000000 | 284D00 | 4A4B39 | 5D7400 | 72959B | 838B01 | 9C9B87 | ECFEFE |
Cupido osiris (NL: Zuidelijk dwergblauwtje / EN: Osiris Blue / DE: Kleiner Alpen-Bläuling / FR: Azuré de la chevrette, Azuré osiris) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species is very similar to Cupido minimus based on the underside alone. It is probably much easier to differentiate them in the field where the blue upperside of the male osiris is clearly apparent, and the females can be identified by the visible uppersides in flight as well. The theory about the series of four post-discal spots being in a straight line in osiris seems only to hold true for the female. The males can vary significantly.
Image: Chichiliane (Fr) - 04/07/2013
© Johan Dierckx
The photos on this site are copyrighted, which prohibits anyone to use them to sell, give away, use in email or newsgroups, use in a homepage or otherwise showing to the public without my explicit, prior, written permission. Please feel free to use the "contact"-button below to contact me with any questions.
All species are photographed in their natural habitat, without cutting or capturing them, and with maximal respect and the least possible disturbance to the environment.
(To see species in the same taxonomic rank (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus), please use the tags provided with the image. The last tag is the Iso-code for the country where the image was taken. Image-date in DD/MM/YYYY format.)
Please feel free to visit my personal website http://www.diversitasnaturae.be/
Canon EOS 7D
1/200 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
150 mm
animalia
arthropoda
insecta
lepidoptera
lycaenidae
cupido
fr