Cupido decolorata
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Cupido decolorata | |
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File:Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France, par M. J.-B. Godart BHL9820353.jpg | |
Cupido decolorata as Polyommatus saportae Duponchel, 1832 | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cupido |
Species: | C. decolorata
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Binomial name | |
Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886)[1]
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Cupido decolorata, the Eastern short-tailed blue, is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Spain, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Russian Federation) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
It is a small butterfly with a sexual dimorphism, the upperside of the male is dull blue bordered with grey, that of the female is brown, both with a white fringe. The underside is pale grey a little suffused with blue and decorated with lines of small black dots.This species is similar to the Short-tailed blue (Everes argiades) and to Cupido alcetas.
Biology
The larva on feeds on Medicago sativa, Medicago lupulina
See also
- List of butterflies of Russia
- Images representing Cupido decoloratus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
References
- ↑ Staudinger, 1886 Centralasiatische Lepidopteren Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (4-6): 193-215, (7-9): 225-256
- ↑ Cupido decolorata, funet.fi
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