Biology:Cupido decolorata

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Cupido decolorata
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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C. decolorata
Binomial name
Cupido decolorata
(Staudinger, 1886) [1]

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.

Biology

The larva on feeds on Medicago sativa, Medicago lupulina

See also

  • List of butterflies of Russia

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2875259 entry