Each pollinator has its own plants: the milkweed a monarch caterpillar must have, the flowers its adults nectar on. Choose a butterfly to see its host and nectar plants, drawn from documented records and filterable by where you garden.
Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus 6 host · 115 nectar plants 
Eastern tiger swallowtail Papilio glaucus 6 host · 118 nectar plants 
Black swallowtail Papilio polyxenes 2 host · 65 nectar plants 
Painted lady Vanessa cardui 77 nectar plants 
American lady Vanessa virginiensis 1 host · 79 nectar plants 
Red admiral Vanessa atalanta 93 nectar plants 
Common buckeye Junonia coenia 3 host · 68 nectar plants 
Gulf fritillary Dione vanillae 2 host · 36 nectar plants 
Great spangled fritillary Argynnis cybele 4 host · 41 nectar plants 
Pipevine swallowtail Battus philenor 1 host · 52 nectar plants 
Spicebush swallowtail Papilio troilus 1 host · 52 nectar plants 
Giant swallowtail Papilio cresphontes 39 nectar plants 
Viceroy Limenitis archippus 46 nectar plants 
Pearl crescent Phyciodes tharos 4 host · 83 nectar plants 
Variegated fritillary Euptoieta claudia 7 host · 48 nectar plants 
Gray hairstreak Strymon melinus 2 host · 95 nectar plants 
Eastern tailed-blue Cupido comyntas 1 host · 51 nectar plants 
American copper Lycaena phlaeas 35 nectar plants 
Juniper hairstreak Callophrys gryneus 40 nectar plants 
Silver-spotted skipper Epargyreus clarus 3 host · 80 nectar plants 
Orange sulphur Colias eurytheme 1 host · 55 nectar plants 
Clouded sulphur Colias philodice 47 nectar plants 
Canadian tiger swallowtail Papilio canadensis 6 host · 40 nectar plants 
Mourning cloak Nymphalis antiopa 1 host · 21 nectar plants 
Question mark Polygonia interrogationis 11 nectar plants 
Zebra swallowtail Protographium marcellus 22 nectar plants 
Red-spotted purple Limenitis arthemis 5 host · 22 nectar plants 
Baltimore checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton 16 host · 0 nectar plants 
Fiery skipper Hylephila phyleus 59 nectar plants 
Eastern comma Polygonia comma 14 nectar plants 
Queen Danaus gilippus 6 host · 21 nectar plants 
Cloudless sulphur Phoebis sennae 2 host · 26 nectar plants 
Silvery checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis 13 host · 31 nectar plants 
Aphrodite fritillary Argynnis aphrodite 4 host · 26 nectar plants 
Sleepy orange Abaeis nicippe 2 host · 23 nectar plants 
Silver-bordered fritillary Boloria selene 4 host · 31 nectar plants 
American snout Libytheana carinenta 39 nectar plants 
Red-banded hairstreak Calycopis cecrops 1 host · 39 nectar plants 
Common wood-nymph Cercyonis pegala 34 nectar plants 
Common ringlet Coenonympha tullia 32 nectar plants 
Gorgone checkerspot Chlosyne gorgone 14 host · 14 nectar plants 
Milbert's tortoiseshell Aglais milberti 16 nectar plants 
Checkered white Pontia protodice 41 nectar plants 
Dainty sulphur Nathalis iole 1 host · 38 nectar plants 
Little yellow Pyrisitia lisa 2 host · 15 nectar plants 
Summer azure Celastrina neglecta 11 host · 38 nectar plants 
Silvery blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus 11 host · 30 nectar plants 
Banded hairstreak Satyrium calanus 1 host · 50 nectar plants 
Coral hairstreak Satyrium titus 4 host · 28 nectar plants 
Edwards' hairstreak Satyrium edwardsii 32 nectar plants 
Hedgerow hairstreak Satyrium saepium 1 host · 14 nectar plants 
Eastern pine elfin Callophrys niphon 36 nectar plants 
Reakirt's blue Echinargus isola 1 host · 22 nectar plants 
Marine blue Leptotes marina 3 host · 19 nectar plants 
Melissa blue Plebejus melissa 10 host · 16 nectar plants 
Acmon blue Icaricia acmon 10 host · 16 nectar plants 
Boisduval's blue Icaricia icarioides 8 host · 17 nectar plants 
Palamedes swallowtail Papilio palamedes 1 host · 19 nectar plants 
Pale swallowtail Papilio eurymedon 5 host · 22 nectar plants 
Western tiger swallowtail Papilio rutulus 4 host · 22 nectar plants No butterflies match that search.
More butterflies, and eventually bees, are on the way. Association data comes from GloBI flower-visit records; butterfly photographs are from iNaturalist.
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