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  2. Cupido (Everes) decolorata
Cupido decolorata(Staudinger, 1886)
  1. Lycaenidae
  2. Polyommatinae
  3. Polyommatini
  4. Everina
  5. Cupido
  6. Everes
  7.  decolorata
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TL: Austria, Vienna

Habitat

  • Dry sunny slopes
  • Limestone background

Similar species

  • Cupido (C.) lorquinii
  • Cupido (C.) minimus
  • Cupido (C.) osiris
  • Cupido (Everes) alcetas
MU
FU

23-25 mm

MD
FD
  • Austria
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    ČeskyModrásek tolicový
    DeutschÖstlicher Kurzschwänziger Bläuling
    EnglishEastern Short-tailed Blue
    FrançaisAzuré de Staudinger
    HrvatskiVijin strjeličar
    MagyarKormos boglárka
    PolskiModraszek blady
    SlovenčinaModráčik lucernový
    SrpskiBledi plavac
    SrpskiБледи плавац
    TürkçeBalkan Everesi
    ΕλληνικάΑνατολικός άργος
    МакедонскиБлед синец
    РусскийГолубянка блёклая
    УкраїнськаСинявець вицвілий
    中文燕藍灰蝶
    日本語ツバメシジミ
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    FabaceaeMedicago lupulinaBlack Medick
    FabaceaeMedicago sativaAlfalfa
  • Synonyms and other combinations
  • Latin nameAuthor
    Cupido decoloratusStaudinger, 1886
    Lycaena decolorataStaudinger, 1886
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    euroButterfliesMatt Rowling
    Lepidoptera and their ecologyWolfgang Wagner
    Lepiforum e. V.
    Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North AfricaPaolo Mazzei
    Plants parasites of EuropeWillem N. Ellis

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Male, upperside.

Witold ZiajaPoland, Myscowa

Male, upperside.

Jacek SerafinPoland, Szczawnica-Wodospad Zaskalnik

Male, upperside.

Janusz WójcickiCzech Republic, Jindřichov

Female, upperside.

Janusz WójcickiCzech Republic, Jindřichov

Male, underside.

Jacek SerafinPoland, Krościenko nad Dunajcem

Male, underside.

Евгений КаролинскийUkraine, Єфремівка
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