NSIS: Butterfly Species - True Brushfoots

name	range & habitat	active & broods	adult & larval foods
True Brushfoots Nymphalinae Size, color, and wing shape varies. They appear to have only four legs because their front legs are small and nonfunctional.
White Peacock Anartia jatrophae	peninsula open fields near water	all year many	Spanish needles matchheads, white hyssop, wild petunias
Silvery Checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis	near Marianna open woods	Mar-Sep several	milkweeds, clovers, composites asters
Dingy Purplewing Eunica monima	south hammocks	May-Dec	rotting fruit, sap, mud, manure gumbo limbo
Florida Purplewing Eunica tatila	south hammocks	Jan-May Jul-Dec several	rotting fruit, sap, mud, manure crabwood
Buckeye Junonia coenia	statewide open fields, pine woods	all year 2-4	composites wild petunias, matchheads, figworts
Tropical Buckeye Junonia genoveva	south coasts mangrove swamps, tidal flats, open fields	all year many	variety of plants black mangrove, Verbena, blue porterweed
Viceroy Limenitis archippus	statewide except Keys marshes, lake shores, brushy fields	Apr-Oct 2+	composites, manure, carrion willows
Red Spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax	north, central open woods, woodland edges	Mar-Oct 3	rotting fruit, sap, manure, carrion oaks, wild cherry, willows, hornbeams, hawthorns
Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus	peninsula hammocks, woody swamps	all year 2+	milkweeds, mud, rotting fruit figs
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa	Jacksonville, Tampa open woods	Feb-Mar 1-2	variety of plants, decaying plants, sap, mud willows, elms
Cuban Crescent Phyciodes frisia	south open fields	all year successive	wild petunias, shrimp plant
Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon	north, central swamps	Mar-Dec 2+	matchheads, composites matchheads
Seminole Texas Crescent Phyciodes texana	north, central along streams	Mar-Nov many	wild petunias, willows
Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos	statewide except Keys open fields, woods	all year several	Spanish needles, composites, milkweeds smooth-leaved asters
Eastern Comma Polygonia comma	north open fields	May-Sep 3	rotting fruit, sap, mud, carrion elms, nettles
Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis	north, central open fields, woods	all year 2-3	rotting fruit, sap, manure, mud, carrion elms, hackberries
Malachite Siproeta stelenes	south woods, groves	all year many	variety of plants, rotting fruit, manure green shrimp plant, wild petunia
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	statewide gardens, open fields, woods	all year 2	rotting fruit, sap, bird droppings mulberries, nettles
American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis	statewide gardens, open fields	all year 2-3	variety of plants, mud asters, mallows, yellow thistle

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