Washington Butterfly Association

[email protected] Pine White ( Neophasia menapia ) w ww.naba.org/chapters/nabaws / Identification : White with black forewing patch, black veins below. Flight Period : late June – early October, peak in August. Common Butterflies of the Puget Sound Region Favorite Nectar Plants : Goldenrod, and Their Food Plants - By David Droppers Pearly Everlasting, Asters, Thistles. Larval Host Plants : Ponderosa Pine, Western Tiger Swallowtail ( Papilio Lodgepole Pine, Douglas-Fir, among other conifers. rutulus ). Identification : Large. Yellow with black tiger stripes. Cabbage White ( Pieris rapae) Underside with some blue. Flight Identification : White, black wing tips and Period : mid April – late September, spots. Males have one spot, females two peak in June. Favorite Nectar Plants : spots. Flight Period : early March – early Mock Orange, Milkweeds, Thistles, November, peaks in May, July and large showy flowers. Larval Host September. Favorite Nectar Plants: Plants : Native Willows, Quaking Many, especially garden flowers, such as Oregano and Lavender. Aspen and other poplars, Red Alder Larval Host Plants : Garden Brassicae, especially broccoli and cabbage. Anise Swallowtail ( Papilio zelicaon) Identification : Large. Mostly black, Cedar Hairstreak ( Mitoura grynea ) centrally yellow, with row of blue dots Identification : Small. Varying brown above, below buff brown on hindwing. Flight Period : late with violet tint, variable white postmedian line, small tails on March – late September, peaks in May, hindwings. Flight Period : late March – early August, peaks in July-August. Favorite Nectar Plants : May-June. Favorite Nectar Plants : Goldenrods, Yarrow, Many flowers, mostly large and showy. Dandelion, Clovers, Red Flowering Currant. Larval Host Plants : Garden Parsley Larval Host Plants : Western Red Cedar, Incense Cedar and Dill, Angelica, Cow Parsnip, many others. Echo (Spring) Azure ( Celastrina echo) Identification : Small, males blue, females black and blue. Small Purplish Copper ( Lycaena helloides) gray crescents on ventral hindwing. Flight Period : late February – Identificatio n: Top orange and brown, males with purplish sheen. early October, peaks in April and August. Favorite Nectar Plants : Bottom tan with red zigzag. Flight Period : late April – mid Red Flowering Currant, Dandelions, Dogwood, early bloomers. October, peaks in May and August. Favorite Nectar Plants : Larval Host Plants : Red Oiser Dogwood, Salal, Ocean Spray Asters, Pearly Everlasting, Milkweeds, many composites. Larval Host Plants : Native and non-native docks and knotweeds.

Brown Elfin : ( Incisalia augustinus) West Coast Lady ( Vanessa annabella ) Identification : Small, brown, base of ventral hindwing mostly Identification : Like the Painted Lady, but with squared wing tips, black. Males with slight reddish sheen in sun. Flight Period : mid orange forewing bar and blue spots on hindwings. Flight Period : March – late July, peak in May. Favorite Nectar Plants : Many of early March – mid November, peaks in May, August and October the larval host plants, other early blooming flowers. Laval Host Favorite Nectar Plants : Composites, Asters, Goldenrod, Dogbane. Plants : Kinnickkinnick, Ocean Spray, Salal Laval Host Plants : Mallows, Nettles, and Hollyhocks

Mourning Cloak ( Nymphalis antiopa) Red Admirable ( Vanessa atalanta) Identification : Unmistakable. Warm Identification : Brown base, broad red plum/brown, yellow fringe with blue bands. Unmistakable in the Puget spots. Flight Period : mid February – Sound region. Flight Period : late mid October, peaks in April, June, March – late October, peaks in July and September. Favorite Nectar Plants : September. Favorite Nectar Plants : Red Flowering Currant, Asters, rotting Composite flowers, rotting fruit and fruit, tree sap. Larval Host Plants : tree sap. Larval Host Plants : Stinging Native willows, Poplars Nettles

Mylitta Crescent ( Phyciodes mylitta) Lorquin’s Admiral ( Limenitis lorquini ) Identification : Small, top mottled black and orange, bottom brown Identification : Unmistakable. Large, and cream. Flight Period : mid March – mid October, peaks in black with white bands and orange May and July-August. Favorite Nectar Plants : Thistles, other wing tips. Flight Period : mid composite flowers. Laval Host Plants : Canada Thistles, other February – early October, peaks in native thistles June-August. Favorite Nectar Plants : Larger flowers or spikes of tiny flowers, Painted Lady ( Vanessa cardui) although not always common at flowers. Identification : 3 inches, mottled Larval Host Plants : Native Willows, Poplars, Ocean Spray orange and black, with white forewing bar. Four eyespots below. Woodland Skipper ( Ochlodes sylavanoides) Flight Period : early April – early Identification : Small, orange brown, yellow November, peaks in May, July, submarginal band “breaks." Flight Period : September. Favorite Nectar mid June – early October, peak in August Plants : Summer-blooming Favorite Nectar Plants : Just about any flower composite flowers that offers nectar. Larval Host Plants : Native Larval Host Plants : Thistles, Mallows, Pearly Everlasting and non-native grasses