Osiris blue - Cupido osiris

 

Family: Lycaenidae.

Flight Time: May - July

Size: mm

Altitude: 500-1800m
 
Similar to the other Cupido species. Male upper violet blue with sharply defined black borders.

This photo is courtesy of Mark Ogden, in Bulgaria 2006.

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Similar Species Foodplants Habitat Distribution

 

Onobrychis species

Grassy flowery places

Osiris blue distribution.
 

Early Stages

 

      
 
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