Here are the butterfly species in your area:
You’ve got butterflies!
Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Richmond and Victoria:
Cabbage White Cedar Hairstreak Lorquin’s Admiral
Milbert’s Tortoiseshell
Western Monarch
Mourning Cloak
Painted Lady
Western Tiger SwallowtailRed Admiral Sara Orangetip Woodland Skipper
Pacific Bleeding HeartDicentra formosa
CottonwoodPopulus trichocarpa
Showy MilkweedAsclepias speciosa
OceansprayHolodiscus discolor
Stinging Nettle (native)Urtica dioica ssp gracilis
Pacific WillowSalix lucida (Pacifica)
Saskatoon ServiceberryAmelanchier alnifolia
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana
Mock OrangePhiladelphus lewisii
Pacific NinebarkPhysocarpus capitatus
Hardhack (Rose spirea)Spiraea douglasii
Native host plants
Native nectar plants
KinnikinnickArctostaphylus uva-ursi
Pearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritacea
Western YarrowAchillea millefolium
Woolly SunflowerEriophyllum lanatum
Low Oregon GrapeMahonia nervosa
Canada Golden RodSolidago lepida
Douglas AsterSymphyotrichum subspicatum
Wild/Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana/F. vescacatum
Common CamasCamassia quamash
Spring GoldLomatium utriculatum
Sea BlushPlectritis congesta
Red ColumbineAquilegia formosa
GumweedGrindelia stricta
Broad-leaved StonecropSedum spathulifolium
With special thanks to the committee for putting this list together: Denis Knopp, Dennis St. John, Sally Hocking and Lynda Pasacreta
Creative commons photos (via Flickr/Wikipedia): Amiyashrivastava, born1945, Brad Smith, Brent Miller, brewbrooks, Celeste Ramsay, Chad Horwedel, Dan Mullen, DBPerko, Dean Morley, Erika Rathje, Frank D. Lospalluto, Frank Fujimoto, Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA, Jeff Wright, Jerry McFarland, Jon D. Anderson, Joseph Oliver, Katja Schulz, Laura Camp, Leslie Seaton, Linda Severson, M.E. Sanseverino, Pam Gaynor, Patrick Barks, Peter Stevens, Richard Droker, Stan Shebs, Tom Benson.
