Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini Cupido (Cupido) osiris Cupido (Everes) argiades
Cupido (Everes) alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
Provençal Short-tailed Blue
Genus: Cupido Schrank, 1801   Subgenus: Everes Hübner, [1819]   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
Synonims (species):
   coretas Ochsenheimer, 1808
C. (Everes) alcetas (© Ilaria Pimpinelli)
Adult (male), Anticoli (Roma), Italy, May 18, 2002
(Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli)
C. (Everes) alcetas (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (female), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, June 27, 2003
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
C. (Everes) alcetas (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Anticoli (Roma), Italy, May 18, 2002
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. (Everes) alcetas (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, August 10, 2003
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. (Everes) alcetas (© Ilaria Pimpinelli)
Adult (male), Anticoli (Roma), Italy, May 18, 2002
(Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli)
Foodplants:
Coronilla varia, Galega officinalis; larvae attended by ants of genus Formica
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