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| The more common butterflies of the Gardens with their preferred food plants: |
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| English Name |
Scientific name |
Larval Food plant |
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| Monarch |
Danaus plexippus |
Asclepias currassavica |
| Two-tailed Pasha |
Charaxes jasius |
Osyris quadripartita |
| Red Admiral |
Vanessa atalanta |
Nettles |
| Painted Lady |
Vanessa cardui |
Malva |
| Large White |
Pieris brassica |
Brassica, Nasturtium |
| Speckled Wood |
Pararge aegeria |
Grasses |
| Spanish Festoon |
Zerynthia rumina |
Pipe Vine |
| Cleopatra |
Gonepteryx cleopatra |
Mediterranean buckthorn |
| Geranium Bronze |
Cacyreus marshalii |
Pelargonium spp. |
| Holly Blue |
Celastrina argiolus |
Bramble |
| Striped Grayling |
Pseudoptergumia fidia |
Stipa |
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