Flower-Visiting Insects
of Orange-Fringed Orchid


Platanthera ciliaris (Orange-Fringed Orchid)
(butterflies and Sphinx moths suck nectar; observations are from Smith & Snow and Janes et al.; this plant is also called the 'Yellow-Fringed Orchid')

Birds
Archilochidae: Archilochus colubris sn (JVH)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (SS, JVH); Lycaenidae: Satyrium liparops strigosum sn (SS JVH); Papilionidae: Battus philenor sn (JVH), Papilio glaucus sn (SS, JVH), Papilio troilus sn fq (SS, JVH); Pieridae: Phoebis sennae sn (JVH)

Moths
Sphingidae: Hyles lineata sn (SS, JVH), Xylophanes tersa sn (JVH)


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