-
Cupido alaina (Staudinger, 1887)
Alai, Darvaz, W.Pamirs. See [maps]
-
Cupido staudingeri (Christoph, 1873)
N.Iran, Kopet-Dagh, Turkey. See [maps]
920x886 (~244Kb) ♂ Iran, Tehran, Elborz Mts. S slope, Tochal Mt. S. slope at the higher aerial lift station, 3000 m a.s.l., 2nd June 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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1041x980 (~347Kb) ♂ Iran, Tehran, Elborz Mts. S slope, Tochal Mt. S. slope at the higher aerial lift station, 3000 m a.s.l., 2nd June 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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1079x1083 (~306Kb) ♂ underside Iran, Tehran, Elborz Mts. S slope, Tochal Mt. S. slope at the higher aerial lift station, 3000 m a.s.l., 2nd June 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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1325x1263 (~340Kb) ♂ underside Iran, Tehran, Elborz Mts. S slope, Tochal Mt. S. slope at the higher aerial lift station, 3000 m a.s.l., 2nd June 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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1059x1132 (~296Kb) ♂ Iran, Tehran, Elborz Mts. S slope, Tochal Mt. S. slope at the higher aerial lift station, 3000 m a.s.l., 2nd June 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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Larva on
Astragalus cornutus [BRU2]: 139
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C. s. ardakanus ten Hagen, 2008 Iran
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C. s. osirisimile ten Hagen, 2008 Iran
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Cupido buddhista (Alphéraky, 1881)
Tian-Shan, Ghissar-Darvaz, Alai, NW.China. See [maps]
Larva on
(feed on flowers) Oxytropis spp. [BRU2]: 139
-
-
C. b. garmica Shchetkin, 1986 Peter I Mts.
- buddhista garmica Shchetkin, 1986; Zool. Zh. 65 (7): 1092
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Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
SEU, CEU, Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Tian-Shan, , W.Siberia, C.Siberia, S.Siberia, Far East, Amur, Mongolia, Magadan, Kamchatka. See [maps]
Little Blue
Small Blue
Deunde Oscuro
Zwergbläuling
Småblåvinge
Pikkusinisiipi
Liten blåvinge
Modraszek malczyk
- Papilio minimus Fuessly, 1775; Verz. bekannt. schweiz. Ins.: 31; TL: Switzerland
- pseudolus (Bergsträsser, [1779]) (Papilio); Nomen. Ins. 3: pl. 50, f. 5-6
- Papilio puer Schrank, 1801; Fauna Boica 2 (1): 215
- Papilio alsus Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 184
- Papilio minutus Esper, 1798; Die Schmett., Suppl. Th 1 ([7]): 71, (5-6): pl. 106, f. 8
- Cupido minima ab. obsoleta Tutt, 1896; Brit. Butts: 161
- Lycaena minima ab. caeca Courvoisier, 1903; Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 11: 25 (Fuchs)
- Cupido minimus ab. viridescens Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 105
- Cupido minimus ab. caerulescens Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 105
- Cupido minimus ab. violascens Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 105
- Cupido minimus ab. magnipuncta Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 108
- Cupido minimus ab. parvipuncta Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 108
- Cupido minimus ab. semiobsoleta Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 108, 110
- Cupido minimus ab. extrema Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 108
- Cupido minimus ab. alcetoides Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 108
- Cupido minimus ab. striata Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 110
- minutissima (Stephan, 1923) (Zizera); Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 37: 45
- Lycaena minimus ab. elongata Kiefer, 1938; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 23: 67
- bipuncta Bright & Leeds, 1938; Monogr. Br. Ab. Chalk-hill Blue: 112
-
- Cupido (Cupido) minimus; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78; [FE]; [RFEL]
- Cupido minima; [BRU2]: 139, pl. 62, f. 48-50
- Cupido minimus; [SPRK]; [BARU], #356; [EBW], (name); [H&R], 255; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [MRS], 675; [BMAT]: 103, pl. 32, f. 23-24 (not in N.Africa); [Otakar Kudrna]; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 71; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF] ; [Mario Maier]
- Cupido minuta; [CoL]
