Cupido

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Cupido
Species: C. alaina – C. alcetas – C. amyntula – C. argiades – C. carswelli – C. comyntas – C. decolor – C. decoloratus – C. diogenes – C. lacturnus – C. lorquinii – C. minimus – C. nagarensis – C. osiris – C. staudingeri
Name

Cupido Schrank, 1801

Type species: Papilio minimus Fuessly, 1775.
Synonymy

Everes Hübner, [1819]
Type species: Papilio amyntas Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 (invalid, subjective synonym of Papilio argiades Pallas, 1771), by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1872: 56.

References

Charmeux, J.F. & J.M. Desse 2006. Bilan de huit séjours au Pakistan et description de Cupido nagarensis sp. nova et de Palasa gohlshali sp. nova. Bulletin des Lépidoptéristes Parisiens 14(35): 81–136. Reference page.
Gil-T., F. 2002. Cupido lorquinii (Herrrich-Schäffer, 1847): Datos inéditos sobre la biología de sus estadios preimaginales (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 31: 37–42. ResearchGate Reference page.
Gil-T., F. 2003. Cupido carswelli (Stempffer, 1927): descripción de sus estadios preimaginales, biología y distribución. La morfología de la crisálida, ¿clave para su rango específico? (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 32: 45–50. ResearchGate Open access Reference page.
Gil-T., F. 2006. Cupido carswelli (Stempffer, 1927): morphology of its chrysalis and genitalia compared with those of Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775) and Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 37(1/2): 150–160, 280–281. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Gil-T., F. 2017. Cupido carswelli (Stempffer, 1927), endemism from SE. Spain, a different species of Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775): updated distribution, identification of its larval host-plant and notes on taxonomy, ecology and morphology (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 48 (1-4): 197–203. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Prieto, C.G., Munguira, M.L. & Romo, H. 2009. Morphometric analysis of genitalia and wing pattern elements in the genus Cupido (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): are Cupido minimus and C. carswelli different species? Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(1): 137–147. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200900012. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1872. A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Academy of Sciences (1871): 24–83. Online. Reference page.
ten Hagen, W. 2008. Taxonomie von Cupido staudingeri (Christoph, 1873) in Iran (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 28 (3–4): 165–171. Reference page.

Cupido is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The subgenus Everes (Hübner, [1819]) is included here.[1]
Species

Cupido alaina (Staudinger, 1887) Alai, Darvaz, West Pamirs
Cupido alcetas – Provençal short-tailed blue
Cupido amyntula – western tailed-blue
Cupido argiades – short-tailed blue
Cupido buddhista (Alphéraky, 1881) – Buddhist blue – Central Asia
Cupido carswelli Stempffer, 1927 – Carswell's little blue – mountains of southeast Spain
Cupido comyntas – eastern tailed-blue
Cupido decolor (Staudinger, 1886)
Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886) – eastern short-tailed blue – Balkans and eastern Europe
Cupido gisela (Püngeler, 1901) – Gisela blue – Tibet
Cupido lacturnus – tailed Cupid
Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) – Lorquin's blue – North Africa and Spain
Cupido minimus – small blue – Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia and Mongolia
Cupido osiris – Osiris blue – Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia and Mongolia
Cupido peri Zhdanko, 2000 Alai, Darvaz
Cupido prosecusa (Erschoff, 1874) Central Asia
Cupido staudingeri (Christoph, 1873) – Staudinger's blue – Asia Minor
Cupido tusovi Lukhtanov, 1994 Altai Mountains

[2]
References

http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/old_site/uasm//Opler&Warren.pdf Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Paul A. Opler and Andrew D. Warren. Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
Cupido at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera