Cupido decolorata

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.

Cupido decolorata
Cupido decolorata as Polyommatus saportae Duponchel, 1832
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C. decolorata
Binomial name
Cupido decolorata
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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.

Biology

The larva on feeds on Medicago sativa, Medicago lupulina

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gollark: Wait, what's your idea?
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gollark: So, are you suggesting that NC violates conservation of matter?
gollark: Fun activity: sticking a backdoor into its control system so you can detonate it.

See also

References

  1. Staudinger, 1886 Centralasiatische Lepidopteren Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (4-6): 193-215, (7-9): 225-256
  2. Cupido decolorata, funet.fi


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