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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Brush-footed Butterflies
  7. Longwings and Heliconians
  8. Red Postman
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What supports Red Postman

16 native plants
support it in the US
6 caterpillar hosts 10 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

6 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Corkystem Passionflower Passiflora suberosa
  • Purple Passionflower Passiflora incarnata on passionflowers
  • Stinking Passionflower Passiflora foetida on passionflowers
  • Corkystem Passionvine Passiflora pallida on passionflowers
  • Birdwing Passionflower Passiflora tenuiloba on passionflowers
  • Slender Passionflower Passiflora filipes on passionflowers

Nectar plants All

10 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Siam Weed Chromolaena odorata
  • Papaya Carica papaya
  • Firebush Hamelia patens
  • Faux Persil Cardiospermum corindum
  • Turk's Cap Malvaviscus arboreus
  • Blue Porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
  • Texas Lantana Lantana urticoides on lantanas
  • Velvet Lantana Lantana velutina on lantanas
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