Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
Striking black swallowtail with metallic green hindwings and red body spots. Caterpillars feed exclusively on Dutchman's pipe vine. Iridescent coloring warns predators of toxins accumulated from host plant.
Plants that support Pipevine Swallowtail
34 plants
Pipevine
Aristolochia californica
vine
Larval Host
Douglas' Thistle
Cirsium douglasii var. douglasii
perennial herb
Larval Host
Giant Figwort*
Adelinia grandis
perennial herb
Larval Host
Mt. Diablo Helianthella
Helianthella castanea
perennial herb
Foliage
Vetch
Vicia gigantea
vine
Larval Host
Whitehead Mule-ears
Wyethia helenioides
perennial herb
Foliage
Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
shrub
Nectar
Bleeding-heart
Dicentra formosa
perennial herb
Larval Host
Blue Dips
Dichelostemma capitatum
geophyte
Nectar
California Live-oak
Quercus chrysolepis
tree
Foliage
Chile Tarweed
Madia sativa
annual
Nectar
Cleveland Sage
Salvia clevelandii
shrub
Nectar
Cobwebby Thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum
annual
Nectar
Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii
annual
Larval Host
Desert Willow - 'Bubba'
Chilopsis linearis
perennial herb
Nectar
Douglas Iris
Iris douglasiana
perennial herb
Nectar
Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
shrub
Nectar
Ithuriel's Spear
Triteleia laxa
geophyte
Nectar
Many-flowered Brodiaea
Dichelostemma multiflorum
geophyte
Larval Host
Menzies' fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
annual
Larval Host
Pacific False Bindweed
Calystegia purpurata subsp. Purpurata
perennial herb
Nectar
Pacific Pea
Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus
vine
Larval Host
Purple sage
Salvia leucophylla
shrub
Nectar
Red Larkspur
Delphinium nudicaule
perennial herb
Larval Host
Red Maids*
Calandrinia menziesii
annual
Nectar
Red maids
Calandrinia ciliata
annual
Nectar
Showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
perennial herb
Nectar
Sticky Monkey Flower
Diplacus aurantiacus
shrub
Nectar
Vinegar-weed
Trichostema lanceolatum
annual
Nectar
Western Redbud
Cercis occidentalis
tree
Nectar
Whiteleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos viscida
perennial herb
Larval Host
Wild Farewell to Spring
Clarkia amoena 'The Real'
annual
Nectar
Yellow Sand Verbena
Abronia latifolia
perennial herb
Nectar
Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon californicum
shrub
Nectar