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词条 Short-tailed blue
释义

  1. Description

  2. Distribution

  3. Life cycle

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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| image = Everes argiades1.jpg
| image2 = Cupido_argiades_female_dorsal.jpg
| taxon = Cupido argiades
| authority = (Pallas, 1771)
| synonyms =
  • Everes argiades
  • Papilio argiades
  • Elkalyce argiades

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The short-tailed blue or tailed Cupid (Cupido argiades) [1] is a butterfly that forms part of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Central Europe to Japan.

Description

The male has a violet upperside, a violet forewing with brown edging, and a violet hindwing with a brown edging of varying length. The wings have black spots, some of which have slight white edging. The tail is black with a white tip. The underside of the wings are white or brownish grey, the markings prominent or very faint. The antennae are black with white speckling on the shafts. The body is brown with a purple flush on fresh specimens.

The female has a dark grey-blue upperside, with black parts and broader edging. The undersides of the wings are like those of the male but with more stark markings. The body is like that of the male but without the purple flush.

Specimens from very dry localities in Upper Burma and from Great Nicobar Island are remarkably small and pale, with the markings on the underside, especially the subtornal ochraceous yellow patch, more or less obsolescent.[2]

Distribution

The Holarctic region, Oriental region and Notogaean realm. The butterfly flies from May to September depending on the location. An isolated population in Southern Armenia[3] is on wing starting from late April.

Life cycle

The larva is light green with a dark stripe on the back and dark streaks on the sides, with some brownish and white spots. It feeds on legume plants, including Lotus uliginosus.[2]

The pupa is the same color as the larva or darker and black-spotted.[2]

See also

  • Lycaenidae
  • List of butterflies of India
  • List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

{{Commons|Cupido argiades}}{{Wikispecies|Cupido argiades}}
1. ^Cupido argiades, funet.fi
2. ^{{cite book |last1=Bingham |first1=C.T. |authorlink=Charles Thomas Bingham |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma |url=https://archive.org/details/butterflies02bingiala |volume=II |edition=1st |publisher= Taylor and Francis, Ltd. |location=London |year=1907 }}
3. ^Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/cupido-argiades.html

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110608004237/http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/vlinders.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=137 Butterflies of Europe {{nl}}]
  • Vlindernet {{nl}}
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