Cupidopsis iobates

Cupidopsis iobates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cupidopsis
Species: C. iobates
Binomial name
Cupidopsis iobates
(Hopffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena jobates Hopffer, 1855
  • Cupidopsis mauritanica Riley, 1932
  • Cupidopsis jobates
  • Cupidopsis iobates uranochroa Ungemach, 1932
  • Lycaena siwani Trimen, 1862
  • Cupido iobates ab. conjugens Strand, 1912
  • Cupido jobates ab. ochreopuncta Aurivillius, 1925

The Tailed Meadow Blue (Cupidopsis iobates) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cupidopsis iobates.
Wikispecies has information related to: Cupidopsis iobates
  1. Cupidopsis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, August 17, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.