- Papilio alsus; Fabricius, 1787, Mantissa Insectorum 2: 73
- Papilio minimus; Esper, 1777, Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (9): 338, (6): pl. 34, f. 3
- Zizera minima; Butler, 1900, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 110
500x425 (~46Kb) upperside Martin Down, Dorset, UK 30/05/96, Photo © Simon Coombes
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500x347 (~35Kb) underside Martin Down, Dorset, UK 30/05/96, Photo © Simon Coombes
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600x568 (~39Kb) ♀ upperside Estonia, Elva, 16.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen
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500x577 (~21Kb) ♀ underside Estonia, Elva, 16.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen
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589x597 (~79Kb) ♂ ♀ underside A meadow at a small asp grove at a granite crest of a ridge of a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 21st June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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855x897 (~205Kb) ♀ Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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753x1001 (~211Kb) ♀ upperside Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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754x773 (~153Kb) ♀ upperside Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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Larva on
Leguminosae ,
Oxytropis campestris,
Astragalus alpinus,
Lotus corniculatus,
Anthyllis vulneraria [SPRK],
Melilotus ,
Coronilla ,
Medicago ,
Anthyllis vulneraria [BARU],
Anthyllis vulneraria Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 35,
(as minima) Astragalus glycyphyllos,
A. cicer [BRU2]: 140
-
-
C. m. alsoides (Gerhard, 1851)
- Cupido minimus alsoides; [CoL]
-
C. m. magnus (Rühl, 1895) Korea
- Cupido minimus magna; [CoL]
- Cupido minimus magnus; [CoL]
- magna; Sugitani, 1938
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C. m. howkowi Tutt, 1909
- Cupido minimus howkowi; [CoL]
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C. m. trinacriae Verity, 1919 Sicily
- Cupido minimus trinacriae; [CoL]
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C. m. happensis (Matsumura, 1927) Korea, ...
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C. m. noguerae Haig-Thomas, 1929 Spain
- Cupido minimus noguerae; [CoL]
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C. m. latecaerulea Verity, 1946 Italy
- minimus latecaerulea Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 97
- Cupido minimus latecaerulea; [CoL]
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C. m. albocilia van Oorschot & van den Brink, 1984
- minimus albocilia van Oorschot & van den Brink, 1984; Ent. Ber. 45: (140-144)
- Cupido minimus albocilia; [CoL]
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C. m. qilianus Murayama, 1983
- Cupido minimus qilianus; [MRS], 675
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C. m. lhagvajavi Churkin, 2003 Mongolia
- Cupido minima lhagvajavi Churkin, 2003; Helios 4: (160-178); TL: Mongolia, Gobi-Altai aimak, Gobi-Altai mts, 30km S of Biger, 2700-3000m
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C. m. pilyachuch Gorbunov & Kosterin, 2007 Kamchatka
- minimus pilyachuch Gorbunov & Kosterin, 2007; Butt. Nort. Asia in nat. 2: 383, f. 844-845; TL: Central Kamchatka, a meadow in the Uksichan river Valley at Esso village, 450m
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Cupido tusovi Lukhtanov, 1994 Saur, Tarbagatai, S.Altai?
- Cupido minimus tusovi Lukhtanov, 1994; Herbipoliana 3: 247; TL: Kazachstan, Shanaturmys (25 km S Saisan)
- ?Cupido tuzovi Lukhtanov, 1994; Selevinia 1994 (1): 73
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Cupido peri Zhdanko, 2000 Alai, Darvaz
- Cupido peri Zhdanko, 2000; [BRU2]: 140, pl. 62, f. 42-44; TL: Mook, Muksu Gorge, Peter I Mts., Tajikistan
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Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829)
SEU, Asia Minor - S.Siberia, Alai, Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai, Sayan, Lake Baikal, Mongolia. See [maps]
Dende Mayor
Osiris Blue
- Polyommatus osiris Meigen, 1829; Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 2: 7, pl. 46, f. 3a-b; TL: Central Europe
- sebrus Boisduval, 1832; Icon. hist. Lépid. Europe 1 (7-8): 72 (rej.)
- Cupido minimus var. moreana Tutt, [1908]; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 114; TL: Morea
- Lycaena sebrus ab. elongata Seitz, 1909; Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 319 (Courv. i.l.)
- Lycaena sebrus ab. ♀ caerulescens Rebel, [1909]; in Berge, Schmetterlingsbuch (edn 9): 73
- Lycaena sebrus ♀ f. violacea Verity, 1911; Boll. Soc. ent. Ital. 42: 277
- Lycaena sebrus ab. ♂ plumbeus Courvoisier, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10): 294
- Cupido sebrus ab. caerulea-grisea Sheldon, 1914; Entomologist 47 (617): 274
- Cupido sebrus r. angulosa Verity, 1919; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 31: 47
- Lycaena sebrus pseudolorquinii Verity, 1925; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 37: 76
- radiata (Romieux, 1927) (Lycaena); Bull. Soc. lép. Geneve 5: 142
- Cupido (Tiora) sebrus majuspunctata Verity, 1934; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl) 46: 34
- Lycaena sebrus ab. ♀ limbosplendens Heinrich, 1938; Dt. ent. Zs. 1938 (1): 10
- minor Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 99
- austriaca (Beuret, 1955) (Everes); Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (n.f.) 5 (6): 101
- bernardiana Beuret, 1957; Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (n.f.) 7 (1): 8
- Cupido (Cupido) osiris; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79; [FE]
- Cupido osiris majuspunctata; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79
- Cupido osiris; [H&R], 258; [BARU], #357; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [BRU2]: 141, pl. 62, f. 28-30; [Otakar Kudrna]; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SZMN] ; [Mario Maier]
- Elkalyce decolorata austriaca; [CoL]
- Lycaena sebrus; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 414
Larva on
(small) Leguminosae ,
Onobrychis ,
Lathyrus ? [H&R],
Onobrychis viciifolia Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 35
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Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
N.Africa, Iberia. See [maps]
Lorquin's Blue
Deunde Azul
600x435 (~23Kb) upperside Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier
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600x435 (~34Kb) underside Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre
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600x435 (~25Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier
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Larva on
Anthyllis vulneraria Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 35,
Anthyllis vulneraria [BMAT]
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Cupido carswelli Stempffer, 1927
SE.Spain (Murcia, N.Granada, N.Almeria). See [maps]
Carswell's Little Blue
-
Cupido prosecusa (Erschoff, 1874)
Turan. See [maps]
Larva on
Sphaerophysa salsula,
Halimodendron halodendron [BRU2]: 141
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C. p. duplex (Alpheraky, 1887)
- Cupido prosecusa duplex; [CoL]
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C. p. korlana (Staudinger, 1901) Tien Shan
- Cupido prosecusa korlana; [CoL]
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Cupido gisela (Püngeler, 1901) W.Tibet?
