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Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly

Zeba Swallowtail

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.

Filed Under: Butterflies

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