| Ohio Department of Natural Resources Variegated Fritillary Pearl Crescent Wild Indigo Duskywing Taken 8-8-10 @Cherokee Park Butterflies of Liberty Township
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| American Painted Lady | Aster, Common milkweed, Purple coneflower | Sunflower, Pussy-Toe, Silver Brocade |
| American Snout | Aster, Blk-eyed Susan, Flowering Dogwood | Common hackberry, sugarberry |
| Common Buckeye | Aster, Coreopsis, swamp Milkweed | Snapdragon, Tall Verbena, Ruellia |
| Common Wood Nymph | Overripe fruit, Tree Sap | Purple Top Grass, Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Eastern Comma | Butterfly bush, Overripe fruit | Elm, False nettle, common hop tree |
| Great Spangled Fritillary | Black-Eyed Susan, butterfly Milkweed, purple coneflowers | Violet |
| Hackberry Emperor | Overripe fruit, Tree sap | Common Hackberry, Sugarberry |
| Little Wood Satyr | Tree sap | Orchard Grass |
| Monarch | Butterfly bush, Blazing Star, Butterfly Milkweed | Common Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed |
| Morning Cloak | Overripe Fruit, Tree Sap, Common Milkweed | Aspen Tree, American Elm, Common Hackberry |
| Northern Pearly-eye | Tree Sap | Panic Grass |
| Painted Lady | Aster, Blazing Star, Butterfly Bush | Hollyhock, Shasta Daisy, Sunflower |
| Pearl Crescent | Aster, Purple Coneflower, Swamp Milkweed | Aster |
| Question Mark | Aster, Butterfly Bush, Common Milkweed | Elm Tree, False Nettle, Sugartree |
| Red Admiral | Aster, Butterfly Bush, Purple Coneflower, | False Nettle |
| Red Spotted Purple | Butterfly Bush, Lantana, Common Milkweed | Aspen Tree, Willow |
| Silvery Checkerspot | Cosmo, Common Milkweed, Tall Verbena | Black-Eyed Susan, Purple Coneflower, Sunflower |
| Tawny Emperor | Tree Sap, Overripe Fruit | Sugarberry, Elm Tree |
| Variegated Fritillary | Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, | Passion Flower, Woodland Stonecrop, Violet |
| Viceroy | Aster, Butterfly Bush, Purple Coneflower, | Aspen Tree, Willow |
| Gossamer Wings |
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| American Copper | Astragalus Species, Zinnia | Curled Dock, Water Dock |
| Banded Hairstreak | Flowering Dogwood, Swamp Milkweed | Oak Tree |
| Bronze Copper | Boneset, Swamp Milkweed, Goldenrod | Curled Dock, Waterdock |
| Eastern Tailed-Blue | Common Milkweed, Coreopsis, Zinnia | Crown Vetch, Cow Vetch, White Clover |
| Gray Haistreak | Blood Flower, Butterfly Milkweed, common Milkweed | Hibiscus, Hollyhock, Passion flowers |
| Skippers |
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| Common Checkerered-Sk | Aster, Red Clover | Hollyhock, Mallow |
| Crossline Skipper | Dogbane, Ironweed, Cow Vetch | Little Bluestem |
| Delaware Skipper | Buttonbush, Swamp Milkweed, Common Milkweed | Little Bluestem Grass, Switchgrass, Panic Grass |
| Horace’s Duskywing | Lavender, Boneset, Buttonbush | Oak Tree |
| Hoary Edge | Buttonbush, New Jersey Tea, Com Milkweed | False Indigo |
| Least Skipper | White Clover, swamp Verbena | Switchgrass, Panic Grass |
| Little Glassywing | Com Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Joe-Pye weed | Purple Top grass |
| Northern Broken Dash | Dogbane, New Jersey Tea, Red Clover | Panic Grass |
| Peck’s Skipper | Com Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, New Jersey Tea | Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Silver-spotted Skipper | Blazing Stars, Buttonbush, Com Milkweed | False Indigo |
| Southern Cloudywing | Com Milkweed, Dogbane, Crown Vetch | Milk Vetch |
| Wild Indigo Duskywing | Dogbane, Sunflower, Red Clover | False Indigo, Crown Vetch, Cow Vetch |
| Zabulon Skipper | Buttonbush, Com Milkweed, Joe-Pye Weed | Kentucky Bluegrass, Purple Top Grass |
| Swallowtails |
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| Black Swallowtail | Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Milkweed, Com Milkweed | Dill, Fennel, Parsley |
| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Butterfly Bush, Purple Coneflower, Dianthus | Sweet Bay, Willow |
| Giant Swallowtail | Butterfly Bush, Purple Coneflower, Dianthus | Prickly Ash, Rue |
| Pipevine Swallowtail | Butterfly Bush, Lantana, Swamp Milkweed | Pipevine-woolly, big-leafed, Virginia snakeroot |
| Spicebush Swallowtail | Butterfly Bush, Purple Coneflower, Lantana | Prickly Ash, Sassafras, Spicebush |
| Zebra Swallowtail | Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Milkweed, Cosmos | Pawpaw |
| Whites & Sulphers |
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| Cabbage White | Aster, Cosmos, Tall Verbena | Nasturtium, Spiderflower |
| Checkered White | Hibiscus, Lantana, Cardinal Flower | Passion Flower |
| Orange Sulpher | Aster, Com Milkweed, Goldenrod | Cow Vetch, Crown Vetch, Milk Vetch |
| Sleepy Orange | Butterfly Milkweed, Zinnia, Marigold | Wild Senna, Red Clover, White Clover |
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