Common Butterflies of the Austin Area

This is a visual guide to some of the most commonly seen butterflies in the Austin area and their caterpillar hostplants.

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Papilio glaucus - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Catalpa Common - catalpa Lindera benzoin - Spicebush Persea borbonia - Redbay Sassafras albidum - Sassafrass Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Red ash Crataegus - Hawthorne Ptelea trifoliata - Wafer ash Zanthoxylum hirsutum - Prickly ash Salix nigra - Black Willow Populus deltoides - Eastern cottonwood Styrax platanifolia - Sycamore-leaf snowbell

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	Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia): Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens), False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), Soy Bean (Glycine max), Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Black Dalea (Dalea frutescens), Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea), and clover (Trifolium sp.).
	Phoebis philea - Orange-barred Sulphur on Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans)

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	Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa): Alkali Sida (Malvella leprosa var. hederacea), and in our area, probably members of Indian Mallow (Abutilon spp.), and Rose-Mallow (Hibiscus spp.).
	Gray Hairstreak: Caterpillar food plants: legumes and mallows, such as Turk's Cap.
	Queen

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