Small Cupid
The small Cupid is a tiny butterfly from South and West Asia. The male is greyish blue with a lilac shine. Its back wings have thin black tails with white tips.
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Fun facts
It looks different in the wet season and the dry season. In the dry season it is paler and its markings are tiny.
Near its tails it has two big jet black spots, topped with orange.
Its feelers are black with white rings, like little striped poles.
The female is paler than the male, with wider dark edges on her wings.
Most asked questions about Small Cupid
?Where does the small Cupid live?
In South and West Asia, from Iran, Oman and Afghanistan to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
?Why does the small Cupid look different at different times of year?
Butterflies that grow up in the wet season are darker and more clearly marked. Dry-season ones are paler with tiny markings.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chilades parrhasius
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Chilades parrhasius (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Milind bhakare. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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