Cupidopsis iobates

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Tailed meadow blue
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cupidopsis
Species:
C. iobates
Binomial name
Cupidopsis iobates
(Hopffer, 1855) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena jobatesHopffer, 1855
  • Cupidopsis mauritanicaRiley, 1932
  • Cupidopsis jobates
  • Cupidopsis iobates uranochroaUngemach, 1932
  • Lycaena siwaniTrimen, 1862
  • Cupido iobates ab. conjugensStrand, 1912
  • Cupido jobates ab. ochreopunctaAurivillius, 1925

Cupidopsis iobates, the tailed meadow blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of Africa, south of the Sahara.

The wingspan is 23–30 mm for males and 26–33 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to April and May and sometimes in June and July in subtropical areas. [2]

The larvae feed on the flowers of low-growing grassland Fabaceae species, including Rhynchosia puberula .

Subspecies

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References

  1. Cupidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.