Photo © Steve Lyn
Short-tailed Blue
Cupido argiades
Checklist Number61.011 [B&F: 1570]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Genus: | Cupido |
| Species: | argiades |
| Authority: | (Pallas, 1771) |
Local in woodland clearings, scrubby grassland and flower meadows; 0-1000 m throughout much of central and eastern Europe. In Britain, has appeared as a migrant in the south on less than 20 occasions, the first in Dorset in 1885. In Hampshire, a very rare immigrant. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 25-30 mm. Larva feeds on Bird's-foot Trefoil, Crown Vetch, Tufted Vetch, Black Medick and Lucerne.