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.
