Butterfly Host Plants by Scientific Name
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Host Plants Sorted by Butterfly
Compiled by Linda Evans
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Butterfly |
| A | ||
| Abrus precatorius | Crab’s Eye | Cassius Blue, Ceraunus Blue |
| Abutilon permolle | Indian Mallow | Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak |
| Acacia farnesiana | Sweet Acacia | Acacia Blue, Nickerbean Blue |
| Acacia pinetorum | Pineland Acacia | Acacia Blue, Nickerbean Blue |
| Acoelorrhaphe wrightii | Everglades Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Aeschynomene americana | Shyleaf | Barred Yellow |
| Aeschynomene sp. | Joint vetch | Barred Yellow |
| Aeschynomene viscidula | Sandhill Joint Vetch | Barred Yellow |
| Agalinis fasciculata | Beach False Foxglove | Common Buckeye |
| Agalinis maritima | Saltmarsh False Foxglove | Common Buckeye |
| Albizia lebbeck | Women’s Tongue | Amethyst Hairstreak |
| Alternanthera flavescens | Alligatorweed | Hayhurst’s Scallopwing |
| Alvaradoa amorphoides | Mexican Alvaradoa | Cassius Blue, Dina Yellow |
| Alysicarpus vaginalis | Alyce Clover | Long-tailed Skipper |
| Alysicarpus vaginalis | False Moneywort | Long-tailed Skipper |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Bastard Indigobush | Silver Spotted Skipper, Southern Dogface |
| Amorpha herbacea v.crenulata | Crenulate Lead Plant | Cassius Blue |
| Amphicarpa spp. | Hog Peanut | Long-tailed Skipper |
| Amyris elemifera | Torchwood | Giant Swallowtail, Schaus’ Swallowtail |
| Anaphalis margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | American Lady |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Grass | Delaware Skipper, Neamanthla Skipper |
| Andropogon glomeratus v pumilus | Common Bushy Bluestem | Skippers |
| Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard bluestem | Skippers |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge Bluestem Grass | Twin-spot Skipper |
| Anethum graveolens | Dill | Black Swallowtail |
| Antennaria sp. | Pusseytoes | American Lady |
| Aristida purpurascens | Arrowfeather Three-awn | Meske’s Skipper |
| Aristolochia elegans | Pelican Pipevine | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia fimbriata | Veined Dutchman’s Pipe | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia gigantea | Giant Pipevine | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia grandiflora | Duchman’s-Pipe | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia littoralis | Calico Flower | Pipevine Swallowtail, Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia maxima | none | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia passifloraefolia | none | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia pentandra | Marsh’s Dutchman’s Pipe | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia pilosa | none | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia ringens | Gaping Dutchman’s-Pipe | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia serpentaria | Virginia Snakeroot | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia tomentosa | Woolly Duchman’s Pipe | Polydamas Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail |
| Aristolochia trilobata | none | Polydamas Swallowtail |
| Arundinaria gigantea | Switch Cane Grass | Clouded Skipper |
| Arundo donax | Giant Reed | Clouded Skipper |
| Asclepias curassavica | Scarlet Milkweed | Monarch, Queen, Soldier |
| Asclepias curtissii | Curtiss’ Milkweed | Monarch, Queen |
| Asclepias humistrata | Sandhill Milkweed | Queen |
| Asclepias incarnata | Pink Swamp Milkweed | Monarch, Queen, Soldier? |
| Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed | Monarch, Queen |
