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Butterflies in Mind -- Zinnia
Susan C. Dunlap
A collection of 50 images as if seen from a butterfly’s point of view. Includes the names of native Zinnia species and the most complete list of US butterflies that will feed on Zinnia blossoms.
Butterflies in Mind -- Asclepias
Susan C. Dunlap
“Milkweed is the single most important plant for Monarch butterflies. This lavishly illustrated book contains details about the structure and cultivation of native Milkweeds, information about the 139 nectar-feeding butterflies they...
Butterflies in Mind -- Monarch
Susan C. Dunlap
This abundantly illustrated volume enables you to select from a complete list of well described perennial nectar plants that are known to attract & feed Monarch butterflies. Over 40 genera are described that are suitable to be grown...
Butterflies in Mind -- Perennials
Susan C. Dunlap
Butterflies in Mind - Perennials. This book is a definitive guide to perennial nectar plants preferred by US butterflies. It empowers you to feed, attract, support (and help identify) nectar-feeding butterflies that reside in the US....

Papilio glaucus

Common name: Eastern Tiger Swalowtail

Feeds on these plants:

Abelia x grandiflora

Abelia x grandiflora ‘Confetti’

Abelia x grandiflora ‘Edward Goucher’

Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’

Abelia x grandiflora ‘Sherwoodii’

Abelia x grandiflora ‘Sunrise’

Aesculus californica

Aesculus hippocastanum

Aesculus pavia

Aesculus x carnea

Agastache cana

Agastache foeniculum

Agastache mexicana

Agastache nepetoides

Agastache nepetoides

Agastache pallida var. pallida

Agastache rugosa

Agastache ‘Kiegador’

Allium ampeloprasum ‘Leek’
(sold as Titan, Giant Musselburgh, Lancelot, Musselburgh, Large American Flag, American Flag )

Allium ampeloprasum
(sold as elephant garlic)

Allium cepa ‘Bunching Onions’
(sold as Red Baron, white/off white Bunching, Lisbon, Lisbon Winter Hardy, Evergreen white/off white)

Allium cepa ‘Pickling Onion’
(sold as Barletta)

Allium cepa ‘Red Onions’
(sold as Sweet Spanish Red, Southport red globe, Granex Red, red hamburger)

Allium cepa ‘Shallot’
(sold as Ambition, Armador, Cuisse de Poulet echalion, Matador)

Allium cepa ‘White Onion’
(sold as Bermuda White, Granex white, Snow white, Southport white, Sweet Spanish, Spanish)

Allium cepa ‘Yellow Onion’
(sold as Ailsa Craig, Rijnsburger, Sweet & Early, Fiesta, Candy Yellow, Ebenezer Yellow, Sweet Spanish Yellow, Bermuda Yellow, Texas Grano, Texas grano 1015y, Texas supersweet, Vidalia, Walla Walla, Granex Yellow)

Allium cyathophorum

Allium drummondii

Allium hypsistum

Allium ramosum

Allium sativum
(sold as California Early, California Late)

Allium schoenoprasum
(sold as Corsican, Grolau Forcing Chives, Polyvit, Prager, Staro)

Allium senescens

Allium siculum

Allium sikkimense

Allium sphaerocephalon

Allium splendens

Allium textile

Allium tricoccum

Allium tuberosum
(sold as Kobold a couper, mauve flowering form)

Allium unifolium

Allium ursinum

Allium wallichii

Asclepias angustifolia

Asclepias asperula

Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Deep Red)

Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Gold)

Asclepias fascicularis

Asclepias hallii

Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias perennis

Asclepias purpurascens

Asclepias quadrifolia

Asclepias speciosa

Asclepias subulata

Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias viridiflora

Buddleja alternifolia

Buddleja colvilei

Buddleja crispa

Buddleja davidii

Buddleja davidii ‘Harlequin’

Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’

Buddleja davidii
(sold as dwarf)

Buddleja lindleyana

Buddleja marrubifolia

Buddleja saligna

Buddleja salviifolia

Buddleja weyeriana 'honeycomb'

Buddleja x pikei

Buddleja x weyeriana

Carduus acanthoides

Carduus nutans

Carduus pycnocephalus

Carphephorus corymbosus

Centaurea americana

Centaurea macrocephala

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Cercis canadensis ‘Covey’

Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’

Cercis canadensis ‘Lavender Twist’

Cercis canadensis
(sold as Avondale)

Cirsium altissimum
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium arvense
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium hilli
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium muticum
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium nuttalii
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium occidentale
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium species
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium vulgare
(sold as Thistle)

Clethra alnifolia

Coreopsis auriculata

Coreopsis gigantea

Coreopsis grandiflora hogg ex sweet

Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunray’

Coreopsis lanceolata
(sold as Tequila Sunrise)

Coreopsis maritima

Coreopsis palmata

Coreopsis rosea

Coreopsis tinctoria

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’

Coreopsis
(sold as Limerock Passion)

Cosmos atrosanguineus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos sulphureus

Cosmos
(sold as Cosmic yellow)

Dianthus arenarius

Dianthus armeria

Dianthus barbatus

Dianthus carthusianorum

Dianthus caryophyllus
(sold as Cinnamon Red Hots)

Dianthus chinensis

Dianthus deltoides

Dianthus gratianopolitanus

Dianthus hybrid
(sold as Spangled Star)

Dianthus knappii

Dianthus plumarius

Dianthus ‘Pixie Star’

Dianthus ‘Tiny Rubies’

Dianthus
(sold as Raspberrry Parfait)

Dianthus
(sold as Telstar Crimson)

Dianthus
(sold as Telstar Purple)

Dianthus
(sold as x Raspberry Swirl)

Dipsacus fullonum

Dipsacus imermis

Dipsacus species

Dipsacus sylvestris

Echinacea purpurea

Eupatorium cannabinum

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium fistulosum

Eupatorium maculatum

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Eupatorium serotinum

Eupatorium wrightii

Eutrochium purpureum

Helianthus angustifolius

Helianthus annuus
(sold as Junior Yellow)

Helianthus annuus
(sold as Paquito Mix)

Helianthus laevigatus

Helianthus maximiliani

Helianthus mollis

Helianthus occidentalis

Helianthus petiolaris

Helianthus salicifolius

Hydrangea arborescens

Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’

Hydrangea aspera

Hydrangea heteromalla

Hydrangea macrophylla ssp. serrata

Hydrangea macrophylla ssp. serrata ‘Bluebird’

Hydrangea macrophylla

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Domotoi’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mariesii Variegata’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Soraya’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Sunset’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Teller Pink’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Teller Red’

Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Bailmer)

Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Compact Pink)

Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Monred)

Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Monred, Manred)

Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Pink Lacecap)

Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Stella)

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Unique’

Hydrangea peruviana

Hydrangea petiolaris

Hydrangea quercifolia

Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Flemygea’

Impatiens capensis

Impatiens hybrid

Impatiens omeiana

Impatiens schlechteri ‘New Guinea’

Impatiens sodenii

Impatiens
(sold as La Vida Rosa)

Impatiens
(sold as x hybrida Painted Paradise)

Ipomoea batatas

Ipomoea cairica

Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa

Ipomoea indica

Ipomoea purpurea
(sold as Tickle Me Pink)

Kalmia latifolia

Lamium amplexicaule

Liatris ligulistylis

Liatris mucronata

Liatris punctata

Liatris pycnostachya

Liatris spicata

Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’

Lilium formosanum

Lobelia angulata

Lobelia cardinalis

Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’

Lobelia dunni

Lobelia erinus
(sold as Blue Splash)

Lobelia hybrid ‘Compliment Deep Red’

Lobelia hybrid
(sold as Laguna Pink)

Lobelia laxiflora

Lobelia siphilitica

Lobelia tupa

Lobelia x speciosa

Lobelia x speciosa
(sold as Fan Deep Red)

Lobularia maritima
(sold as Easter Bonnet Mix)

Lonicera confusa

Lonicera etrusca

Lonicera hildebrandiana

Lonicera japonica ‘Purpurea’

Lonicera japonica ‘Variegata’

Lonicera maackii

Lonicera periclymenum

Lonicera pileata

Lonicera sempervirens

Lonicera tatarica

Lonicera tatarica ‘Arnold Red’

Lonicera tragophylla

Lonicera x americana

Lonicera x brownii ‘Dropmore Scarlet’

