Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
Eurytides marcellus
Orange sulphurs are not always orange! Springtime females are often white and many butterflies have various amounts of orange from very little to a lot.
Butterfly Size: 2 1/2 – 4 inches
Habitats:
Plants for the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
HOST PLANTS
- leaves from the Pawpaw tree (or shrub)
FOOD PLANTS
- Moisture from sand
- nectar from flowers including blueberry,
- blackberry,
- lilac
- redbud
- viper\’s bugloss
- verbena
- dogbane
- common milkweed.
