TL: Switzerland (3200 m.)
Habitat
- Dry meadows
- Dry sunny slopes
- Glades
- Limestone background
18-25 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ArmenianՓոքր կապտաթիթեռ 
CatalàCupido menut 
ČeskyModrásek nejmenší 
DanskDværgblåfugl 
DeutschZwerg-Bläuling 
Eesti keelPisi-sinitiib 
EnglishSmall Blue 
EspañolDeunde Oscuro 
FrançaisArgus frêle 
GaeilgeGormán beag 
HrvatskiMali strjeličar 
LatviešuSīkais zilenītis 
LietuviųMažasis melsvys 
MagyarTörpeboglárka 
NederlandsDwergblauwtje 
NorskDvergblåvinge 
PolskiModraszek malczyk 
SlovenčinaModráčik najmenší 
SlovenščinaMali kupido 
SrpskiMaleni plavac SrpskiМалени плавац 
SuomeksiPikkusinisiipi 
SvenskaMindre blåvinge 
TürkçeMinik Kupid 
ΕλληνικάΑδύναμος άργος 
БеларускаяБлакітніца карлікавая 
МакедонскиЏуџест синец 
РусскийГолубянка карликовая РусскийГолубянка малая 
УкраїнськаСинявець крихітний 
ქართულიჯუჯა ცისფერა 
中文枯灰蝶 
한국어꼬마부전나비
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Anthyllis vulneraria Kidney vetch Fabaceae Astragalus alpinus Alpine Milk-vetch Fabaceae Astragalus australis Indian milkvetch Fabaceae Astragalus cicer Chickpea milkvetch Fabaceae Astragalus glycyphyllos Wild Liquorice Fabaceae Astragalus penduliflorus Fabaceae Colutea arborescens Bladder Senna Fabaceae Coronilla juncea Fabaceae Coronilla minima Fabaceae Medicago Medick Fabaceae Melilotus Sweet Clover Fabaceae Onobrychis supina Fabaceae Oxytropis campestris Field locoweed Fabaceae Oxytropis jacquinii - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Astragalus Milk-vetch
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Cupido trinacriae Vérity, 1919
- Subspecies
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Species Author Cupido (C.) minimus minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
- Links
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Language Website Authors British Butterflies Steven Cheshire Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Butterfly Conservation Armenia euroButterflies Matt Rowling Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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