Nathalis iole
Common name: Dainty Sulphur
Feeds on these plants:
Allium ampeloprasum
(sold as elephant garlic)
Allium cepa ‘Pickling Onion’
(sold as Barletta)
Allium cepa ‘Red Onions’
(sold as Sweet Spanish Red, Southport red globe, Granex Red, red hamburger)
Allium cepa ‘Shallot’
(sold as Ambition, Armador, Cuisse de Poulet echalion, Matador)
Allium sativum
(sold as California Early, California Late)
Allium schoenoprasum
(sold as Corsican, Grolau Forcing Chives, Polyvit, Prager, Staro)
Allium tuberosum
(sold as Kobold a couper, mauve flowering form)
Gaillardia pulchella
(sold as Plume Series)
Gaillardia x grandiflora
(sold as Fanfare)
Gaillardia ‘Oranges And Lemons’
Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’
Lamium maculatum
(sold as Pink Chablis)
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Autumn Colors’
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’
Rudbeckia hirta
(sold as Becky Series)
Rudbeckia hirta
(sold as Cordoba)
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)
Nathalis iole, the Dainty Sulphur, can be found in nearly all US states.
Favorite nectar plants include: Allium, Cephalanthus, and Salvia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Host plants:
Bidens pilosa
Cosmos
Dyssodia
Dyssodia papposa
Erodium
Erodium cicutarium
Galium
Helenium autumnale
Helenium bigelovii
Mollugo verticillata
Palafoxia linearis
Stellaria
Stellaria media
Tagetes
Thelesperma filifolium
Thelesperma megapotamicum