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Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
SEU, CEU, AC, Japan. See [maps]
Sporrblåvinge
Tailed Cupid
Kannussinisiipi
Naranjitas Rabicorta
Short-tailed Blue
Kortsvansad Blåvinge
Modraszek argiades
- Papilio argiades Pallas, 1771; Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 472; TL: Samara city
- Papilio amyntas Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 185 (preocc. Papilio amyntas Poda, 1761)
- Papilio amyntas Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 533 (preocc. Papilio amyntas Poda, 1761)
- Papilio tiresias Rottemburg, 1775; Der Naturforscher 6: 23
- Papilio polysperchon Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 2: pl. 44, f. 3-5
- Papilio tiresias var. Esper, 1779; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (9): 384, pl. 49, f. 1-2
- zachaeus (Herbst, 1804) (Papilio); in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 11: pl. 311, f. 9-10
- Papilio idmon Hübner, [1823-1824]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1]: pl. 165, f. 820-821
- Lycaena amyntas var.? myrmidon de Selys, 1845; Mém. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liége 2: 31
- Lycaena argiades ab. (et var.) depuncta Hirschke, 1903; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 53: 270
- Lycaena coretas ab. semicaeca Krulikovsky, 1909; Rev. russ. ent. 9 (3): 301
- Everes argiades ab. ardescens Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. purpurascens Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. bergsträsseri Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. ardescens-fulva Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. ardescens-restricta Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. ardescens-completa Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. pallida-fulva Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. pallida Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. caerulescens Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. caerulescens-fulva Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. caerulescens-restricta Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 54
- Everes argiades ab. caerulescens-completa Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- Everes argiades ab. fusca-fulva Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- Everes argiades ab. fusca Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- Everes argiades ab. extrema Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- Everes argiades ab. extrema-fulva Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- Everes argiades ab. extrema-restricta Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- Everes argiades ab. extrema-completa Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- Everes argiades ab. fulva-nigrescens Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- Everes argiades ab. nigrescens Tutt, 1909; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 10: 55
- mureisana (Matsumura, 1939) (Everes); Bull. biogeogr. Soc. Japan 9 (20): 357
- Everes argiades f. modestus Lorkovic, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (2): 442, pl. 24, f. 5-6
- Everes argiades nuditurca Lorkovic, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (2): 443, pl. 24, f. 10; TL: Kuldscha
- Everes argiades postnuditurca Lorkovic, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (2): 443; TL: Dscharkent
- cinereicatenata (Bryk, 1946) (Everes); Ark. Zool. 38 A (3): 57
- ultramarina (Beuret, 1964) (Everes); Die Lycaeniden der Schweiz (2): 131
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- Cupido (Everes) argiades; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79; [FE]; [RFEL]
- Cupido argiades polysperchon; [iNaturalist]
- Cupido argiades; [Otakar Kudrna]; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]
- Elkalyce argiades depuncta; [CoL]
- Elkalyce argiades modestus; [CoL]
- Elkalyce argiades mureisana; [CoL]
- Elkalyce argiades nuditurea; [CoL]
- Elkalyce argiades polysperchon; [CoL]
- Elkalyce argiades postnuditurea; [CoL]
- Elkalyce argiades; [CoL]
- Elkalyce polysperchon; [CoL]
- Everes argiades; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 577; [BIR], 270 (key); [SPRK]; [H&R]; [BARU], #353; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 9, f. 18, 20; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [MRS], 675; [BRU2]: 142, pl. 63, f. 1-6; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 68; [Mario Maier]
- Lycaena argiades; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 367
- Papilio tiresias; Esper, 1777, Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (9): 337, (6): pl. 34, f. 2
1061x729 (~61Kb) underside Takasaka, Saitama, Japan, 10-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt
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533x400 (~36Kb) ♂ ♀ underside A meadow at the granite rocky crest of a ridge on on the Adon-Chelon elevation, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, S Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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800x1002 (~100Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Udmurtia, Izhevsk (parklike areas along shore of "Izhevsky Prud"), 5.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela
