Flower-Visiting Insects
of Purple Fringeless Orchid


Platanthera peramoena (Purple Fringeless Orchid)
(butterflies, skippers, and Sphinx moths suck nectar; observations are from Hapeman and Luer)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Hpm), Speyeria cybele sn (Hpm); Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (Lu), Papilio troilus sn (Hpm)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn (Hpm, Lu)

Moths
Sphingidae: Amphion floridensis sn (Hpm), Hemaris diffinis sn (Hpm), Hemaris thysbe sn fq (Hpm), Hyles lineata sn (Hpm)


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