What Butter Lupine supports
108
native animals
supported in the US
37
caterpillars
2
bees
4
hosts
5
food
60
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
37 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on lupines
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on lupines
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on lupines
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Western Sulphur
Colias occidentalis
on lupines
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Western Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium fuliginosa
on lupines
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on lupines
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
on lupines
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on lupines
Specialist bees All
2 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
60 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
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Van Dyke's Bumble Bee
Bombus vandykei
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
on lupines
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
Bombus mixtus
on lupines
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on lupines