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1000x806 (~115Kb) ♀ upperside Russia, Tatarstan, Varkljed-Bodja (56°13'N 52°49'E), about 20km S of Agriz, 8.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela
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1200x885 (~138Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Tatarstan, Varkljed-Bodja (56°13'N 52°49'E), about 20km S of Agriz, 8.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela
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733x699 (~109Kb) ♂ underside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 21.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov
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837x689 (~103Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 21.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov
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731x903 (~143Kb) ♂ ♀ A meadow on the Sema River left bank 1 km downstream of Kamlak village, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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679x800 (~156Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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Larva on
Lotus ,
Melilotus ,
Medicago ,
Trifolium [SPRK],
Trifolium pratense Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 35,
Lotus corniculatus,
Medicago sativa,
Pisum sativum,
Lupinus perennis,
Astragalus sinicus,
A. membranaceus,
Glycine spp. [MRS],
Colutea ,
Anthyllis ,
Pisum ,
Genista ,
Rhamnus ,
Trifolium pratense [BRU2]: 142
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C. a. argiades CEU, SEU, S.Siberia
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C. a. hellotia (Ménétriés, 1857) Japan, Korea, NE.China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin), N.China (Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi), Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Fujian, Hunan
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C. a. diporides (Chapman, 1909) Waziristan, E.Himalayas, Assam, N.Burma, Laos, N.Thailand, Vietnam, S.China
Chapman's Cupid
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C. a. seitzi (Wnukowsky, 1928) Amur, Ussuri, Japan
-
C. a. indica (Evans, 1932) Chitral - Kumaon
-
C. a. merisina (Lorkovic, 1943) Guangdong
- Everes argiades merisina Lorkovic, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (2): 450, pl. 25, f. 11-12, pl. 26, f. 9-11; TL: Kwangtung, Tscha-yuen-schan
- Everes argiades merisina f. praemerisina Lorkovic, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (2): 451, pl. 26, f. 11; TL: Kwang-tung, Gao-fung
- Elkalyce argiades merisina; [CoL]
- Elkalyce argiades praemerisina; [CoL]
- Everes argiades merisina; Huang, 2001, Neue Ent. Nachr. 51: 69 (note)
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C. a. tibetanus (Lorkovic, 1943) Yunnan
- Everes argiades tibetanus Lorkovic, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (2): 451, pl. 25, f. 14-15, pl. 26, f. 13-14; TL: Batang, Tibet
- sericana Murayama, 1995; ; TL: Tuguancun, NW.Yunnan
- Elkalyce argiades tibetanus; [CoL]
- Everes argiades tibetanus; Huang, 2001, Neue Ent. Nachr. 51: pl. 1, f. 6, pl. 3, f. 17
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C. a. ruhlianus (Bryk, 1946) Korea
- Elkalyce argiades ruhlianus; [CoL]
-
C. a. seidakkadaya (Miyashita & Uémura, 1976) Taiwan
- Everes argiades seidakkadaya Miyashita & Uémura, 1976; Tyô to Ga 27 (1): 33; TL: Tsuifeng, Formosa
- Elkalyce argiades seidakkadaya; [CoL]
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C. a. nujiangensis (Huang, 2001) SE.Tibet
- Everes argiades nujiangensis Huang, 2001; Neue Ent. Nachr. 51: 68, pl. 1, f. 7, pl. 3, f. 21; TL: Chawalong to Longpo, Nujiang Valley, SE.Tibet
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C. a. chayuensis (Huang, 2001)
- Everes argiades chayuensis Huang, 2001; Neue Ent. Nachr. 51: 70, pl. 1, f. 8, pl. 3, f. 22; TL: Lower-Chayu, Chayu area Tibet
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Cupido huegelii (Gistel, 1857)
-. See [maps]
- huegelii (Gistel, 1857) (Lycaena); Vacuna 2: 605
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Cupido decolor (Staudinger, 1886) Syr-Darja River valley
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Cupido amyntula (Boisduval, 1852)
Alaska - W.USA. See [maps]
Western Tailed Blue
Larva on
Astragalus flexuosus,
A. miser,
A. whitneyi,
Astragalus whineyi ssp. siskiyouensis,
A. douglasii,
A. nuttallii,
A. crotalariae?,
Lathyrus ochroleucus,
L. polyphyllus,
L. venosus,
Lathyrus leucanthus,
L. jepsoni var. californicus,
Oxytropis lambertii,
Vicia americana,
Vicia californica,
V. gigantea [BNA]
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C. a. amyntula California, ..., Washington, ...
- Everes amyntyla tr. f. dodgei Gunder, 1927; Can. Ent. 59 (12): 283; TL: Santa Cruz, California
- Everes amyntula f. immaculata Scott, 1981; Papilio (n.s.) 1: 6
- Cupido amyntula immaculata Scott, 2006; Papilio (n.s.) 12: 48; TL: Oak Creeek, Yakoma Co., Washington
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C. a. herri (Grinnell, 1901) Arizona, New Mexico, ....
