Diet
The diet of the Speyeria zerene varies throughout its life history. When the larva emerges in the spring the diet consists solely on the leaves of the blue violet (Viola adunca). When the adult emerges from their chrysalis it will solely feed on nectar of flowers. It feeds on a variety of plants including ones from the Asteraceae family, its main source of nutrition, but other families of plants that the butterfly may feed on include thistles, asters, yarrow, and pearly everlasting.
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