Flowering Plants Visited
by Papilio
troilus
Papilio troilus Linnaeus: Papilionidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Hilty, Clinebell & Bernhardt, Clinebell, Smith & Snow, Hapeman, Stoutamire, Macior, Fothergill & Vaughn; this butterfly is the Spicebush Swallowtail)
Apiaceae: Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias purpurascens [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias tuberosa [plpr sn] (Rb); Asteraceae: Arctium minus sn (H), Cirsium altissimum sn (Rb), Cirsium hillii sn (Rb), Cirsium vulgare sn (Rb), Coreopsis palmata sn (Rb), Echinacea purpurea sn (Rb), Liatris aspera sn (Rb), Silphium integrifolium sn (H), Silphium perfoliatum sn (Rb), Taraxacum officinale sn (FV), Vernonia fasciculata sn (Rb), Vernonia × illinoensis sn (H); Balsaminaceae: Impatiens capensis sn (Rb); Boraginaceae: Mertensia virginica sn (Rb); Caesalpiniaceae: Gymnocladus dioicus sn (Rb); Campanulaceae: Lobelia cardinalis sn (Rb); Caryophyllaceae: Saponaria officinalis sn (Rb); Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea pandurata sn (Rb); Lamiaceae: Monarda bradburiana sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa sn (Rb, H, Cl), Scutellaria ovata bracteata sn np (Rb); Liliaceae: Lilium michiganense sn (Rb); Orchidaceae: Platanthera blephariglottis sn (SS), Platanthera ciliaris sn fq (SS), Platanthera grandiflora sn (Stm), Platanthera peramoena sn (Hpm); Polemoniaceae: Phlox divaricata laphamii sn (Rb), Phlox pilosa sn (Rb); Ranunculaceae: Delphinium tricorne sn fq np (Rb, Mc); Rosaceae: Porteranthus stipulatus sn (Rb); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn (Rb); Scrophulariaceae: Penstemon digitalis sn np (Rb, CB), Penstemon tubaeflorus sn (CB); Verbenaceae: Verbena stricta sn (Rb)