-
Cupido alaina (Staudinger, 1887)
Alai, Darvaz, W.Pamirs. See [maps]
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Cupido staudingeri (Christoph, 1873)
N.Iran, Kopet-Dagh, Turkey. See [maps]
920x886 (~244Kb) male 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) male 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 male 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 male 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) male 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]
Pikkusinisiipi
Small Blue
Little Blue
Liten blåvinge
Småblåvinge
Zwergbläuling
Deunde Oscuro
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
- 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
- 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
- ?Cupido minuta; [NHM card]
- Zizera minima; Butler, 1900, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 110
- Cupido minimus; [BARU, #356]; [EBW], (name); [NHM card]; [MRS], 675; [BMAT]: 103, pl. 32, f. 23-24 (not in N.Africa); [Otakar Kudrna]; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 71
- Cupido (Cupido) minimus; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78; [FE]; [RFEL]
- Cupido minima; [BRU2]: 139, pl. 62, f. 48-50
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 female Estonia, Elva, 16.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen
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500x577 (~21Kb) underside female Estonia, Elva, 16.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen
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589x597 (~79Kb) underside male female 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) female 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 female 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 female 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],
Astragalus glycyphyllos,
A. cicer [BRU2], 140
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-
C. m. alsoides (Gerhard, 1851)
- ?Polyommatus icarus alsus[sic, recte alsoides?]; [NHM card]
- Cupido minimus alsoides; [NHM card]
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C. m. magnus (Rühl, 1895) Korea
- magna; Sugitani, 1938
- Cupido mininums magna; [NHM card]
- Cupido mininums magnus; [NHM card]
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-
C. m. trinacriae Verity, 1919 Sicily
- Cupido minimus trinacriae; [NHM card]
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C. m. happensis (Matsumura, 1927) Korea, ...
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C. m. noguerae Haig-Thomas, 1929 Spain
- Cupido minimus noguerae; [NHM card]
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C. m. latecaerulea Verity, 1946 Italy
- minimus latecaerulea Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 97
- Cupido minimus latecaerulea; [NHM card]
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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; [NHM card]
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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 tuzovi Lukhtanov, 1994 Saur, Tarbagatai, S.Altai?
- Cupido tuzovi Lukhtanov, 1994; Herbipoliana 3: 247; TL: Kazachstan, Shanaturmys (25 km S Saisan)
- ?Cupido tuzovi Lukhtanov, 1994; Selevinia 1994 (1): 73
- tuzovi; Zhdanko, [1996]
- Cupido tusovi[sic, recte tuzovi]; [BRU2]: 140, pl. 62, f. 51-53
- Cupido minimus tusovi[sic, recte tuzovi]; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 71
- Cupido (Cupido) tuzovi; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78
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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]
Osiris Blue
Dende Mayor
- 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
- = Tiora sebrus (caeruleagrisea); [NHM card]
- 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
- Tiora sebrus; [NHM card]
- Lycaena sebrus; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 414
- Elkalyce decolorata austriaca; [NHM card]
- Tiora sebrus angulosa; [NHM card]
- Tiora sebrus bernardiana; [NHM card]
- Tiora sebrus majuspunctata; [NHM card]
- Cupido osiris majuspunctata; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79
- Tiora sebrus minor; [NHM card]
- Tiora sebrus moreana; [NHM card]
- Tiora sebrus pseudolorquinii; [NHM card]
- Tiora sebrus violacea; [NHM card]
- Cupido osiris; [BARU, #357]; [BRU2]: 141, pl. 62, f. 28-30; [Otakar Kudrna]
- Cupido (Cupido) osiris; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79; [FE]
Larva on
(small) Leguminosae ,
Onobrychis ,
Lathyrus ? [H&R]
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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 male female Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier
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Larva on
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 minimus carswelli Stempffer, 1927; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr.: 244; TL: Sierra de Espuña, 1300m
- arcilacis Riley, 1927; Entomologist 60: 269
- Cupido carswelli; [NHM card]; [Otakar Kudrna]
- Cupido (Cupido) minimus carswelli; [FE]
Tarrier, M., 1993. La Sierra de la Sagra: un écosystème-modèle du refuge méditerranéen.. Alexanor 18(1): 13-42.
Gil-T., F., 1998. Cupido carswelli (Stempffer, 1927) y Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829): Primeras citas para la provincia de Almeria (Lepid., Lycaenidae). Bol. Soc. Ent. Aragonesa (SEA): 22: 25-26. .
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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; [NHM card]
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C. p. korlana (Staudinger, 1901) Tien Shan
- Cupido prosecusa korlana; [NHM card]
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Cupido gisela (Püngeler, 1901) W.Tibet?
