Urbanus dorantes
Common name: Dorantes longtail
Feeds on these plants:
Duranta erecta
(sold as Variegata)
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)
Urbanus dorantes, the Dorantes longtail, can be found in CA,AZ,NM,TX,LA,MS,AR,FL,SC,NC,TN,MO, ands MD.
Favorite nectar plant: Pentas
USDA Growing Zones for this plant include: 9,10,11
Host plants:
Cajanus cajan
Clitoria
Desmodium incanum
Desmodium tortuosum
Phaseolus
CC0 image courtesy of
NSG group