Lonicera x heckrottii

Lonicera xylosteum

Lupinus albifrons

Lupinus chamissonis

Lupinus densiflorus

Lupinus latifolius

Lupinus littoralis

Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus

Lupinus perennis

Lupinus polyphyllus ‘Gallery Mix’

Lupinus succulentus

Lythrum salicaria

Monarda didyma

Monarda fistulosa

Monarda punctata

Nepeta cataria ‘Citriodora’

Nepeta racemosa ssp. racemosa ‘Blue Wonder’

Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker's Low’

Nepeta subsessilis

Nepeta x faassenii

Nepeta x faassenii
(sold as Blue Ice)

Nepeta x faassenii
(sold as Dropmore)

Pentas species

Petunia integrifolia

Petunia x hybrida

Petunia
(sold as Appleblossom)

Petunia
(sold as Bermuda Beach)

Petunia
(sold as Blue storm)

Petunia
(sold as Bordeaux)

Petunia
(sold as Cotton Candy)

Petunia
(sold as Donna Picotee Burgundy)

Petunia
(sold as Double Peppermint)

Petunia
(sold as Easy Wave Salmon)

Petunia
(sold as Easy White)

Petunia
(sold as Giant Pink)

Petunia
(sold as Hybrid Wave Series)

Petunia
(sold as Lavender storm)

Petunia
(sold as Pink storm)

Petunia
(sold as Pirouette red)

Petunia
(sold as Red storm)

Petunia
(sold as Rosy White)

Petunia
(sold as Ultra burgundy)

Petunia
(sold as Ultra violet)

Petunia
(sold as Wave Blue)

Petunia
(sold as Wave Misty Lilac)

Petunia
(sold as White storm)

Philadelphus lewisii

Phlox drummondii

Phlox pilosa

Phlox subulata

Phlox
(sold as Diamond Mix)

Phlox
(sold as Miller's Hybrid)

Plumbago auriculata

Plumbago auriculata ‘Alba’

Pontederia cordata

Prunella grandiflora ‘Loveliness’

Prunella laciniata

Prunella vulgaris

Prunus americana

Prunus armeniaca
(sold as Blenheim apricot)

Prunus armeniaca
(sold as apricot)

Prunus avium
(sold as Bing Cherry)

Prunus avium
(sold as Black Tartarian Cherry)

Prunus avium
(sold as Craig's Crimson Cherry)

Prunus avium
(sold as Royal Ann Cherry)

Prunus cerasifera

Prunus cerasifera ‘Purple Pony’

Prunus dulcis

Prunus laurocerasus

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Marbled White’

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’

Prunus mexicana

Prunus padus

Prunus persica
(sold as Canadian Harmony)

Prunus persica
(sold as Elberta)

Prunus persica
(sold as Heavenly White)

Prunus salicina

Prunus serotina

Prunus spinosa

Prunus tenella

Prunus umbellata

Prunus virginiana demissa

Prunus virginiana melampcarpa

Prunus virginiana melanopcarpa

Prunus virginiana

Prunus yedoensis

Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides

Rhododendron alabamense

Rhododendron ciliicalyx ssp. lyi

Rhododendron davidsonianum

Rhododendron edgeworthii ssp. edgeworthia

Rhododendron falconeri subsection falconera

Rhododendron floccigerum

Rhododendron galactinum subsection falconera

Rhododendron glanduliferum

Rhododendron groenlandicum

Rhododendron haematodes ssp. chaetomallum subsection neriiflora

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Alaska’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Dorothy Gish’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘George Lindley Taber’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Gumpo’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Hakata Shiro’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Phoeniceum’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Pink Lace’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Pride Of Dorking’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Red Sunset’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Rose Queen’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Satsuki Shugetsu’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Sweetheart Suprem’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Avenir)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Billie Dee)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Brilliant)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Easter Parade)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Flamingo)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Garden Party)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Happy Days)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Ku Coral)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Mansaku)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Price)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Purple Passion)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Thundercloud)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Very Berry)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as White Lace)

Rhododendron impeditum
(sold as Dwarf Impeditum)

Rhododendron leucaspis ssp. boothia

Rhododendron neriflorum ssp. neriflorum

Rhododendron occidentale

Rhododendron pachytrichum ssp. maculifera

Rhododendron ponticum

Rhododendron ponticum
(sold as Variegatum)

