Copulating "Cupidos" - Eastern Tailed-Blues (Cupido comyntas) mating R3006 Kawartha Lakes, ON 16x9

Eastern Tailed-Blues (Cupido comyntas) mating.

Ken Reid Conservation Area, Sturgeon Lake, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.

July 22, 2013.

 

I'm not 100% sure why this genus is called "Cupido", but I'm beginning to think I get it...

 

From Dictionary.com:

Latin "Cupīdō" Cupid, the personification of cupīdō desire, love, equivalent to cup ( ere ) to long for, desire + -īdō noun suffix (cf. libido)

 

I don't often post photos in this resolution, but thought I'd make an exception this time. :-)

 

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