Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Cupido osiris | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cupido Rank Species | |
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Similar Cupido alcetas, Polyommatus thersites, Eumedonia eumedon, Glaucopsyche alexis, Leptotes pirithous | ||
The Osiris blue (Cupido osiris) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Europe, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, the Alay Mountains, Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, the Altai Region, the Sayan mountains, Lake Baikal and Mongolia.
The larvae feed on Onobrychis and Leguminosae species.
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