''Cupidopsis'' is a genus of
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...
.
Species
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Cupidopsis cissus
''Cupidopsis cissus'', the common meadow blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. 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 Septe ...
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(Godart, 824
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Cupidopsis iobates
''Cupidopsis iobates'', the tailed meadow blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. 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 Septe ...
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(Hopffer, 1855)
External links
''Cupidopsis''at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
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