| Asclepias longifolia | Longleaf Milkweee | Monarch, Queen |
| Asclepias perennis | White Swamp Milkweed | Monarch, Queen, Soldier |
| Asclepias tomentosa | Velvet-Leaf Milkweed | Monarch, Queen |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed | Monarch, Queen |
| Asclepias viridis | Green Antelopehorn | Monarch, Queen |
| Aster adnatus | Clasping Aster | Pearl Crescent |
| Aster bracei | Brace’s Aster | Pearl Crescent |
| Aster dumosus | Rice Button Aster, Bushy Aster | Pearl Crescent |
| Aster lanceolatum | Panicled Aster | Pearl Crescent |
| Aster lateriflorus | Calico Aster | Pearl Crescent |
| Aster pilosus | Heath Aster | Pearl Crescent |
| Asteraceae sp. | Aster | Dainty Sulphur |
| Avicennia germinans | Black Mangrove | Mangrove Buckeye, Statira Sulphur |
| B | ||
| Bacopa caroliniana | Lemon Bacopa | White Peacock |
| Bacopa monnieri | Water Hyssop | White Peacock |
| Bambusa sp | Bamboo | Clouded Skipper, Three-spotted Skipper |
| Batis maritima | Saltwort | Eastern Pygmy-Blue, Great Southern White |
| Bauhinia divaricata | none | Cassius Blue |
| Bidens alba v. radiata | Spanish Needles | Dainty Sulphur |
| Bidens pilosa | Shepherd’s Needle | Dainty Sulphur |
| Blechum pyramidatum | Green Shrimp Plant | Cuban Crescent, Malachite, White Peacock |
| Boehmeria cylindrica | False Nettle | Red Admiral |
| Brachiaria mutica | Paragrass | Clouded Skipper, Three-spotted Skipper |
| Buchnera americana | American Blueheart | Common Buckeye |
| Bursera simaruba | Gumbo Limbo | Dingy Purplewing |
| Byrsonima lucida | Long Key Locustberry | Florida Duskywing |
| C | ||
| Caesalpinia bonduc | Gray Nickerbean | Ceraunus Blue, Martial Scrub-Hairstreak, Miami Blue, Nickerbean Blue |
| Caesalpinia pauciflora | Fewflower Holdback | Acacia Blue |
| Cakile lanceolata | Coastal Searocket | Great Southern White |
| Calliandra haematocephala | Powderpuff Tree | Statira Sulphur |
| Calliandra suranamensis | none | Statira Sulphur |
| Callotropis gigantea | Giant Milkweed | Monarch, Queen |
| Canna flaccida | Canna | Brazilian Skipper |
| Canna indica | Indian Shot | Brazilian Skipper |
| Capparis flexuosa | Bayleaf Caper Tree | Florida White, Great Southern White |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepherd’s Purse | Checkered White |
| Cardiospermum corindum | Balloon vine | Amethyst Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, Miami Blue, Silver-banded Hairstreak |
| Carpentaria acuminata | Carpentaria Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Carphephorus odoratissimus | Vanillaleaf | Little Metalmark |
| Cassia emarginata | none | Orange-barred Sulphur |
| Cassia hebecarpa | Wild Senna | Cloudless Sulphur |
| Cassia javanica | Apple-blossom Cassia | Cloudless Sulphur, Orange-barred Sulphur |
| Celtis laevigata | Hackberry | Tawny Emperer |
| Centrosema floridanum | Butterfly Pea | Long-tailed Skipper |
| Centrosema virginianum | Spurred Butterfly-pea | Long-tailed Skipper |
| Chamaecrista deeringiana | Deering’s Partridge Pea | Ceraunus Blue, Cloudless Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak, Little Sulphur, Little Yellow, Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Orange-barred Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea | Ceraunus Blue, Cloudless Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak, Little Sulphur, Little Yellow, Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Orange-barred Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
| Chamaecrista lineata | Big Pine Partridge Pea | Little Sulphur, Little Yellow |
| Chamaecrista nictitans | Sensitive Pea | Ceraunus Blue, Cloudless Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak, Little Yellow, Mimosa Yellow |
