Some butterflies of our area and their larval food plants:
Red Admiral, Question Mark, Comma, and Painted Lady will all use Stinging Nettles as well as other plants.
Monarch: Milkweeds
Eastern Tailed Blue: Various legumes
Spring Azure: Flowering parts of Viburnum, Cherries, and Dogwood
Eastern Wood Nymph, Northern Pearly Eye, Long Dash, Broken Dash, Skippers, and Little Wood Satyr: Various grasses and sedges
Cabbage white: Plants of the cabbage and mustard family
Clouded Sulphur: Alfalfa
Black Swallowtail: Carrot family including Parsley, Fennel, Queen Anne's Lace
Tiger Swallowtail: Poplar and Cherry
Red Spotted Purple: Poplar, Cherry, Aspen, Black Oak
Mourning Cloak: Willows, Aspens
Meadow Fritillary and Great Spangled Fritillary: Violets