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Cupido cissus

Synonyms: Cupidopsis cissus; Cupidopsis cissus cissus; Lycaena catharina; Polyommatus cissus; Polyommatus cissus cissus

Wikipedia Abstract

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. The larvae feed on the flowers of Eriosema and Vigna species.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0