| Chamaecrista nictitans | Wild Sensitive Plant | Sleepy Orange |
| Chasmanthium laxum | Woodoats | Clouded Skipper |
| Chasmanthium sessiliflorum | Longleaf Chasmanasthium | Clouded Skipper |
| Chenopodium album | Pigweed | Hayhurst’s Scallopwing |
| Chrysalidocarpus lutescens | Areca Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock | Black Swallowtail |
| Circuta mexicana | Water Hemlock | Black Swallowtail |
| Cirsium horridulum | Yellow Thistle | Little Metalmark |
| Cirsium pumilum | Pasture Thistle | Painted Lady |
| Citrus aurantifolia | Key Lime | Giant Swallowtail |
| Citrus reticulata | Tangerine | Giant Swallowtail |
| Cladium jamaicense | Sawgrass | Palatka Skipper |
| Clitoria mariana | Atlantic Pigeonwings | Long-tailed Skipper, Silver Spotted Skipper |
| Clitoria ternatea | Blue Butterfly Pea | Dorantes Longtail, Long-tailed Skipper |
| Coccothrinax argentata | Florida Silver Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Cocos nucifera | Coconut Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Crotalaria incana | Rattlebox | Cassius Blue |
| Crotalaria pumila | Low Rattlebox | Cassius Blue |
| Crotalaria rotundifolia | Rabbit Bells | Ceraunus Blue |
| Croton linearis | Pineland Croton | Bartram’s Hairstreak, Florida Leafwing |
| Croton lobatus | Lobed Croton | Bartram’s Hairstreak, Florida Leafwing |
| Cynanchum angustifolium | Gulf Coast Swallowwort | Queen, Soldier |
| Cynanchum northropiae | Fragrant Swallowwort | Monarch, Queen |
| Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda Grass | Baracoa Skipper, Eufala Skipper, Fiery Skipper, Obscure Skipper, Sachem, Southern Skipperling, Whirlabout |
| D | ||
| Dalbergia ecastaphyllum | Coinvine | Gray Hairstreak, Statira Sulphur |
| Daucus carota | Queen Anne’s Lace | Black Swallowtail |
| Desmodium floridanum | Beggarweed | Long-tailed Skipper |
| Desmodium incanum | Creeping Ticktrefoil | Dorantes Longtail, Gray Hairstreak, Long-tailed Skipper |
| Desmodium lineatum | Sand Ticktrefoil | Dorantes Longtail, Gray Hairstreak, Long-tailed Skipper |
| Desmodium paniculatum | Beggarweed | Gray Hairstreak, Long-tailed Skipper, Silver Spotted Skipper |
| Desmodium sp. | Tick-trefoils | Silver Spotted Skipper |
| Desmodium tortuosum | Florida Beggarweed | Dorantes Longtail, Long-tailed Skipper |
| Desmodium viridiflorum | Beggarweed | Gray Hairstreak, Long-tailed Skipper |
| Dichanthelium commutatum | Variable Witchgrass | Skippers? |
| Dicliptera sexangularis | Sixangle Foldwing | Cuban Crescent |
| Dictyosperma album | Hurricane Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Digitaria ciliaris | Southern Crabgrass | Three-spotted Skipper, Whirlabout |
| Digitaria pauciflora | Everglades Crabgrass | Skippers? |
| Digitaria sanguinalis | Crabgrass | Fiery Skipper, Sachem, Whirlabout |
| Digitaria villosa | Crabgrass | Whirlabout |
| Distichlis spicata | Seashore Saltgrass | Obscure Skipper, Salt Marsh Skipper |
| Drypetes diversifolia | Milkbark | Florida White |
| Drypetes lateriflora | Guiana Plum | Florida White |
| Dyschoriste angusta | Rockland Twinflower | Common Buckeye, Malachite |
| Dyschoriste humistrata | Twinflower | Common Buckeye |
| Dyschoriste oblongifolia | Swamp Twinflower | Common Buckeye, Malachite |
| E | ||
| Echinochloa crusgalli | Barnyardgrass | Clouded Skipper |
| Eleusine indica | Indian Goosegrass | Sachem |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Love Grass | Skippers? |
| Erianthus giganteus | Sugarcane Plumegrass | Clouded Skipper |
| Erianthus sp. | Beard Grass | Delaware Skipper |
| Eruca sativa | Arugula | Great Southern White |
| Eruca vesicaria | Arugula | Great Southern White |
