Flowering Plants Visited
by Everes comyntas


Everes comyntas Godart: Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Fothergill & Vaughn, Hilty, Discover Life, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below; this butterfly is the Eastern Tailed Blue; a scientific synonym of this butterfly is Cupido comyntas)

Apiaceae: Angelica atropurpurea sn (WR), Cicuta maculata sn (Rb), Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb), Zizia aurea sn (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias purpurascens [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias sullivanti [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias tuberosa [plab] (Rb), Asclepias verticillata [plab] [plup] (Rb, H); Asteraceae: Aster pilosus sn (Rb, FV), Boltonia asterioides sn (Rb), Erigeron pulchellus sn (Rb), Eupatorium perfoliatum sn (WR), Eupatorium sessilifolium sn (Rb), Eupatorium serotinum sn (Rb), Euthamia graminifolia sn (Rb), Oligoneuron rigidum sn (Rb, WR), Pluchea camphorata sn (FV), Ratibida pinnata sn (Rb), Rudbeckia subtomentosa sn (Rb), Rudbeckia triloba sn (Rb); Brassicaceae: Barbarea vulgaris sn (WR), Cardamine bulbosa sn (Rb), Dentaria laciniata sn (Rb); Campanulaceae: Lobelia spicata sn (Rb), Triodanis perfoliata sn (Rb); Convolvulaceae: Cuscuta glomerata sn fq (WR); Fabaceae: Amorpha canescens sn (WR), Cercis canadensis sn (Rb), Crotalaria sagittalis sn np (Rb), Dalea candida sn (Rb), Dalea purpurea sn (Rb), Desmodium illinoense exp np (Rb), Lespedeza hirta sn (WR), Lespedeza procumbens sn np (Rb), Lespedeza virginica sn fq np (Rb, WR), Trifolium pratense sn (Rb), Trifolium repens sn (Rb, FV); Geraniaceae: Geranium maculatum sn (Rb); Lamiaceae: Blephilia ciliata sn (WR), Lycopus americanus sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb), Teucrium canadense sn (Rb); Liliaceae: Nothoscordum bivalve sn (Rb); Lythraceae: Ammannia coccinea sn (Rb); Onagraceae: Ludwigia alternifolia sn (Rb); Polygonaceae: Fallopia scandens sn (Rb); Portulacaceae: Claytonia virginica sn (Rb); Rhamnaceae: Ceanothus americanus sn (DL); Rosaceae: Fragaria virginiana sn (Rb), Potentilla norvegica sn (Rb); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn (Rb); Scrophulariaceae: Lindernia dubia sn (Rb), Scrophularia marilandica sn (Rb), Veronicastrum virginicum sn (Rb); Verbenaceae: Phyla lanceolata sn (Rb), Verbena bracteata sn (Rb), Verbena stricta sn (Rb, WR), Verbena urticifolia sn fq (Rb)


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