GrowNativePlants Plant Directory

Compton Tortoiseshell

Nymphalis l-album butterfly / moth

Compton Tortoiseshell
(c) D. Gordon E. Robertson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Mottled brown-and-orange tortoiseshell. Caterpillars feed on birch, aspen, and willow.

5 documented plant relationships.

lays eggs on

no rights reserved, uploaded by Dezene Huber · cc0Paper BirchBetula papyriferatree · April–May(c) bobkennedy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by bobkennedyPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–April(c) Harvey Barrison, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)Sandbar WillowSalix interiorshrub · Apr-May(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanTrembling AspenPopulus tremuloidestree · April(c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY)Water BirchBetula occidentalistree · April–May