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
17 native plants in West Virginia. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Swamp MilkweedAsclepias incarnata
- Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchraAsclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra
- Asclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosaAsclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosa
- Butterfly MilkweedAsclepias tuberosa
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Fourleaf MilkweedAsclepias quadrifolia
- Longleaf MilkweedAsclepias longifolia
- Poke MilkweedAsclepias exaltata
- White MilkweedAsclepias variegata
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- Climbing MilkvineMatelea obliqua
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Barrens Milkweed Asclepias hirtella Rare or protected plant
- Clasping Milkweed Asclepias amplexicaulis Rare or protected plant
- Green Milkweed Asclepias viridiflora Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.