Caterpillar host plants
Caterpillars eat the leaves of host plants; adults drink nectar from many flowers. Caterpillars also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
64 native plants in Alabama. 9 not suggested for gardens
- Black OakQuercus velutina
- Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica
- Bluejack OakQuercus incana
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Chestnut OakQuercus montana
- Chinquapin OakQuercus muehlenbergii
- Darlington OakQuercus hemisphaerica
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Live OakQuercus virginiana
- Northern Red OakQuercus rubra
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Post OakQuercus stellata
- Sand Live OakQuercus geminata
- Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Southern Red OakQuercus falcata
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- White OakQuercus alba
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Beadle's Hybrid OakQuercus × beadlei
- Bluffton Hybrid OakQuercus × blufftonensis
- Craven OakQuercus × cravenensis
- Hybrid OakQuercus × incomita
- Hybrid OakQuercus × subintegra
- Mellichamp's OakQuercus × mellichampii
- Quercus arkansanaQuercus arkansana
- Quercus chapmaniiQuercus chapmanii
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Quercus sinuata var. sinuataQuercus durandii
- Sand Post OakQuercus margaretiae
- St. Bernard OakQuercus × bernardensis
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Walter's Hybrid OakQuercus × walteriana
- Black MapleAcer nigrum
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer drummondii
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Running OakQuercus elliottii
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Slash PinePinus elliottii
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Spruce Pine; Walters Pine; Cedar PinePinus glabra
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Georgia Oak Quercus georgiana Rare or protected plant
- Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria Rare or protected plant
- Swamp Post Oak Quercus similis Rare or protected plant
- Boynton's Oak Quercus boyntonii Rare or protected plant
- Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Rare or protected plant
- Oglethorpe Oak Quercus oglethorpensis Rare or protected plant
- Dwarf Live Oak Quercus minima Rare or protected plant
- Pond Pine Pinus serotina Rare or protected plant
- Sand Pine Pinus clausa Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 47 of these plants
- Banded Hairstreak 39 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 8 of these plants
- Io Moth 8 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 2 of these plants
- Luna Moth 1 of these plants
- Regal Moth 1 of these plants
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1 of these plants
None of the other listed species.