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  8. Compton Tortoiseshell

species 13,499 observations

Compton Tortoiseshell

Nymphalis l-album

Status
presumed native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

85 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Paper Birch, Sweet Birch, American Beech, Quaking Aspen 73
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Douglas-fir, Basswood, New England Aster, Saskatoon 12

Children

  • Nymphalis l-album j-album

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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