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Butterflies use almost any flower for nectar if they can get their proboscis into it. Some butterflies don't like nectar and prefer to drink from rotten fruit, puddles, or even feces. Of the butterflies that do prefer nectar, some preferred flower species (in the U.S. anyhow) are milkweed, joe pye weed, butterfly weed, butterfly bush, clovers, and thistle.

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