Biology:Celastrina gigas

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Silvery hedge blue
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Celastrina gigas
(Hemming, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Lycaenopsis gigas Hemming, 1928
  • Lycaenopsis ladonides gigas Hemming, 1928
  • Celastrina ladonides gigas Hemming, 1928

Celastrina gigas, the silvery hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Francis Hemming in 1928.

Taxonomy

The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:

  • C. g. gigas – nominate subspecies
  • C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian

Range

It is found in the West Himalaya .

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13458563 entry