| Eustachys petraea | Common Fingergrass | Skippers? |
| F | ||
| Ficus aurea | Strangler Fig | Ruddy Daggerwing |
| Ficus carica | Brown Turkey Fig | Ruddy Daggerwing |
| Ficus citrifolia | Wild Banyan Tree | Ruddy Daggerwing |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel | Black Swallowtail |
| G | ||
| Galactia elliottii | Milkpea | Zarucco Duskywing |
| Galactia regularis | Eastern Milkpea | Cassius Blue, Ceraunus Blue, Gray Hairstreak, Long-tailed Skipper, Red-banded Hairstreak, Silver Spotted Skipper, Zarucco Duskywing |
| Galactia striata | Florida Hammock Milkpea | Cassius Blue, Long-tailed Skipper, Zarucco Duskywing, Zestos Skipper |
| Galactia volubilis | Downy Milkpea | Cassius Blue, Ceraunus Blue, Gray Hairstreak, Long-tailed Skipper, Silver Spotted Skipper, Zarucco Duskywing |
| Gamochaeta falcata | Everlasting | American Lady |
| Gamochaeta pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Everlasting | American Lady |
| Gnaphalium sp. | Cudweed | American Lady |
| Gossypium hirsutum | Wild Cotton | Gray Hairstreak |
| Guajacum sanctum | Lignumvitae | Lyside Sulphur |
| Gymnanthes lucida | Crabwood | Dingy Purplewing, Florida Purplewing |
| H | ||
| Herissantia crispa | Bladder Mallow | Gray Hairstreak, Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak |
| Hymenachne amplexicaulis | Trompetilla Grass | Ocola Skipper |
| I | ||
| Indigofera hirsuta | Hairy Indigo | Barred Yellow, Ceraunus Blue, Zarucco Duskywing |
| Indigofera mucronata | Florida Keys Indigo | Ceraunus Blue, Zarucco Duskywing |
| Indigofera spicata | Trailing Indigo | Ceraunus Blue, Gray Hairstreak, Zarucco Duskywing |
| L | ||
| Laportea canadensis | Wood Nettle | Red Admiral |
| Leersia hexandra | Southern Cutgrass | Least Skipper, Ocola Skipper |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass | Least Skipper |
| Lepidium virginicum | Peppergrass | Checkered White, Great Southern White |
| Leucaena leucocephala | White Leadtree | Gray Ministreak |
| Linaria canadensis | Toadflax | Common Buckeye |
| Linum floridanum | Florida Yellow Flax | Variegated Fritillary |
| Lysiloma latisiliquum | False Tamarind | Cassius Blue, Large Orange Sulphur, Mimosa Yellow |
| M | ||
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry | Florida Duskywing |
| Malva moschata | Musk Mallow | Gray Hairstreak |
| Malvastrum corchorifolium | False Mallow | Tropical Checkered-Skipper |
| Mangifera indica | Mango | Red-banded Hairstreak |
| Medicago sativa | Alfalfa | Orange Sulphur |
| Melilotus albus | White Sweet Clover | Orange Sulphur |
| Menispermum canadense | Moonseed | Variegated Fritillary |
| Mikania scandens | Hempvine | Little Metalmark |
| Mimosa pudica | Sensitive Plant | Mimosa Yellow |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Sunshine Mimosa | Little Sulphur |
| Mollugo verticillata | Carpetweed | Dainty Sulphur |
| Morrenia odorata | Latexplant | Queen, Soldier |
| Muhlenbergia capillaries | Muhly Grass | Skippers |
| Myrica cerifera | Wax Myrtle | Red-banded Hairstreak |
| N – O | ||
| Neptunia pubescens | Tropical-puff | Ceraunus Blue |
| Oplismenus hirtellus | Woodsgrass | Skippers? |
| Oryza sativa | Cultivated Rice | Least Skipper, Ocola Skipper |
| Oxypolis filiformis | Water Cowbane | Black Swallowtail |
| P | ||
| Panicum hemitomon | Maidencane | Aaron’s Skipper, Clouded Skipper, Delaware Skipper |
| Panicum maximum | Guineagrass | Clouded Skipper, Three-spotted Skipper |
| Panicum repens | Torpedo Grass | Ocola Skipper |
| Panicum rigidulum | Redtop Panicum | Clouded Skipper, Delaware Skipper |
| Panicum tenerum | Bluejoint Panicum | Skippers? |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass | Delaware Skipper |
