A Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes on a Butterfly Bush Buddleia x weyeriana 'Honeycomb'.  These Butterfly Bushes are NOT native to North America, but hail from China.  Most native butterflies will nectar at non-native flowers, but native plants are preferred. (see Why Plant Natives? page)	A Common Buckeye Junonia coenia (right) and a Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia (left) on a Butterfly Bush Buddleia x weyeriana 'Honeycomb'.
A Common Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis on a white Butterfly Bush Buddleia davidii cultivar.	An uncommon visitor to our Kansas Nursery from the Southwest, a Bordered Patch, Chlosyne lacinia, nectars at a Butterfly Bush.
This Buddleia x weyeriana 'Honeycomb' is quite popular among the nectaring butterflies.  It continues to bloom in the fall, even after a few lite frosts, thus providing a much needed food source for surviving butterflies.	The male Monarch, Danaus plexippus, is distinguished by the small black spot along one vein visible on the hindwing from above.  This one is nectaring on a white Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii.
A Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, on a purple Butterfly Bush.	Can you see all six of the Skippers on this Butterfly Bush flower?
Eastern Tiger Swallowtails Papilio glaucus, are fond of Butterfly Bushes...	... as well as our NATIVE Red or Swamp Milkweed, Ascepias incarnata...
... and other NATIVES such as Roadside Thistle, and Joe Pye Weed, Eupatorium purpureum (as seen on the home page).  They are also fond of Mexican Sunflower Tithonia, which, as the name implies, is native to Mexico.	A Variegated Fritillary, Euptoieta claudia, on the yellow-flowered Butterfly Bush Buddleia x weyeriana 'Honeycomb'.