Flowering Plants Visited
by Phyciodes tharos


Phyciodes tharos Drury: Nymphalidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Reed, Clinebell, Willson & Bertin, Fothergill & Vaughn, Lovell, Voss, and Wilhelm & Rericha; this butterfly is the Pearl Crescent)

Alismataceae: Sagittaria latifolia [stam sn] [pist sn] (Rb); Apiacae: Cicuta maculata sn (Rb), Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb, WR), Heracleum maximum sn (Rb), Zizia aurea sn (Rb, WR); Apocynaceae: Apocynum androsaemifolium [plup sn] (V); Araliaceae: Aralia racemosa sn (Lvl); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plab sn] [plup sn] (Rb, V), Asclepias perennis [plup sn] (FV), Asclepias purpurascens [plup sn] (WR), Asclepias sullivanti [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias tuberosa [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias verticillata [plab sn] [plup sn] (Rb, WB); Asteraceae: Achillea millefolium sn (Re), Ageratina altissima sn (Gr), Aster anomalus sn (Rb), Aster furcatus sn (Gr), Aster lanceolatus sn (Rb), Aster novae-angliae sn (Rb, Gr), Aster pilosus sn fq (Rb), Aster puniceus sn (Gr), Aster turbinellus sn (Rb), Bidens aristosa sn (Rb), Bidens cernua sn (Rb), Bidens discoidea sn (FV), Boltonia asterioides sn (Rb), Cirsium discolor sn (WR), Cirsium muticum sn (WR), Cirsium vulgare sn (Rb), Conoclinium coelestinum sn (Rb), Coreopsis lanceolata sn (V), Coreopsis palmata sn (Rb, WR), Coreopsis tripteris sn (Rb), Echinacea pallida sn (WR), Erigeron annuus sn (WR), Erigeron philadelphicus sn (Rb, FV), Eupatoriadelphus maculatus sn (WR), Eupatoriadelphus purpureus sn (Gr, WR), Eupatorium altissimum sn (Rb, WR), Eupatorium perfoliatum sn (Rb), Eupatorium serotinum sn (Rb), Euthamia graminifolia sn (Rb), Helenium autumnale sn (Rb), Helianthus decapetalus sn (WR), Helianthus grosseserratus sn (WR), Helianthus mollis sn (Rb, WR), Helianthus pauciflorus sn (Rb), Helianthus strumosus sn (Gr), Helianthus tuberosus sn (Rb), Heliopsis helianthoides sn (Rb, Gr), Hieracium aurantiacum sn (V), Hieracium caespitosum (WR), Krigia biflora sn fq (Rb, WR), Oligoneuron album sn (WR), Oligoneuron rigidum sn (WR), Parthenium integrifolium sn (WR), Pluchea camphorata sn (FV), Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium sn (Rb), Ratibida pinnata sn (Rb), Rudbeckia hirta sn (Gr, WR), Rudbeckia laciniata sn (Gr), Rudbeckia subtomentosa sn fq (Rb), Rudbeckia triloba sn fq (Rb), Senecio aureus sn (WR), Solidago canadensis sn (Gr), Solidago gigantea sn (FV, WR), Solidago speciosa sn (WR), Tanacetum huronense sn (V), Verbesina helianthoides sn (Rb), Vernonia fasciculata sn (WR), Vernonia missurica sn (WR); Boraginaceae: Lithospermum canescens sn (Rb), Lithospermum croceum sn (WR); Brassicaceae: Capsella bursa-pastoris sn (Rb); Campanulaceae: Campanula aparinoides sn (WR); Caprifoliaceae: Symphoricarpos albus sn (Gr), Symphoricarpos occidentalis sn (Gr); Caryophyllaceae: Cerastium nutans sn (Rb); Cornaceae: Cornus obliqua sn (Rb), Cornus sericea sn (V); Fabaceae: Lespedeza hirta sn (WR), Trifolium repens sn (FV); Lamiaceae: Blephilia ciliata sn (WR), Lycopus americanus sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa sn (Cl), Nepeta cataria sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum pilosum sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum virginianum sn fq (Rb, WR), Stachys palustris sn (V); Liliaceae: Lilium philadelphicum sn (Gr), Tofieldia glutinosa sn (Gr); Oxalidaceae: Oxalis corniculata sn fq (Rb), Oxalis violacea sn (Rb); Polemoniaceae: Phlox pilosa sn (Rb); Polygonaceae: Persicaria hydropiperoides sn (FV), Persicaria lapathifolia sn (Rb); Portulacaceae: Claytonia virginica sn (Rb);
Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus acris sn (V); Rosaceae: Fragaria virginiana sn (Rb), Pentaphylloides floribunda sn (WR), Potentilla simplex sn (Rb); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn fq (Rb); Valerianaceae: Valeriana uliginosa sn (WR); Verbenaceae: Phyla lanceolata sn fq (Rb, FV), Verbena stricta sn (Rb), Verbena urticifolia sn (Rb)


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