Cupidopsis cissus

Cupidopsis cissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cupidopsis
Species:	C. cissus
Binomial name
Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])[1]
Synonyms
Polyommatus cissus Godart, [1824]

The Common Meadow Blue (Cupidopsis cissus) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in most of Africa, south of the Sahara.

The wingspan is 22-34 mm for males and 23-36 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 Eriosema and Vigna species.

Subspecies

• Cupidopsis cissus cissus (along the coast from West Cape to East Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, inland along the Drakensberg foothills to Gauteng and the North West Province. Also in mountains in Mpumalanga, North West Province and Limpopo Province)
• Cupidopsis cissus extensa Libert, 2003

References

1. ^ Cupidopsis, Site of Markku Savela
2. ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.