- Lycaena amyntula var. herri Grinnell, 1901; Can. Ent. 33 (7): 192; TL: Cochise Co., Arizona
- = Cupido amyntula; [NL4A], #1083
- Everes comyntas herri tr.f. arizonensis Gunder, 1927; Can. Ent. 59 (12): 284, pl. A, f. 10; TL: Santa Rita Mts, Arizona
- Everes amyntula herri tr. f. jemezensis Gunder, 1927; Can. Ent. 59 (12): 284, pl. A, f. 11; TL: Jemez Spr., New Mexico
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C. a. valeriae (Clench, 1944) South Dakota
- Cupido (Everes) amyntula valeriae; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 240; [P&N23]
- Cupido amyntula valeriae; [BOA]
- Elkalyce amyntula valeriae; [CoL]
- Everes amyntula valeriae; [NACL], #4362a
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C. a. albrighti (Clench, 1944) Montana
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C. a. maritima (Leblanc, 1985) Quebec, New Brunswick
- Everes amyntula maritima Leblanc, 1985; Fabreries (suppl. 4): 45; TL: Quebeck (Rimouski, Baspésie)
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C. a. montanorum (Austin, 1998) Nevada
- Everes amyntula montanorum Austin, 1998; Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (45): 549; TL: Nevada, Washoe Co.; Carson Range, Tahoe Meadows, Nevada State Route 431, 2.4 road miles SW of Mt Rose Summit, 2590m
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C. a. nesiotes (Emmel & Emmel, 1998) California
- Everes amyntula nesiotes Emmel & Emmel, 1998; Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (21): 303; TL: Santa Rosa Island, Calfifornia
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Cupido comyntas (Godart, [1824])
California - Costa Rica, E.USA. See [maps]
Eastern Tailed Blue
- Cupido (Everes) comyntas comyntas; [P&N23]
- Cupido (Everes) comyntas; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 239; [P&N23]
- Cupido comyntas; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1084; [MPG] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
- Elkalyce comyntas; [CoL]
- Everes comyntas; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 45; [NACL], #4361; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 19, f. 13; [BNA]: 395, pl. 35, f. 390; [NAB], 491
- Lycaena comyntas; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 108; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 723
Larva on
Astragalus ,
Baptisia tinctoria,
Desmodium canescens,
D. marilandicum,
D. rigidum,
Galactia ,
Lotus purshianus,
L. scoparius,
L. strigosus,
Lathyrus ochroleucus,
Lathyrus jepsonii ssp. californicus,
Lespedeza stipulacea,
L. hirta,
L. capitata,
L. texana,
L. intermedia,
Lupinus perennis,
L. bicolor,
Lupinus nanus ssp. latifolius,
Phaseolus polystachios,
Medicago lupulina,
Melilotus indicus,
M. officinalis,
Trifolium hybridum,
T. repens,
T. pratense,
T. tridentatum,
Vicia angustifolia,
V. sativa,
V. americana,
V. villosa,
V. cracca [BNA]
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C. c. comyntas New York, Kansas, ...
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C. c. sissona (Wright, 1905) California
- Lycaena sissona Wright, 1905; Butts. West Coast US:(?) ; TL: "Sisson, Cal." [city of Mt. Shasta]
- = Cupido comyntas; [NL4A], #1084
- Cupido comyntas pacnowe Scott & Kondla, 2006; Papilio (N.S.) 12: 48, pl. 4; TL: Adair Village, Bento Co., Oregon
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C. c. texana (Chermock, 1945) Texas, ...
