Erynnis funeralis
Common name: Funereal Duskywing
Feeds on these plants:
Ageratum houstonianum
(sold as Hawaii Blue)
Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’
Cercis canadensis ‘Lavender Twist’
Cercis canadensis
(sold as Avondale)
Duranta erecta
(sold as Variegata)
Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’
Lamium maculatum
(sold as Pink Chablis)
Lantana camara
(sold as Carlos)
Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Peach Sunrise)
Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Pink Dawn)
Lantana hybrid
(sold as New Gold)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Confetti)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Lavender Trailing)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as New Gold)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as orange)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as white)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as yellow)
Lavandula angustifolia ssp. angustifolia
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Twickel Purple’
Lavandula stoechas ssp. pedunculata
(sold as Avonview)
Lavandula stoechas
(sold as Lavandula 'Winter Lace')
Lavandula stoechas
(sold as Otto Quast)
Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’
Lavandula x intermedia
(sold as Dutch Mil)
Lavandula
(sold as Goodwin Creek)
Pelargonium peltatum
(sold as Caliente Deep Red)
Pelargonium peltatum
(sold as Global Pink Pearl)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Pink Fizz)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Regal Burgundy)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Rocky Mountain Light Salmon)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as White Splash)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Zonals)
Pelargonium
(sold as 11 Elegance)
Pelargonium
(sold as Peppermint Geranium)
Pelargonium
(sold as Stardom Series)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as April Cross)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Cabernet)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Cherry Belle)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as China Rose)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Chinese White)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Comet)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Crunchy Royale)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Early Scarlet Globe)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as French Breakfast)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Icicle)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Long White Icicle)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Masato Green)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Masato Red)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Minowase Early daikon)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Ping Pong)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Pink Beauty)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Red Boy)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Red Meat)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Round Black Spanish)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Sakurajima Mammoth)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Scarlet Globe)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Snow Belle)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Sparkler)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Szechuan Red)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Tama)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as burpee white)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as champion)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as cherriette)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as lady slipper)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as plum purple)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as scarlet knight)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as summer cross)
Salvia cleveladii, or clevelandii
Salvia coccinea
(sold as May Night)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Rose Queen)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Select Rose)
Salvia elegans
(sold as Golden Delicious)
Salvia greggii ‘Navajo Bright Red’
Salvia greggii ‘Sierra San Antonio’
Salvia greggii
(sold as watermelon Autumn Sage pink)
Salvia involucrata
(sold as El Cielo)
Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Bezerkeley)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Rosita)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as ucb pink)
Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
Salvia nemorosa
(sold as Viola Klose)
Salvia officinalis ssp. lavandulifolia
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Salvia splendens ‘Salsa Purple’
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
Salvia x sylvestris
(sold as Snowhill)
Salvia
(sold as Red Hot Sally)
Tagetes erecta
(sold as Inca Orange)
Tagetes erecta
(sold as Inca Yellow)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Antigua orange)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Antigua yellow)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Bonanza yellow)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Quartz scarlet)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Red & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Tapien Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Cherry Red)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Light Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Raspberry)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec White Magic)
Verbena
(sold as Babylon Deep Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Erynnis funeralis, the Funereal Duskywing, can be found in parts of the Midwest, South, and Northeast.
Favorite nectar plants include: Ageratum, Cephalanthus, Lantana, Pelargonium, Salvia, Taraxacum, and Verbena
USDA Growing Zones for this plant include: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Host plants:
Cassia ferruginea
Geoffroea decorticans
Indigofera miniata leptosepala
Indigofera
Lotus scoparius
Lupinus
Medicago polymorpha
Medicago sativa
Medicago
Nemophila membranacea
Olneya tesota
Olneya tesota
Phaseolus vulgaris
Robinia neomexicana
Robinia
Senna corymbosa
Sesbania drummondii
Sesbania herbacea
Vicia linearifolia
Vicia ludoviciana ludoviciana
Vicia
PD image courtesy of
Joanna Gilkeson, WSFWS
