Host Plants for Female Butterflies
Monarch-Milkweed (swamp/red preferred)
Mourning Cloak- Birch, Poplar, Willow
Painted Lady-Hollyhock, Sunflower, Thistle
Cabbage White-Cabbage, Nasturtium
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail-Willow, Cherry
Red Admiral-Nettle (False & Burning)
Wood Nymph-Grasses (Bluestem, Wild Oat)
Spangled Fritillary-Violets
Yellow Clouded Sulfur-Alfalfa, Clovers
Viceroy-Willow, Aspen, Cottonwood
Eastern Tailed Blue-Alfalfa, Clover
Giant Swallowtail-Common Rue, Prickly Ash
Black Swallowtail-Dill, Queen Anne’s Lace
Hummingbird Moth- Cranberry, Viburmum
Baltimore Checkerspot- Plantain, Turtlehead
Buckeye-Snapdragon (also vine), Plantain
There are about 40 butterfly species that are located In Outagamie County, Wisconsin