zebra swallowtail host plant

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Zebra Swallowtail

Purple passionflower Passiflora incarnata L.

. Photograph by Jaret C. Salvia longispicata x farinacea zones 7 to 10. Pawpaw Tree Characteristics Asimina Triloba is native to the temperate woodlands of the eastern USA. Host plants A.

The host plant for Zebra Swallowtail is Pawpaw Asimina triloba. Passifloracaea a host of the zebra longwing butterfly Heliconius charithonia Linneaus. Purple passionflower Passiflora incarnata L. Host and Nectar Plants Zebra Swallowtails have a much shorter proboscis than other swallowtails and typically nectar from short-tubed flowers that include blueberries blackberries wild plums blue stars and milkweeds.

Plant in well-drained soil and cut back spent flowers to encourage new growth. Most salvia species are excellent for butterflies but the tall blue flower spikes of the cultivar Mystic Spires are especially suited to large butterflies like swallowtails. Zebra Swallowtail caterpillars feed exclusively on various species of pawpaw Annonaceae. Daniels University of Florida.

3-caffeoyl-muco-quinic acid 3-CmQA is this contact stimulant. Selected References Back to Top Cech R Tudor G. Triloba a host plant of the zebra swallowtail The zebra swallowtail caterpillar feeds on species within the genus Asimina and was found to accept oviposit and grow on leaves of the tropical soursop- Annona muricata in 1998. The zebra swallowtail is a butterfly with thick black stripes on its white wings.

Pawpaw Tree Asimina Triloba is a butterfly host plant also known as Indiana Banana American Custard Apple Banango Poor Mans Banana or Hoosier Banana. The larval host plants are Asimina species pawpaws Annonaceae. It is the only plant on which the larvae of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies will feed. Throughout most of the range of the zebra swallowtail common pawpaw Asimina triloba L Dunal Figure 16 is.

Red Bay Persea borbonia Swamp Bay Persea humilis Silk Bay Persea palustris Sassafrass Sassafras albidum Spicebush Lindera benzion Camphor tree invasive non-native Cinnamomum camphora. Triloba a host plant of the zebra swallowtail The zebra swallowtail caterpillar feeds on species within the genus Asimina and was found to accept oviposit and grow on leaves of the tropical soursop- Annona muricata in 1998. There are 811 records in the project database. Gold Rim Swallowtail also called Polydamas Swallowtail.

Photograph by Jaret C. What is the host plant for the Gulf fritillary butterfly. View taxon at iNaturalist. It is present in the Paw.

It lives in moist low woodlands where its host plant the paw paw tree grows. Passifloracaea a host of the Gulf fritillary butterfly Agraulis vanillae Linneaus. There are chemical stimulants that the zebra swallowtail senses through chemoreceptors that help the butterflies know if they have found the right host plant.