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

Cupidopsis iobates iobates (from Kenya and Uganda to the Cape, Angola, Zaire, Togo, Benin, Guinea, Madagascar)
Cupidopsis iobates mauritanica Riley, 1932 (Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria to Ethiopia)

References

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↑ Cupidopsis, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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