Below is a list of butterflies found in the Bristow Butterfly Garden, with information about their host and nectar plants.
Butterflies marked with this icon can also be found in the Butterfly House
| Brush-footed butterflies | |||
| American Lady
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Host Plants | Pearly everlasting, Plaintain-leaved pussy toes, wormwood, ironweed and burdock |
| Nectar Plants | Aster, dogbane, goldenrod, marigold, selfheal, milkweed and vetch | ||
| Buckeye
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Host Plants | Snapdragon, toadflax, plantains and ruellia |
| Nectar Plants | Aster, chickory, gumweed, knapweed, tickseed, sunflower, dogbane and peppermint | ||
| Gulf Fritillary
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Host Plants | Passion-vine, maypops and running pop |
| Nectar Plants | Lantana, shepherd’s needle, cordias and composites | ||
| Monarch
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Host Plants | Milkweeds |
| Nectar Plants | Milkweeds, dogbane, lilac, red clover, lantana, goldenrod, blazing star, ironweed, tickseed, sunflower and thistles | ||
| Painted Lady
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Host Plants | Thistles, hollyhock, mallow and various legumes |
| Nectar Plants | Thistles, aster, cosmos, blazing star, ironweed, Joe-pye weed, red clover, buttonbush, privet and milkweed | ||
| Pearly Crescent |  |
Host Plants | Aster |
| Nectar Plants | Thistles and aster | ||
| Question Mark
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Host Plants | American elm, red elm, hackberry, Japanese hop, nettles and false nettles |
| Nectar Plants | Rotting fruit, tree sap, dung, carrion, milkweed, aster and sweet pepperbush | ||
| Red Admiral
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Host Plants | Plants in the nettle family |
| Nectar Plants | Sap flows on trees, fermenting fruit, bird droppings, milkweed, red clover, aster and alfalfa | ||
| Red Spotted Purple
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Host Plants | Wild cherry, aspen, poplar, cottonwood, oaks, hawthorn, deerberry, birch, willows, basswood and shadbush |
| Nectar Plants | Sap flows, rotting fruit, carrion, dung, spiraea, privet and viburnum | ||
| Variegated Fritillary
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Host Plants | Maypops, May apple, violets, purslane, stonecrop and moonseed. |
| Nectar Plants | Butteflyweed, common milkweed, dogbane, peppermint, red clover, swamp milkweed and tickseed | ||
| Viceroy |  |
Host Plants | Willows, poplars, aspen, fruit trees |
| Nectar Plants | Many wildflower species and tree blooms | ||
| Swallowtails | |||
| Black Swallowtail
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Host Plants | Parsley, Queen Anne’s lace, carrot, parsnip, celery and dill. Sometimes citrus family plants |
| Nectar Plants | A variety of flowers including red clover, milkweed and thistles | ||
| Giant Swallowtail
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Host Plants | Plants in the citrus family, prickly ash, hop tree and common rue |
| Nectar Plants | Lantana, azalea, bougainvilla, bouncing bet, dame’s rocket, goldenrod, Japanese honeysuckle and swamp milkweed | ||
| Palamedes Swallowtail
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Host Plants | Plants of the laurel family |
| Nectar Plants | Sweet pepperbush, thistles, blue flag and azaleas | ||
| Pipevine Swallowtail
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Host Plants | Pipevine |
| Nectar Plants | Thistles, bergamot, lilac, viper’s bugloss, common azalea, phlox, teasel, dame’s rocket, lantana, petunia, verbena and lupines | ||
| Spicebush Swallowtail
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Host Plants | Spicebush, sassafras, prickly ash, tulip tree, sweetbay, camphor and redbay |
| Nectar Plants | Japanese honeysuckle, jewelweed, thistles, milkweed, azalea, dogbane, lantana, mimosa and sweet pepperbush | ||
| Tiger Swallowtail
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Host Plants | Wild cherry, sweetbay, basswood, tulip tree, birch, ash, cottonwood, mountain ash and willow |
| Nectar Plants | A variety of plants including wild cherry and lilac | ||
| Zebra Swallowtail
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Host Plants | Pawpaw |
| Nectar Plants | Blueberry, blackberry, lilac, redbud, viper’s bugloss, verbena, dogbane and milkweed | ||
| Sulphurs | |||
| Clouded Sulphur |  |
Host Plants | Legumes such as clover, alfalfa and vetch |
| Nectar Plants | Dandelion, goldenrod, clover, tickseed, phlox, mildweed and dogbane | ||
| Cloudless Sulphur |  |
Host Plants | Legumes, clover, wild peas |
| Nectar Plants | Milkweed, firebush, lantana, cardinal flower and morning glory | ||
| Sleepy Orange |  |
Host Plants | Clovers, legumes |
| Nectar Plants | Blue porterweed, tickseed | ||
| Skippers | |||
| Fiery Skipper |  |
Host Plants | Various grasses |
| Nectar Plants | unknown | ||
| Checkered Skipper |  |
Host Plants | Various weeds and mallows |
| Nectar Plants | unknown | ||
| Horace’s Duskywing |  |
Host Plants | Various oaks |
| Nectar Plants | unknown | ||
| Silver-spotted Skipper |  |
Host Plants | Wisteria, beans and locust |
| Nectar Plants | A variety of wild and domestic flowers | ||