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Butterfly Gardening Guide

REGIONAL GARDENING GUIDE

REGION 4.
New Mexico, Texas

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

 

Passion Vine
Passiflora spp.

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Gulf Fritillary
Dione Vanillae

Hackberry
Celtis spp.

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Hackberry Butterfly
Asterocampa celtis

  Wild Senna
Cassia spp.

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Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae

Snapdragon
Antirrhinum spp.
Verbena
Verbenaceae

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Buckeye 
Junonia coenia

 Asters
Astaraceae

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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos

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

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Anise Swallowtail
Papilio zelicaon

 Sunflowers
Helianthus spp.

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Bordered Patch
Chosyne lacinia

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

 

Wild Lime
Zanthoxylum
Citrus
Ruta spp.

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Giant Swallowtail
Papililo cesphontes

 Hackberries
Celtis spp.
Nettles
Urtica spp.
Elms
Ulnus spp.

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 Question Mark
Polygonia interrogations

  Pea
      Fabaceae
      Mallow
      Malvaceae
      Beans
      Phaseolus
      Clovers
      Trifolium
      Mallow
      Malva    

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Grey Hairstreak
      Strymon melin

Willows
Salix spp.
Wild Cherry
Prunus

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Red-spotted Purple
Limentis astyanax
 
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