Alfalfa Butterfly Butterfly, Colias eurytheme
Food sources utilized by the adult Alfalfa Butterfly The adult Alfalfa Butterfly likes to sip nectar from milkweeds as well as Lesingia. They seem to prefer plants in the Asteraseae and Leguminase families but are by no means restricted to them. In your butterfly garden some native milkweeds and deerweed will do the trick.	The Alfalfa Butterfly and the California Dog-face look very similar as they are in the same family. They can be distinguished from one another by the shape of their wings. The Alfalfa has a rounded fore wing, where as the California Dog-face has a fore wing that comes to a protruding little point. Food sources utilized by the Larva of the Alfalfa Butterfly The Larva of the Alfalfa Butterfly feeds on plants in the Pea family (Leguminase). Some of their favorites are deerweed, clover, vetch, loco weed. Of course they are named for their fondness of the crop plant Alfalfa, which is also in this family.
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Alfalfa Butterfly Butterfly, Colias eurytheme

Food sources utilized by the adult Alfalfa Butterfly

The adult Alfalfa Butterfly likes to sip nectar from milkweeds as well as Lesingia. They seem to prefer plants in the Asteraseae and Leguminase families but are by no means restricted to them. In your butterfly garden some native milkweeds and deerweed will do the trick.

picture of an Alfalfa Butterfly Butterfly, Colias eurytheme, with wings open

The Alfalfa Butterfly and the California Dog-face look very similar as they are in the same family. They can be distinguished from one another by the shape of their wings. The Alfalfa has a rounded fore wing, where as the California Dog-face has a fore wing that comes to a protruding little point.

Food sources utilized by the Larva of the Alfalfa Butterfly

The Larva of the Alfalfa Butterfly feeds on plants in the Pea family (Leguminase). Some of their favorites are deerweed, clover, vetch, loco weed. Of course they are named for their fondness of the crop plant Alfalfa, which is also in this family.

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