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Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
SEU, N.Kazakhstan, W.Sibera, C.Siberia, Altai, Sayan, Transbaikalia. See [maps]
Provençal Short-tailed Blue
Rabicorta
Modraszek alcetas
- Papilio alcetas Hoffmannsegg, 1804; Mag. f. Insektenk. 3: 205; TL: Austria
- Papilio coretas Ochsenheimer, 1808; Schmett. Europa 1 (2): 60
- Cupido alcetas diminuta Verity, 1919; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 31: 47
- Cupido alcetas ab. luteumfera Verity, 1919; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 31: 47
- Everes alcetas f. metallica Courvoisier, 1920; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34: 244
- Everes alcetas f. rufomaculata Courvoisier, 1920; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34: 244
- ornata (Pionneau, 1927) (Everes); Echange 43: 12
- pallida (Pionneau, 1929) (Lycaena); Misc. Ent. 31 (5): 50
- Everes alcetas (I) gen. antealcetas Verity, 1934; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl) 46: 34
- Everes alcetas (II) gen. dilutior Verity, 1934; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl) 46: 34
- irenae (Dujardin, 1974) (Everes); Entomops 35: 83
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600x428 (~47Kb) underside France, Pyrenees Orientales, Axat, Summer 1996, Photo © Simon Coombes
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533x400 (~36Kb) ♂ underside An open old aspen in the Opalikha Rivulet valley, a left tributary of the Koen River, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 13th June 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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Larva on
Leguminosae ,
Coronilla varia [H&R],
Trifolium ,
Vicia [BARU],
Medicago lupulina Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 35
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Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886)
SEEU. See [maps]
Modraszek blady
Eastern Short-tailed Blue
- Cupido (Everes) decolorata; [FE]
- Cupido (Everes) decoloratus; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79
- Cupido decolorata; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
- Cupido decoloratus; [Otakar Kudrna]
- Elkalyce decolorata vernalis; [CoL]
- Elkalyce decolorata; [CoL]
- Everes decolorata;
- Everes decoloratus; [H&R]; [BRU2]: 143, pl. 63, f. 10-12
Larva on
(as decoloratus) Medicago lupulina [H&R]
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Cupido lacturnus (Godart, [1824])
Australia, Oriental Region. See [maps]
Tailed Cupid
- Polyommatus lacturnus Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 608, 660, no. 148; TL: Timor
- Plebejus polysperchinus Kheil, 1884; Rhopalocera Ins. Nias: 29, pl. 5, f. 36; TL: Nias
- Everes tuarana Riley, 1923; Entomologist 56 (2): 37; TL: N.Borneo
- yerta (Seitz, [1924]) (Everes); Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 923, pl. 153 i
- ottobonus (Seitz, [1924]) (Everes); Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 924
- Everes parrhasius pila Evans, [1925]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (2): 340; TL: Nicobars
- Everes syntala Cantlie, 1963; Lyc. Butts. Revised: 38; TL: Sri Lanka; S.India
- Everes okinawanus Fujioka, 1975; Butts. Japan 1: 282; TL: Okinawa
- ?argiades lacturnus (Fruhstorfer, [1924]) (Everes); Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 923
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Larva on
Desmodium heterocarpon Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.,
Desmodium heterocarpum,
D. canum [MRS],
Desmodium ,
Lotus ,
Trifolium ,
Lysionotus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
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C. l. lacturnus
1104x1142 (~371Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk Province, Ream Peninsula, a grassy swamp at Coconut Beach, 11th November 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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1175x1028 (~383Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk Province, Ream Peninsula, a grassy swamp at Coconut Beach, 11th November 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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C. l. palliensis (Ribbe, 1899)
- Elkalyce lacturnus palliensis; [CoL]
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C. l. assamica (Tytler, 1915) Assam
Indian Cupid
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C. l. rileyi (Godfrey, 1916)
Larva on
Trifolium [BMP]
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C. l. kawaii (Matsumura, 1926) Japan
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C. l. australis (Couchman, 1962) Australia (Torres Strait Is., Northern Territory, Cape York - Port Macquarie)
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Cupido nagarensis Charmeux & Desse, 2006
Pakistan. See [maps]
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