Flowering Plants Visited
by Papilio polyxenes
asterias
Papilio polyxenes asterias Stoll: Papilionidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Hilty, Clinebell, Guignard, Ramsey, and Wilhelm & Rericha; this butterfly is the Black Swallowtail)
Apiaceae: Cryptotaenia canadensis sn (WR); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias sullivanti [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias syriaca sn (WR), Asclepias tuberosa [plpr] [plup] (Rb, H); Asteraceae: Aster novae-angliae sn (Gr), Bidens aristosa sn (Rb), Cirsium altissimum sn (Gr), Cirsium discolor sn (Rb, H), Cirsium muticum sn (WR), Cirsium vuglare sn (Rb, Gr), Echinacea pallida sn (Rb, Cl, WR), Helianthus giganteus sn (Gr), Krigia biflora sn (Rb), Liatris aspera sn (Cl), Liatris pycnostachya sn (Rb), Vernonia fasciculata sn (Rb); Boraginaceae: Lithospermum canescens sn fq (Rb, WR), Lithospermum croceum sn (WR); Campanulaceae: Lobelia cardinalis sn (Rb); Caryophyllaceae: Silene regia sn (H); Fabaceae: Amorpha canescens sn (WR), Astragalus crassicarpus trichocalyx sn np (Rb); Melilotus alba sn (Rb), Trifolium pratense sn (Rb); Lamiaceae: Blephilia ciliata sn (WR), Monarda fistulosa sn fq (Rb), Scutellaria ovata bracteata sn np (Rb); Liliaceae: Lilium philadelphicum sn (Gr); Orchidaceae: Platanthera grandiflora sn (Rm), Platanthera psychodes sn (Gu); Polemoniaceae: Phlox divaricata laphamii sn (Rb), Phlox glaberrima sn (Rb), Phlox pilosa sn (Rb, WR); Ranunculaceae: Delphinium tricorne sn np (Rb); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn (Rb); Scrophulariaceae: Penstemon hirsutus sn np (Rb)