Cupido minimus (Small Blue)
Originator: Trond Einar Brobakk
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: Rhopalocera (Butterflies)
Family: Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
Genus: Cupido
Species: Cupido minimus (Small Blue)
Norwegian name: Dvergblåvinge
Host plants: Astragalus, Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), Lotus corniculatus, Melilotus
Confusion species: Cyaniris semiargus (Mazarine Blue)