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Osiris blue
Female Osiris blue
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C. osiris
Binomial name
Cupido osiris
Meigen, 1829

The Osiris blue (Cupido osiris) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Europe, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, the Alay Mountains, Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, the Altai Region, the Sayan mountains, Lake Baikal and Mongolia.

The larvae feed on Onobrychis and Leguminosae species.