| Parietaria floridana | Florida Pellitory | Red Admiral |
| Paspalum blodgettii | Coral paspalum | Skippers? |
| Paspalum caespitosum | Bluejoint Paspalum | Skippers? |
| Paspalum dilatatum | Dallisgrass | Clouded Skipper |
| Paspalum floridanum | Florida Paspalum | Clouded Skipper |
| Paspalum monostachyum | Gulfdune Paspalum | Skippers? |
| Paspalum setaceum | Thin Paspalum Grass | Three-spotted Skipper, Whirlabout |
| Passiflora biflora | Twin-flower Passionflower | Gulf Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, Zebra Heliconian |
| Passiflora cupraea | Copper Passionflower | Gulf Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, Zebra Heliconian |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple Passionflower | Gulf Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, Variegated Fritillary, Zebra Heliconian |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower | Gulf Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, Zebra Heliconian |
| Passiflora multiflora | Keys Passionflower | Gulf Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, Variegated Fritillary, Zebra Heliconian |
| Passiflora pallens | Pineland Passionflower | Gulf Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, Zebra Heliconian |
| Passiflora sexflora | Goat’s foot Passionflower | Gulf Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, Zebra Heliconian |
| Passiflora suberosa | Corkystem Passionflower | Gulf Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, Variegated Fritillary, Zebra Heliconian |
| Pennisetum purpureum | Elephantgrass | Clouded Skipper |
| Pennisetum setaceum v. rubrum | Red Fountaingrass | Clouded Skipper |
| Persea borbonia var. borbonia | Red Bay | Palamedes Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail |
| Persea borbonia var. humilis | Silk Bay | Palamedes Swallowtail |
| Persea palustris | Swamp Bay | Palamedes Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail |
| Petroselinum crispum | Parsley | Black Swallowtail |
| Phoenix dactylifera | Date Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Phoradendron leucarpum | Mistletoe | Great Purple Hairstreak |
| Phyla lanceolata | Lance-leaved Fogfruit | Phaon Crescent |
| Phyla nodiflora | Fogfruit | Common Buckeye, Gray Hairstreak, Phaon Crescent, Tropical Checkered-Skipper, White Peacock |
| Phyla scaberrima | Sweet Aztec Herb | Common Buckeye |
| Phyla stoechadifolia | Southern Fogfruit | Common Buckeye, Gray Hairstreak, Phaon Crescent, Tropical Checkered-Skipper, White Peacock |
| Phyllostachys aurea | Golden Bamboo | Clouded Skipper |
| Picramnia pentandra | Florida Bitterbush | Dina Yellow |
| Piriqueta cistoides | Pitted Stripeseed | Gulf Fritillary |
| Piscidia piscipula | Florida Fishpoison Tree | Fulvous Hairstreak, Hammock Skipper |
| Pithecellobium keyense | Blackbead | Cassius Blue, Large Orange Sulphur, Miami Blue |
| Pithecellobium unguis-cati | Cat’s Claw | Cassius Blue, Large Orange Sulphur |
| Pityopsis graminifolia | Silk Grass | Skippers |
| Plantago major | Common Plantain | Common Buckeye |
| Plumbago auriculata | Cape Leadwort | Cassius Blue |
| Plumbago scandens | Doctorbush | Cassius Blue |
| Podophyllum peltata | May-apple | Variegated Fritillary |
| Pongamia pinnata | Karum Tree | Hammock Skipper |
| Pseudosasa japonica | Arrow Bamboo | Clouded Skipper |
| Ptilimnium capillaceum | Mock Bishopsweed | Black Swallowtail |
| Q | ||
| Quercus laurifolia | Laurel Oak | Horace’s Duskywing, White M Hairstreak |
| Quercus myrtifolia | Myrtle Oak | Horace’s Duskywing |
| Quercus sp. | Oaks | Oak Hairstreak |
| Quercus virginiana | Virginia Live Oak | Great Purple Hairstreak, Horace’s Duskywing, Red-banded Hairstreak, White M Hairstreak |
| R | ||
