Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
![Cupido lorquinii: Male (Andalusia, Spain, Maro, late March 2015) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/lorquinii_im2015.jpg "Cupido lorquinii: Male (Andalusia, Spain, Maro, late March 2015) [N]")
![Cupido lorquinii: Male (Andalusia, Maro, late March 2015) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/lorquinii_2im2015.jpg "Cupido lorquinii: Male (Andalusia, Maro, late March 2015) [N]")
![Cupido lorquinii: Habitat (Andalusia, Maro, Sierra de Tejada,late March 2015) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/lorquinii_h2015.jpg "Cupido lorquinii: Habitat (Andalusia, Maro, Sierra de Tejada,late March 2015) [N]")
Host plants:
The larvae feed on Anthyllis species.
Habitat:
Cupido lorquinii inhabits especially dry, bushy and often rocky slopes, pastures and dry grasslands.
Life cycle:
Adults occur in spring (late March to June, according to elevation). The prepupa should overwinter as it is the case in C. minimus.
Remarks:
Cupido lorquinii occurs in southern Iberian Peninsula where it replaces the closely related Cupido minimus.
Cupido alcetas | Cupido argiades | Cupido decolorata | Cupido minimus | Cupido osiris
