Cupidopsis cissus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cupidopsis |
| Species: | C. cissus |
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| Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])[1] | |
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The Common Meadow Blue (Cupidopsis cissus) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in most of Africa, south of the Sahara.
The wingspan is 22–34 mm for males and 23–36 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 Eriosema and Vigna species.
Subspecies
- Cupidopsis cissus cissus (Senegal: Basse Casmance and south-east, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Kenya, northern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Madagascar, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, Free State Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province)
- Cupidopsis cissus extensa Libert, 2003 (Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo)
References
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- ↑ Cupidopsis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.