Rhododendron rex

Rhododendron sidereum ssp. grandia

Rhododendron veitchianum ssp. maddenia

Rhododendron xanthostephanum ssp. tephropepla

Rhododendron ‘Anah Kruschke’

Rhododendron ‘Anna Rose Whitney’

Rhododendron ‘Blue Diamond’

Rhododendron ‘Cunningham's Blush’

Rhododendron ‘Daphnoides’

Rhododendron ‘Dora Amateis’

Rhododendron ‘Edith Bosley’

Rhododendron ‘Golden Gate’

Rhododendron ‘Goldflimmer’

Rhododendron ‘Lee's Dark Purple’

Rhododendron ‘Oceanlake’

Rhododendron ‘Pjm’

Rhododendron ‘Plm Elite’

Rhododendron ‘Purple Gem’

Rhododendron ‘Rocket’

Rhododendron ‘Virginia Richards’

Rubus armeniacus

Rubus fruticosus

Rubus idaeus

Rubus parviflorus

Rubus rolfei

Rubus ursinus

Rubus vitifolius ssp. ursinus

Rubus vitifolius

Rudbeckia maxima

Scabiosa caucasica

Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama’

Scabiosa columbaria

Scabiosa ochroleuca

Scabiosa ‘Pink Mist’

Symphyotrichum chilense

Symphyotrichum dumosum

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Symphyotrichum henersonii

Symphyotrichum lateriflium

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Symphyotrichum praealtum

Symphyotrichum puniceum

Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Symphytum officinale

Symphytum ‘Rubrum’

Syringa pubescens ssp. microphylla

Syringa pubescens ssp. patula ‘Miss Kim’

Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’

Tagetes erecta
(sold as Inca Orange)

Tagetes erecta
(sold as Inca Yellow)

Tagetes lemmonii

Tagetes minuta

Tagetes patula

Tagetes tenuifolia

Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Antigua orange)

Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Antigua yellow)

Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Bonanza yellow)

Tagetes
(sold as vanilla)

Taraxacum officinale

Tithonia diversifolia

Tithonia rotundifolia

Trifolium hybridum

Trifolium incarnatum

Trifolium pratense

Trifolium repens

Trifolium repens
(sold as Atropurpureum)

Trifolium rubens

Verbena bonariensis

Verbena hastata

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 lilacina

Verbena rigida 'polaris'

Verbena rigida polaris

Verbena rigida

Verbena stricta

Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’

Verbena
(sold as Aztec Cherry Red)

Verbena
(sold as Aztec Light Pink)

Verbena
(sold as Aztec Pearl)

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)

Verbena
(sold as Tukana White)

Verbena
(sold as x hybrida Taylortown Red)

Vernonia noveboracensis

Vicia benghalensis

Vicia caroliniana

Vicia villosa

Papilio glaucus, the Eastern Tiger Swalowtail, can be found in nearly all nearly all US states.
Favorite nectar plants include: Allium, Asclepias, Buddleja, Carduus, Cephalanthus, Cirsium, Liatris, Lilium, Lobelia, Pentas, Taraxacum, Tithonia, Verbena, and Vernonia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

Host plants:
Acer
Alnus
Alnus incana
Alnus incana rugosa
Amelanchier
Amelanchier canadensis (possibly)
Betula
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula lenta
Betula papyrifera
Betula pubescens pubescens
Blechum
Carpinus caroliniana
Carya
Carya
Catalpa bignonioides
Cinnamomum camphora
Cirsium vulgare
Corylus
Crataegus
Cydonia oblonga
Fraxinus
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus nigra
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata
Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
Lindera benzoin
Liriodendron
Liriodendron tulipifera
Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Magnolia virginiana
Malus
Malus pumila
Populus
Populus balsamifera
Populus grandidentata
Populus tremuloides
Prunus
Prunus americana
Prunus cerasus
Prunus domestica
Prunus ilicifolia
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus persica
Prunus serotina
Prunus virginiana
Ptelea
Ptelea trifoliata
Quercus velutina
Salix
Salix
Salix boothii
Sassafras albidum molle
Sorbus
Styrax americanus
Syringa
Syringa vulgaris
Tilia
Tilia americana
Ulmus
Zanthoxylum americanum

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