Lampides boeticus
Common name: Long-tailed Blue
Feeds on these plants:
Ipomoea purpurea
(sold as Tickle Me Pink)
Lavandula angustifolia ssp. angustifolia
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Twickel Purple’
Lavandula stoechas ssp. pedunculata
(sold as Avonview)
Lavandula stoechas
(sold as Lavandula 'Winter Lace')
Lavandula stoechas
(sold as Otto Quast)
Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’
Lavandula x intermedia
(sold as Dutch Mil)
Lavandula
(sold as Goodwin Creek)
Salvia cleveladii, or clevelandii
Salvia coccinea
(sold as May Night)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Rose Queen)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Select Rose)
Salvia elegans
(sold as Golden Delicious)
Salvia greggii ‘Navajo Bright Red’
Salvia greggii ‘Sierra San Antonio’
Salvia greggii
(sold as watermelon Autumn Sage pink)
Salvia involucrata
(sold as El Cielo)
Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Bezerkeley)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Rosita)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as ucb pink)
Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
Salvia nemorosa
(sold as Viola Klose)
Salvia officinalis ssp. lavandulifolia
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Salvia splendens ‘Salsa Purple’
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
Salvia x sylvestris
(sold as Snowhill)
Lampides boeticus, the Long-tailed Blue, can be found in HI.
Favorite nectar plant: Salvia
USDA Growing Zones for this plant include: 5,6,7,8,9
Host plants:
Astragalus
Butea monosperma
Caesalpinia
Cajanus
Cajanus cajan
Canavalia
Canavalia ensiformis
Canavalia lineata
Colutea
Colutea arborescens
Crotalaria
Crotalaria capensis
Crotalaria cephalotes
Crotalaria cleomifolia
Crotalaria glauca
Crotalaria incana
Crotalaria juncea
Crotalaria longirostrata
Crotalaria micans
Crotalaria pallida
Crotalaria pallida obovata
Crotalaria saltiana
Crotalaria sessiliflora
Crotalaria zanzibarica
Cytisus
Derris
Dolichos
Dunbaria rotundifolia
Gliricidia sepium
Glycine max
Indigofera
Indigofera
Lablab purpureus
Lathyrus
Lilium callosum
Lupinus
Lupinus
Macaranga tanarius
Medicago
Medicago sativa
Melilotus
Phaseolus
Phaseolus lunatus
Phaseolus vulgaris
Pisum
Pisum sativum
Podalyria
Psophocarpus
Pueraria montana lobata
Robinia pseudoacacia
Sesbania
Sesbania tomentosa
Sophora chrysophylla
Spartium
Sutherlandia
Tephrosia
Ulex
Ulex europaeus
Vicia amoena
Vicia faba
Vigna
Vigna angularis
Vigna marina
Vigna sinensis
Vigna unguiculata
Virgilia
Xylia xylocarpa
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KM. Haneesh
