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Cupido (Everes) decolorata (Staudinger, 1886)
Eastern Short-tailed Blue
Genus: Cupido Schrank, 1801   Subgenus: Everes Hübner, [1819]   Original genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807
Synonims (species):
   decoloratus auct.
   sebrus Hübner, [1824]
C. (Everes) decolorata (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Gerecsei, Hungary, June 29, 2000
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
C. (Everes) decolorata (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (female), Járdánháza (Izra Valley), Hungary, August 4, 2004
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
C. (Everes) decolorata (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Gerecsei, Hungary, June 29, 2000
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
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