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Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
SEU, CEU, AC, Japan. See [maps]
Tailed Cupid
Short-tailed Blue
Kannussinisiipi
Sporrblåvinge
Naranjitas Rabicorta
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
- Papilio tiresias; Esper, 1777, Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (9): 337, (6) pl. 34, f. 2
- Elkalyce argiades mureisana; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce argiades postnuditurea[sic, recte postnuditurca]; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce argiades nuditurea[sic, recte nuditurca]; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce argiades modestus; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce argiades depuncta; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce polysperchon; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce argiades polysperchon; [NHM card]
- Lycaena argiades; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 367
- Everes argiades; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 577; [BIR], 270 (key); [BARU, #353]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 9, f. 18, 20; [MRS], 675; [BRU2]: 142, pl. 63, f. 1-6; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 68
- Elkalyce argiades; [NHM card]
- Cupido argiades; [Otakar Kudrna]
- Cupido (Everes) argiades; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79; [FE]; [RFEL]
1061x729 (~61Kb) underside Takasaka, Saitama, Japan, 10-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt
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533x400 (~36Kb) underside male female 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 female Russia, Udmurtia, Izhevsk (parklike areas along shore of "Izhevsky Prud"), 5.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela
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1000x806 (~115Kb) upperside female 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 female 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 male 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) male female 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 female 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],
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
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C. a. indica (Evans, 1932) Chitral - Kumaon
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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
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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
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C. a. ruhlianus (Bryk, 1946) Korea
- Elkalyce argiades ruhlianus; [NHM card]
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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; [NHM card]
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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
- Elkalyce hugelii[sic, recte huegelii]; [NHM card]
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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
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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
- Elkalyce comyntas; [NHM card]
- Lycaena comyntas; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 108; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 723
- 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
- Cupido comyntas; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1084
- Cupido (Everes) comyntas; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 239
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, ...
- Everes texana Chermock, 1945; Can. Ent. 76 (11): 215; TL: nr San Antonio, Texas
- = Cupido comyntas ; [NL4A], #1084
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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
- Elkalyce alcetas irenae; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce alcetas antealcetas; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce alcetas dilutior; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce coretas; [NHM card]
- Everes alcetas; [BARU, #354]; [BRU2]: 142, pl. 63, f. 7-9
- Elkalyce alcetas; [NHM card]
- Cupido alcetas; [Otakar Kudrna]
- Cupido (Everes) alcetas; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79; [FE]
600x428 (~47Kb) underside France, Pyrenees Orientales, Axat, Summer 1996, Photo © Simon Coombes
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533x400 (~36Kb) underside male 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]
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Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886)
SEEU. See [maps]
Eastern Short-tailed Blue
Modraszek blady
- Tiora sebrus; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce decolorata vernalis; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce decolorata; [NHM card]
- Everes decolorata;
- Cupido decoloratus; [Otakar Kudrna]
- Everes decoloratus; [BRU2]: 143, pl. 63, f. 10-12
- Cupido (Everes) decoloratus; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 79
- Cupido (Everes) decolorata; [FE]
Larva on
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
- Binghamia parrhasius pila; [NHM card]
- Plebejus polysperchinus; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce lacturnus polysperchinus; [NHM card]
- ?Elkalyce turana[sic, recte tuarana?]; [NHM card]
- Elkalyce tuarana; [NHM card]
- Cupido lacturnus ottobonis[sic, recte ottobonus?]; [NHM card]
- Everes lacturnus; [BOW]: pl. 176, f. 7; [BOR], 648; [MRS], 676
- ?Elkalyce lacturnus; [NHM card]
- Cupido lacturnus; [NHM card]
Larva on
Desmodium heterocarpum,
D. canum [MRS],
Desmodium heterocarpon K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140),
Desmodium ,
Lotus ,
Trifolium ,
Lysionotus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
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C. l. palliensis (Ribbe, 1899)
- Elkalyce lacturnus palliensis; [NHM card]
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C. l. assamica (Tytler, 1915) Assam
Indian Cupid
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C. l. rileyi (Godfrey, 1916)
- Elkalyce rileyi; [NHM card]
- Everes lacturnus rileyi; [MRS], 676; [BMP]: 236, pl. 34, f. 31-33
Larva on
Trifolium [BMP]
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C. l. kawaii (Matsumura, 1926) Japan
- Binghamia parrhasius kawaii; [NHM card]
- Everes lacturnus kawaii; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 114
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C. l. australis (Couchman, 1962) Australia (Torres Strait Is., Northern Territory, Cape York - Port Macquarie)
- Everes lacturnus australis; [BAUR], 361
- Elkalyce lacturnus australis; [NHM card]
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Cupido nagarensis Charmeux & Desse, 2006
Pakistan. See [maps]
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