Clodius parnassian butterfly
Parnassius clodius
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CA: Endangered
Listed as Endangered under CESA
White butterfly with gray-black markings and red eye-spots. Caterpillars feed on native bleeding heart; adults flutter slowly through Bay Area woodlands, pollinating spring wildflowers.
Plants that support Clodius parnassian butterfly
2 plants
Bleeding-heart
Dicentra formosa
perennial herb
Larvae feed on Dicentra formosa leaves in spring; single generation per year
Bay Area native
Scytheleaf Onion
Allium falcifolium
geophyte
Spring larval host in montane/foothill populations; single generation annual cycle
Bay Area native