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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)
LYCAENIDAE
(blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
Cupido minimus
(Small Blue Butterfly)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Cupido minimus Fuessly, 1775 (Small Blue Butterfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Cupido minimus Imago 17 June 1978 Surrey England 4
Cupido minimus Male imago 6 June 1976 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Cupido minimus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)		 PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Cupido minimus:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Aplomya confinis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Cupido minimus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 LYCAENIDAE
(blues, coppers and hairstreaks)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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