Butterfly Station & Garden Tour the Butterfly Station & Garden to view some of nature’s most beautiful creatures! Discover a variety of native and non-native butterflies. Find out which type of caterpillar eats certain plants, learn the best methods to attract butterflies and get inspired to create Butterfly your own butterfly garden. Available mid-April through mid-September. Station & Garden Host your next BUTTERFLY IDENTIFICATION GUIDE event at the Butterfly Station & Garden. Call 434.791.5160, ext 203. for details. Supporting the Butterfly Station & Garden Thanks to generous support from the community the Butterfly Station & Garden has been free to the public since opening in 1999. If you would like to support the Butterfly Station & Garden, please call 434.791.5160, ext. 203. Tax deductible gifts may be made to Danville Science Center, Inc., designated for the Butterfly Station. Connect We are grateful to the many volunteers who make the with us! Science Center’s Butterfly Station & Garden a reality. 677 Craghead Street Call us to set up a time to volunteer, if you would Danville, Virginia like to help manage the gardens. 434.791.5160 | dsc.smv.org Native Butterflies Non-Native Butterflies Black Swallowtail Monarch Great Southern White (Papilio Polyxenes) (Danaus Plexippus) (Ascia Monuste) Named after woman in Greek One variation, the “white These butterflies are often mythology, Polyxena, who was monarch”, is grayish-white in used in place of doves at the youngest daughter of King all areas of its wings that are wedding ceremonies. Priam of Troy. normally orange. FOUND IN SOUTH ATLANTIC Julia Longwing Cloudless Sulphur Mourning Cloak (Dryas Iulia) (Phoebis Sennae) (Nymphalis Antiopa) Julias can see yellow, green, Its genus name is derived from These butterflies hibernate and red. The top flight speed Phoebe the sister of Apollo, rather than die off in the of a Julia butterfly is 12 miles a god of Greek and Roman winter. per hour. mythology. FOUND IN BRAZIL Queen Common Buckeye Question Mark (Danaus Gilippus) (Junonia Coenia) (Polygonia Interrogationis) Males have hair pencil The common buckeye was The common name comes appendages on their featured on the 2006 United from the silver on the abdomens that rub their States Postal Service 24-cent underside of the hind wing. postage stamp. scent spots to attract females. FOUND IN WEST INDIES Red Admiral White Peacock Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Vanessa Atalanta) (Anartia Jatrophae) (Papilio Glaucus) Atalanta is a figure in Greek Adult males are extremely This is the state insect of mythology, a woman who territorial and will fly out at Virginia. faces challenges for refusing to intruders within their territory. follow norms. FOUND IN SOUTH AMERICA Zebra Longwing Giant Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail (Heliconius Charithonia) (Papilio Cresphontes) (Papilio Troilus) When the zebra longwing is The largest butterfly in Canada Pokémon species Caterpie is disturbed the butterfly will and the United States with a based on the caterpillar of a make a creaking noise by wingspan of 10–16 cm. Spicebush Swallowtail. wiggling its body. FOUND IN SOUTH AMERICA Plants that Attract Butterflies Nectar Plants: Bee Balm, Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Weed, Cosmos, Caterpillar Host Plants: Birch (all species), Clover (red and white), to Your Backyard* Joe Pye Weed, Lantana, Mexican Sunflower, Pineapple Sage, Salvia, Dill, Fennel, Fruit Trees, Hackberry, Lilac, Milkweek, Oak (all species), Verbena, Vitex, Wild Peturnia, Zinnia Pawpaw, Queen Anne’s Lace, Sassafras, Spicebush, Willow (all species) *IN THIS AREA OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.