Butterflies at HCCP
With Their Host Plants
By Chris Gray
These are the most commonly found butterflies found at Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve, along with their host plants, seen during the months of April and May.
Acmon Blue
Anise Swallowtail
Buckeye
Cabbage White
California Hairstreak
California Ringlet
California Sister
Checkered Skipper
Eastern Tailed Blue
Lorquin’s Admiral
Monarch
Mourning Cloak
Mylitta Crescent
Orange Sulpher
Painted Lady
Pipevine Swallowtail
Propertius Duskywing
Two-Tailed Swallowtail
Variable Checkerspot
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Lotus, Buckwheats, and Knotweed
Lomatium, Angelica, Dill, and Fennel
Plantain, Monkeyflowers
Mustard family
Ceanothus, Oaks
Grasses
Oaks, Tan Oak
Checker Mallows
Vetches, Native Peas, and Lotus
Willows, Poplar, Plum, and Cherries
Milkweeds
Willows, Poplar, and others
Thistles
Legumes: Alfalfa, clover, and others in the Pea family
Thistles, Mallows, and Lupine
California Pipevine
Oaks, Tan Oak
Hop Tree, Sycamore, Ash, and Cherry
Monkey Flower, Keckiella, Plantain, and others
Sycamore, Ash, Cherry, and Willow