| Rhizophora mangle | Red Mangrove | Mangrove Skipper |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac | Red-banded Hairstreak |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac | Red-banded Hairstreak |
| Rhynchospora divergens | Spreading beaksedge | Skippers? |
| Rhynchospora floridensis | Florida Whitetop | Skippers? |
| Robinia nana | Dwarf Locust | Zarucco Duskywing |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | Silver Spotted Skipper, Zarucco Duskywing |
| Roystonea regia | Royal Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | Common Buckeye, Malachite |
| Ruellia occidentalis | Ruellia | White Peacock |
| Ruellia succulenta | Wild Petunia | Common Buckeye, Malachite |
| Ruta graveolens | Rue | Black Swallowtail, Giant Swallowtail |
| S | ||
| Sabal etonia | Scrub Palmetto | Monk Skipper |
| Sabal palmetto | Cabbage Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Saccharum giganteum | Sugercane Plumegrass | Clouded Skipper |
| Saccharum officinarum | Sugar Cane | Clouded Skipper, Eufala Skipper, Obscure Skipper, Ocola Skipper, Three-spotted Skipper |
| Salicornia perennis | Perennial Glasswort | Eastern Pygmy-Blue |
| Salix caroliniana | Coastalplain Willow | Viceroy |
| Sarcostemma clausum | White Twin Vine | Monarch, Queen, Soldier |
| Schinus terebinthifolius | Brazilian Pepper | Fulvous Hairstreak, Red-banded Hairstreak |
| Schizachyrium gracile | Wire Bluestem Grass | Skippers? |
| Schizachyrium rhizomatum | Rhizomatus Bluestem Grass | Skippers? |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Grass | Meske’s Skipper, Neamanthla Skipper, Swarthy Skipper |
| Sedum sp. | Stonecrop | Variegated Fritillary |
| Senna bicapsularis | Christmas Senna | Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
| Senna alata | Candlestick Plant | Cloudless Sulphur, Orange-barred Sulphur |
| Senna hebecarpa | Wild Senna | Sleepy Orange |
| Senna ligustrina | Wild Privet Cassia | Cloudless Sulphur, Orange-barred Sulphur |
| Senna marilandica | Wild Senna | Sleepy Orange |
| Senna mexicana var chapmanii | Chapman’s Wild Sensitive | Cloudless Sulphur, Orange-barred Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
| Senna obtusifolia | Sicklepod | Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
| Senna occidentalis | Septicweed | Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
| Senna polyphylla | Desert Cassia | Cloudless Sulphur, Orange-barred Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
| Senna surattensis | Glossy Shower Tree | Cloudless Sulphur, Orange-barred Sulphur |
| Serenoa repens | Saw Palmetto | Monk Skipper, Palmetto Skipper |
| Sesbania exaltata | Hemp Sesbania | Zarucco Duskywing |
| Sesbania herbacea | Sesban; Danglepod | Ceraunus Blue, Zarucco Duskywing |
| Sesbania macrocarpa | Hemp Sesbania | Ceraunus Blue, Zarucco Duskywing |
| Sesbania punicea | Orange Sesbania | Zarucco Duskywing |
| Setaria macrosperma | Coral Foxtail | Clouded Skipper |
| Sida acuta | Fanpetals | Gray Hairstreak, Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Tropical Checkered-Skipper, White Checkered Skipper |
| Sida ciliaris | Fringed Fanpetals | Common Checkered Skipper, Gray Hairstreak, Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Tropical Checkered-Skipper |
| Sida elliottii | Elliott’s Fanpetals | Gray Hairstreak, Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Tropical Checkered-Skipper, White Checkered Skipper |
| Sida rhombifolia | Indian Hemp | Gray Hairstreak, Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Tropical Checkered-Skipper, White Checkered Skipper |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blueeyed-grass | Skippers? |
| Sophora tomentosa | Necklace Pod | Cassius Blue |
