BUTTERFLIES

BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION


Hard Labor Creek State Park ♂ Morgan County, 26 June 2010	Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge Jasper County, 18 June 2011

ovipositing on Endodeca serpentaria (Aristolochia serpentaria)
Hard Labor Creek State Park ♀ Morgan County, 13 June 2010	roadside turnout, US 19 north of Cherokee ♂ Jackson County, North Carolina, 18 July 2010

Nectaring on Ageratina rugosa var. roanensis
Pisgah National Forest, Linville Gorge Wilderness ♀ Burke County, North Carolina, 6 Sep 2010


ovipositing on Edodeca serpentaria	eggs on Edodeca serpentaria
Bibb County Glades Preserve Bibb County, Alabama, 9 April 2011
Photos and videos by Jim Allison

eggs on Aristolochia sp.	larvae munching on Aristolochia tomentosa
Montpelier Station Road Bibb County, 10 June 2008	Montpelier Station Road Bibb County, 1 June 2008
Photos by Rose Payne

Miscellaneous additional images by Jim Allison of pipevine swallowtails
Nectaring on Albizia julibrissin	DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve	9 Aug 2008
Nectaring on Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia	Bibb Co., AL: Bibb County Glades Preserve	10 Apr 2011
Nectaring on Buddleja davidii	DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve	8 Jun 2008
Nectaring on Carduus nutans	Bartow Co.: pasture near Dobbins Mountain	29 May 2011
Nectaring on Centaurea phrygia	Rockdale Co.: Monastery of the Holy Spirit	23 Jul 2010
Nectaring on Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos (spotted knapweed)	Avery Co., NC.: Blue Ridge Parkway, ramp to US Hwy. 221	7 Sep 2010
Nectaring on Cephalanthus occidentalis	Jasper Co.: Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge	18 Jun 2011
Nectaring on Cirsium altissimum	Putnam Co.: Reids Road, N of jct. Hearn Road	26 Aug 2010
Nectaring on Cirsium discolor	Watauga Co., NC.: Blue Ridge Parkway, Julian Price Park	7 Sep 2010
Nectaring on Cirsium vulgare	Rockdale Co.: Monastery of the Holy Spirit	9 Jun 2011
Nectaring on Dahlia (?) sp.	Rockdale Co.: Monastery of the Holy Spirit	23 Jul 2010
Nectaring on Diervilla sessilifolia	Swain Co., NC: Great Smoky Mountains National Park	15 Jul 2010
Nectaring on Helenium amarum	DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve	9 Aug 2008
Nectaring on Lantana camara	Morgan Co.: Rutledge Cemetery	27 Jul 2008
Nectaring on Liatris cylindracea	Bibb Co., AL: Bibb County Glades Preserve	15 Aug 2008
Nectaring on Liatris microcephala	DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve	25 Sep 2007
Nectaring on Lilium superbum	Sevier Co., TN: Great Smoky Mountains National Park	12 Jul 2010
Nectaring on Lithospermum canescens	Bibb Co., AL: Bibb County Glades Preserve	10 Apr 2011
Nectaring on Monarda didyma	Sevier Co., TN: Great Smoky Mountains National Park	12 Jul 2010
Nectaring on Monarda fistulosa	Rockdale Co.: Monastery of the Holy Spirit	12 Jun 2010
Nectaring on Rhododendron maximum	Sevier Co., TN: Great Smoky Mountains National Park	24 Jun 2011
Nectaring on Solidago glomerata vel aff.	Avery Co., NC.: Grandfather Mountain, Grandfather Trail	5 Sep 2010
Nectaring on Trifolium pratense	Sevier Co., TN: Great Smoky Mountains National Park	16 Jul 2010
Nectaring on Verbena rigida	Morgan Co.: Prospect Road	8 Jul 2010
Nectaring on Vernonia noveboracensis	Watauga Co., NC.: Blue Ridge Parkway, Julian Price Park	7 Sep 2010
Nectaring on Vitex agnus-castus	Jones Co.: near Round Oak	21 Jun 2010