Flowering Plants Visited
by Papilio
cresphontes
Papilio cresphontes Cramer: Papilionidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Hilty, and Wilhelm & Rericha; this butterfly is the Giant Swallowtail)
Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias purpurascens [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias verticillata [plab sn] (Rb); Asteraceae: Cirsium altissimum sn (Rb, WR), Cirsium discolor sn (Rb), Cirsium hillii sn (Rb), Echinacea pallida sn (WR), Silphium perfoliatum sn (Rb), Vernonia fasciculata sn (Rb); Cornaceae: Cornus obliqua sn (Rb); Fabaceae: Trifolium pratense sn (Rb); Lamiaceae: Monarda bradburiana sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa sn (Rb); Polemoniaceae: Phlox divaricata laphamii sn (Rb), Phlox glaberrima sn (Rb); Scrophulariaceae: Dasistoma macrophylla sn np (H), Penstemon hirsutus sn np (Rb)