#2692 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Short-tailed Blue

🇳🇱 Staartblauwtje ·Everes argiades

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Tony Hisgett · CC BY 4.0
2. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Rosenzweig · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © alderash · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © iwo2022 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © iwo2022 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © shirdipam · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Tamás Klózer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The short-tailed blue or tailed Cupid ( Cupido argiades ) is a butterfly that forms part of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Central Europe to Japan.

base stats

NL sightings 68iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,624iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).