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
16 native plants in West Virginia. 4 not suggested for gardens
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix humilis var. tristis
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Sandbar WillowSalix interior
- Upland WillowSalix humilis var. humilis
- Bigtooth AspenPopulus grandidentata
- Eastern CottonwoodPopulus deltoides
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Populus deltoides subsp. deltoidesPopulus deltoides subsp. deltoides
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Pussy Willow Salix discolor Rare or protected plant
- Peach Leaf Willow Salix amygdaloides Rare or protected plant
- Shining Willow Salix lucida Rare or protected plant
- Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12 of these plants
- Mourning Cloak 12 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 12 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 8 of these plants
- Io Moth 8 of these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 8 of these plants
None of the other listed species.