Status: Occasional

Flight Time: Late May - mid Oct.
2 broods

Habitat: Open deciduous woods,
open areas, woods' edges, right-of-ways,
streamsides, coastal fields

Adult Food Sources:
Nectar from Thistles (Cirsium), Dame's
Rocket (Hesperis), Azalea (Rhododendron),
Lilac (Syringa), Wild Bergamot (Monarda
Fistulosa), Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata)

Larval Host Plant:
Dutchman's Pipe or Pipevine
(Aristolochia macrophylla),
Virginia Snakeroot (A. serpentaria)

Winter Stage: chrysalis

CT Locations: Because this species
may not be present each year, specific sites
are difficult to name. Search proper habitat
at the appropriate time (late May/June or
August).

Comments: In 2002, CBA sold A. macrophylla at its Field Day hoping to encourage Pipevines
to stay in Connecticut