Caterpillar foods: Purpletop (Tridens flavus) (BAMONA) ; I suspect other grasses too since Purpletop isn’t a native.
Adults prefer to nectar on white, pink or purple flowers. (BAMONA)
This isn’t a common species in Wisconsin, but we usually find a few individuals on our July Butterfly Counts.
7/15/2005
7/13/2008
7/13/2008