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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cupidopsis iobates, the tailed meadow blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of Africa, south of the Sahara.
Tailed meadow blue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cupidopsis |
Species: | C. iobates |
Binomial name | |
Cupidopsis iobates | |
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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.
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