Cupido is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The subgenus Everes (Hübner, ) is included here.http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/old_site/uasm//Opler&Warren.pdf Paul A. Opler and Andrew D. Warren. Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
Species Cupido alaina (Staudinger, 1887) Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, etc. Cupido alcetas – Provençal short-tailed blue – Central & Eastern Europe, Turkey Cupido amyntula – western tailed-blue – North America Cupido argiades – short-tailed blue Cupido buddhista (Alphéraky, 1881) – Buddhist blue – Central Asia Cupido carswelli Stempffer, 1927 – Carswell's little blue – Spain (Southeast) Cupido comyntas – eastern tailed-blue Cupido decolor (Staudinger, 1886) Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886) – eastern short-tailed blue – Balkans and eastern Europe Cupido gisela (Püngeler, 1901) – Gisela blue – Tibet Cupido lacturnus – tailed Cupid Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, ) – Lorquin's blue – North Africa and Spain Cupido minimus – small blue – Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia and Mongolia Cupido osiris – Osiris blue – Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia and Mongolia Cupido peri Zhdanko, 2000 Alai, Darvaz Cupido prosecusa (Erschoff, 1874) Central Asia Cupido nagarensis Charmeux & Desse, 2006 Central Asia Cupido staudingeri (Christoph, 1873) – Staudinger's blue – Asia Minor Cupido tusovi Lukhtanov, 1994 Altai Mountains Cupido at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
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Lepidoptera and some other life forms images representing Cupido at Consortium for the Barcode of Life