Native host plants and nectar sources for Western Willamette Valley butterfly species trefoil
heart
foot ‐ huckleberry lupine
rye yarrow checkerbloom
bentgrass wallflower
aster fir spiraea cinquefoil
lupine maple hairgrass bird's rhododendron ninebark madrone bleeding
plum oak
lupine
dogwood
wild
fescue
deervetch
Willow White Western Tufted Rose Salal Sedges Serviceberry Slender Riverbank Penstemon Red Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific Oceanspray Osier Goldenrod Indian Kinnikinnick Maple Meadow Monkeyflower Native Douglas Douglas Evergreen Cottonwood Douglas Common Bigleaf Bigleaf Biscuitroot Bittercherry Bluejoint Bluegrasss Blue Cascara Coloinial Butterfly Plant Alder Arctic Avens Big Hesperiidae Skippers Epargyreus clarus Silver‐spotted Skipper H Erynnis propertius Propertius Duskywing H Erynnis persius Persius Duskywing H N Pyrgus ruralis Two‐banded Checkered‐Skipper H Carterocephalus palaemon Arctic Skipper N H Hesperia juba Juba Skipper N H Atalopedes campestris Sachem Ochlodes sylvanoides Woodland Skipper H Euphyes vestris Dun Skipper N H Amblyscirtes vialis Common Roadside‐Skipper H
Papilionidae Parnassians and Swallowtails Parnassius clodius Clodius Parnassian H Papilio machaon Old World Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon Anise Swallowtail H Papilio rutulus Western Tiger Swallowtail H H H H Papilio eurymedon Pale Swallowtail H H H H
Pieridae Whites and Sulphurs Anthocharis sara Pacific Orangetip H Neophasia menapia Pine White Pieris marginalis Margined White Pieris rapae Cabbage White Pontia occidentalis Western White Colias philodice Clouded Sulphur H H Colias eurytheme Orange Sulphur H HH Colias occidentalis Western Sulphur
Lycaenidae Gossamer‐wing Butterflies Lycaena helloides Purplish Copper H Habrodais grunus Golden Hairstreak Callophrys affinis Western Green Hairstreak Callophrys nelsoni Nelson's Hairstreak Callophrys johnsoni Johnson's Hairstreak Callophrys augustinus Brown Elfin HHH Native host plants and nectar sources for Western Willamette Valley butterfly species
Callophrys eryphon Western Pine Elfin Strymon melinus Gray Hairstreak H H Cupido comyntas Eastern Tailed‐Blue H H Cupido amyntula Western Tailed‐Blue Celastrina ladon Spring Azure HH HH HH Celastrina echo Echo Azure Glaucopsyche lygdamus Silvery Blue H H Plebejus idas Northern Blue Plebejus icarioides Boisduval's Blue H H Plebejus lupini Lupine Blue H H
Nymphalidae Brush‐footed Butterflies Danaus plexippus Monarch Speyeria cybele Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria hydaspe Hydaspe Fritillary Boloria epithore Pacific Fritillary Limenitis lorquini Lorquin's Admiral H H H H H H Phyciodes mylitta Mylitta Crescent H Euphydryas editha Edith's Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona Chalcedon Checkerspot H Euphydryas colon Colon Checkerspot Polygonia satyrus Satyr Comma Polygonia faunus Green Comma H N H/N Polygonia gracilis Hoary Comma N Polygonia progne Gray Comma Aglais milberti Milbert's Tortoiseshell Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak H H H H H Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell N Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral Vanessa cardui Painted Lady H H H Vanessa annabella West Coast Lady NNH Vanessa virginiensis American Lady H H Coenonympha tullia Common Ringlet N Cercyonis pegala Common Wood‐Nymph NNN
Key H: Host N: Nectar
Sources referenced: Attracting Native Pollinators The Butterflies of Cascadia
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