine
4. Clitoria ternatea - Blue Butterfly Pea/Asian Pigeonwings vine
5. many species of the Ticktrefoil(Desmodium)
6. many species of the Milkpea (Galactia)
7. Vigna luteola - Hairypod Cowpea vine
8. Sesbania punicea- Scarlet Wisteria Tree/Rattlebox
9. Wisteria spp.
10. Rhynchosia minima - Least Snoutbean
11. Glycine max - Soybean
12. Wild Bushbean & Garden Bean
13. Pueraria montana - Kudzu
* will also lay on Aristolochia tormentosa, Garden Radish and Showy Rattlebox but the young cats will not survive
Juvenal's & Horace's Duskywing
- Beech family, Fagaceae
1. many types of Oaks
Common Checkered, White Checkered, & Tropical Checkered Skipper
- Mallow family, Malvaceae
1. Sida acuta - Common Fanpetals
2. Sida rhombifolia - Cuban Jute
3. others in the Mallow family
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