PLANT

BUTTERFLY LARVA SPECIES

COLOR

HEIGHT

Clover Family

blues, sulphurs

multicolor

2-18 inches

Dock

coppers

green

12-72 inches

Elm

mourning cloak, question mark

N/A

tree

Grasses

fiery skipper, grass nymph, satyrs

N/A

2-24 inches

Hackberry

hackberry, tawny emperor, snout

N/A

tree

Hawthorn

gray hairstreak, banded purple

N/A

tree

Mallow Family (Cheeseweed)

west coast lady, common hairstreak, checkered skipper

white, lavender

6-36 inches

Milkweed

Monarch

lavender, pink

24-48 inches

Mustard Family

whites

yellow

6-36 inches

Nettle

tortoise shell, painted lady, question mark, red admiral, hop merchant (or comma)

green

24-48 inches

Parsley Family

black swallowtail, anise swallowtail

white, yellow

6-36 inches

Plantain

buckeye

white, green

3-8 inches

Poplar

mourning cloak, white admiral, viceroy, banded and red-spotted purple, western tiger swallowtail

N/A

tree

Senna (Cassia)

cloudless sulphur, sleepy orange

yellow

12-48 inches

Sorrel

American copper

reddish green

4-15 inches

Spicebush

spicebush swallowtail

yellow

shrub

Thistle

painted lady

purple

24-60 inches

Turtlehead

baltimore

white, pink

12-48 inches

Violet

fritillary

purple

2-6 inches

Wild Cherry

eastern tiger swallowtail, coral hairstreak, red-spotted purple

N/A

tree

Willow

comma, tortoise shell, viceroy, red-spotted purple, western tiger swallowtail, white admiral, sylvan hairstreak

N/A

tree