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Lampides boeticus

Common name: Long-tailed Blue

Feeds on these plants:

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Cuphea hyssopifolia ‘Pink’

Dichelostemma congestum

Euphorbia milii

Ipomoea batatas

Ipomoea cairica

Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa

Ipomoea indica

Ipomoea purpurea
(sold as Tickle Me Pink)

Lavandula angustifolia ssp. angustifolia

Lavandula angustifolia ‘Twickel Purple’

Lavandula buchii

Lavandula canariensis

Lavandula dentata

Lavandula lanata

Lavandula pinnata

Lavandula species

Lavandula stoechas ssp. pedunculata
(sold as Avonview)

Lavandula stoechas

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)

Lotus species

Medicago arborea

Medicago lupulina

Medicago sativa

Salvia africana-lutea

Salvia apiana

Salvia ballotiflora

Salvia blepharophylla

Salvia brandegei

Salvia buchananii

Salvia cacaliifolia

Salvia canariensis

Salvia chamaedryoides

Salvia chiapensis

Salvia cleveladii, or clevelandii

Salvia clevelandii

Salvia coahuilensis

Salvia coccinea ‘Brenthurst’

Salvia coccinea ‘Lady In Red’

Salvia coccinea
(sold as May Night)

Salvia coccinea
(sold as Rose Queen)

Salvia coccinea
(sold as Select Rose)

Salvia coerulea

Salvia confertiflora

Salvia discolor

Salvia dolomitica

Salvia elegans

Salvia elegans
(sold as Golden Delicious)

Salvia farinacea

Salvia fruticosa

Salvia fulgens

Salvia gesneriiflora

Salvia glechomifolia

Salvia greggii

Salvia greggii ‘Navajo Bright Red’

Salvia greggii ‘Navajo White’

Salvia greggii ‘Sierra San Antonio’

Salvia greggii
(sold as watermelon Autumn Sage pink)

Salvia hians

Salvia hybrid

Salvia indica

Salvia involucrata
(sold as El Cielo)

Salvia leucantha

Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’

Salvia leucophylla

Salvia longispicata

Salvia mellifera

Salvia mexicana

Salvia microphylla

Salvia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’

Salvia microphylla
(sold as Bezerkeley)

Salvia microphylla
(sold as Rosita)

Salvia microphylla
(sold as ucb pink)

Salvia munzii

Salvia nemorosa

Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’

Salvia nemorosa
(sold as Viola Klose)

Salvia officinalis ssp. lavandulifolia

Salvia officinalis

Salvia officinalis ‘Icterina’

Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’

Salvia officinalis ‘Tricolor’

Salvia pachyphylla

Salvia patens

Salvia pozo blue

Salvia pratensis

Salvia regla

Salvia roemeriana

Salvia sclerea

Salvia sinaloensis

Salvia spathacea

Salvia species

Salvia splendens

Salvia splendens ‘Salsa Purple’

Salvia uliginosa

Salvia urica

Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’

Salvia viridis

Salvia wagneriana

Salvia x jamensis

Salvia x sylvestris

Salvia x sylvestris
(sold as Snowhill)

Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’

Salvia ‘Waverly’

Salvia
(sold as Blue Victory)

Salvia
(sold as Red Hot Sally)

Salvia
(sold as Salsa Purple)

Salvia
(sold as Verona)

Solidago californica

Solidago canadensis

Solidago flexicaulis

Solidago multiradiata

Solidago nultiradiata

Solidago rigida

Solidago rugosa

Solidago spectabilis

Solidago ‘Crown Of Rays’

Trifolium repens

Trifolium repens
(sold as Atropurpureum)

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

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