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Butterfly Gardening Guide

REGIONAL GARDENING GUIDE

REGION 5.
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin, southeast Manitoba.

The following nectar plants (flowers) will attract all the common butterflies of region 1. Buddleia, Heliotrope, Lantana, Milkweed, Mint, Pentas, Porterweed, Verbena and Zinnias.

Listed below are the butterflies common to this region and the plants that will attract them.

Host/Larval Plant
latin name  

 Common Butterfly Name
latin name

 Milkweeds
Asclepias syriaca,
A.incarnata,
A.speciosa

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 Monarch
Danaus plexippus

Pipevines
Aristolochia 

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Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor

 Hollyhocks
Alcea rosea
Sunflower
 Helianthus spp.

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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui

Garden Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
Cabbage
Brassica spp.

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Cabbage White
Pieris rape

Carrot
Daucus carota
Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
Dill
Anethum graveolens

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Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes 

Wild Senna
Cassia spp.

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Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae

Carrot
Daucus carota
Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
Dill
Anethum graveolens

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Anise Swallowtail
Papilio zelicaon

 Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Sassafrass
Sassafrass albidum

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Spicebush Swallowtail
papilio troilus

Sage
Artemisia spp.

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Old World Swallowtail
Papilio machaon

Wild Cherry
Prunus spp.
Poplar
Poplus spp.

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus

Asters 
Astaraceae

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 Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos

Wild Lime
Zanthoxylum
Citrus
Ruta spp.

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Giant Swallowtail
Papililo cesphontes

Wild Plums and Cherries
Prunus spp.
Poplars
Populus spp.
Willows 
Salix spp.

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Viceroy
Limenitis archippus

 Snapdragon
Antirrhinum spp.
Verbena
Verbenaceae

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Buckeye 
Junonia coenia

   Pea
      Fabaceae
      Mallow
      Malvaceae
      Beans
      Phaseolus
      Clovers
      Trifolium
      Mallow
      Malva   

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Grey Hairstreak
  Strymon melin

Violet 
Viola spp.

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Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele

 
 
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