| Sorghastrum secundum | Lopsided Indiangrass | Delaware Skipper, Swarthy Skipper, Twin-spot Skipper |
| Sorghum bicolor | Grain Sorghum | Clouded Skipper |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnson Grass | Clouded Skipper, Eufala Skipper |
| Spartina alterniflora | Cordgrass | Salt Marsh Skipper |
| Spartina alterniflora v.glabra | Smooth Cordgrass | Aaron’s Skipper |
| Sporobolus virginicus | Seashore Dropseed | Obscure Skipper |
| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis | Blue Porterweed | Mangrove Buckeye, Tropical Buckeye |
| Stachytarpheta urticifolia | Nettleleaf Vervain | Tropical Buckeye |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | St. Augustine Grass | Carolina Satyr, Clouded Skipper, Eufala Skipper, Fiery Skipper, Sachem, Southern Broken-Dash, Whirlabout |
| Stylosanthes biflora | Pencilflower | Barred Yellow |
| Stylosanthes calcicola | Everglades Pencilflower | Barred Yellow |
| Stylosanthes hamata | Cheesytoes | Barred Yellow |
| Suriana maritima | Bay Cedar | Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Martial Scrub-Hairstreak |
| T | ||
| Tagetes sp. | Marigold | Dainty Sulphur |
| Thalia geniculata | Alligatorflag | Brazilian Skipper |
| Thrinax morrisii | Brittle Thatch Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Thrinax radiata | Florida Thatch Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Trema micranthum | Nettletree | Martial Scrub-Hairstreak |
| Tridens flavus | Purpletop | Clouded Skipper |
| Trifolium repens | White Clover | Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gama Grass | Byssus Skipper, Clouded Skipper, Three-spotted Skipper |
| Tripsacum floridanum | Florida Gama grass | Clouded Skipper, Three-spotted Skipper |
| Tropaeolum majus | Nasturtium | Great Southern White |
| U – V | ||
| Urtica dioica | Stinging Nettle | Red Admiral |
| Urtica spp. | Nettles | Red Admiral |
| Veitchia merrilli | Manila Palm | Monk Skipper |
| Verbenaceae | Vervain | Common Buckeye |
| Vicia acutifolia | Sand Vetch | Barred Yellow |
| Vicia floridana | Florida Vetch | Zarucco Duskywing |
| Vicia spp. | Vetches | Barred Sulphur |
| Vigna luteola | Hairypod Cowpea | Cassius Blue |
| Vigna luteola | Hairypod Cowpea | Ceraunus Blue, Dorantes Longtail, Gray Hairstreak, Long-tailed Skipper |
| Viola sp. | Violets | Variegated Fritillary |
| W | ||
| Wallaceodendron celebicum | none | Large Orange Sulphur |
| Waltheria indica | Sleepy Morning | Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak |
| Waltheria indica | Sleepy Morning | Martial Scrub-Hairstreak |
| Wisteria frutescens | Wisteria | Horace’s Duskywing, Long-tailed Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper |
| Z | ||
| Zamia integrifolia | Coontie | Atala Hairstreak |
| Zamia pumila | Coontie | Atala Hairstreak |
| Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Hercules-club | Giant Swallowtail |
| Zanthoxylum coriaceum | Biscayne Prickly-Ash | Giant Swallowtail |
| Zanthoxylum fagara | Wild Lime | Giant Swallowtail, Schaus Swallowtail |
| Zanthoxylum flavum | Yellowwood | Giant Swallowtail |
| Zanthoxylum thomasianum | St. John’s Prickly-ash | Giant Swallowtail |
| Zea mays | Corn | Clouded Skipper |
| Zizaniopsis miliacea | Southern Wild Rice | Clouded Skipper, Least Skipper |
| Families | ||
| Cultivated beans | Long-tailed Skipper | |
| Grasses | Baracoa Skipper, Carolina Satyr, Clouded Skipper, Eufala Skipper, Fiery Skipper, Georgia Satyr, Ocola Skipper, Palmetto Skipper, Sachem, Southern Broken-Dash, Three-spotted Skipper, Whirlabout | |
| Milkpea | Gray Hairstreak | |
| Nettles | Red Admiral | |
| Sedges | Georgia Satyr | |
| Weedy grasses | Fiery Skipper, Whirlabout |