Biology:Celastrina echo
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Celastrina echo | |
|---|---|
| C. echo cinerea upperside | |
| C. echo cinerea underside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. echo
|
| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina echo (W. H. Edwards, 1864)
| |
Celastrina echo, known generally as the echo azure or western azure, is a species of blue in the butterfly family Lycaenidae.[1][2]
The MONA or Hodges number for Celastrina echo is 4363.2.[3]

Subspecies
These four subspecies belong to the species Celastrina echo:
- Celastrina echo cinerea (W. H. Edwards, 1883) (southwestern azure)
- Celastrina echo echo (W. H. Edwards, 1864) (Pacific azure)
- Celastrina echo nigrescens (J. Fletcher, 1903) (northwestern azure)
- Celastrina echo sidara (Clench, 1944) (Rocky Mountain azure)
References
- ↑ "Celastrina echo Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=777892.
- ↑ "Celastrina echo species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/41480.
- ↑ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Celastrina echo". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=4363.2.
Further reading
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15779554 entry
