Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini Cupido (Cupido) minimus Cupido (Everes) alcetas
Cupido (Cupido) osiris (Meigen, 1829)
Osiris Blue
Genus: Cupido Schrank, 1801   Subgenus: Cupido Schrank, 1801   Original genus: Polyommatus Hübner, [1822]
Synonims (species):
   sebrus Hübner, [1824]
   sebrus Boisduval, 1832
C. (Cupido) osiris (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Castilla la Mancha, Serrania de Cuenca, Valdecabras, Spain, June 1, 2004
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
C. (Cupido) osiris (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Castilla la Mancha, Serrania de Cuenca, Valdecabras, Spain, June 1, 2004
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
C. (Cupido) osiris (© Christian Papé)
Adults, Askion mts., near Galatini ca. 700 m, Macedonia, Greece, June 16, 2003
(Photo by Christian Papé)
Foodplants:
Onobrychis; larvae attended by ant Lasius alienus
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