DANAIDAE / Milkweeds Colour plate
The milk that the larvae consumes in the host plants contains poisonous glycosides, this will make the butterfly later on distasteful to birds.
DANAIDAE Host Plants
Asclepias
curassavica /
Red Top; Scarlet Milkweed
Cynanchum
angustifolium /
Gulf Coast Swallowwort
Calotropis
gigantea / French Cotton; Giant Milkweed
Sarcostemma
clausum / White Twine Vine
Spigelia
anthelma / Loggerhead Weed; Pink Weed, Worm
DANAIDAE Nectar Plants
Ageratum
conyzoides / Billy Goat Weed
Antigonon
leptopus / Corallila; Coralita
Asclepias
curassavica / Red top; Scarlet Milkweed
Bidens
alba var. radiata / Spanish Needles
Calotropis
gigantea / French Cotton; Giant Milkweed
Crotalaria
retusa / Yellow Sweet Pea; Rattle Box
Croton
linearis / Rosemary
Cynanchum
angustifolium / Gulf Coast; Swallowwort
Lantana
aculeata / Lantana
Sarcostemma
clausum / White Twine vine
HABITAT
Soldiers likes a sunny dry places.
