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American Painted Lady
- daisy family, everlasting Anise Swallowtail - citrus plant, parsley, fennel, dill, rue Baltimore - turtlehead, plantain Banded Hairstreak - oak Black swallowtail - parsley, carrots, dill, fennel, rue, Queen Anne's lace Buckeye - plantain, snapdragon Cabbage White - cabbage, wintercress California Sister - oak Clouded Sulphur - alfalfa, clover Comma - hops, nettle, elm Field Crescent - aster Giant Swallowtail - citrus plant, rue, ash Great Spangled Fritillary - violets Gulf Fritillary - passionflower Milbert's Tortoiseshell - nettles Monarch - milkweed Mourning Cloak - willow, elm, aspen, hackberry Orange Sulfur - alfalfa, clover Painted Ladies - thistle, hollyhock, mallow Pearl Crescent - aster Queen - milkweed Question Mark - elm, hackberry, hops Red Admiral - nettle, hops Red-Spotted Purple - willow, poplar, wild cherry Spicebush Swallowtail - sassafras, spicebush Spring Azure - dogwood, blueberry, cherry Tiger Swallowtail, eastern - lilac, cherry, tulip poplar Tiger Swallowtail, western - poplar, willow Variegated Fritillary - passionflower, violet Viceroy - willow, poplar West Coast Lady - mallow White Admiral - birch, willow, poplar Zebra Longwing - passionflower Zebra Swallowtail - pawpaw
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