Biology:Celastrina humulus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Celastrina humulus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. humulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina humulus Scott & D. Wright, 1998
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Celastrina humulus, the hops azure, is a species of blue in the family Lycaenidae.[2][3][4][5] It is found in North America.[3] The main host plant is wild hops. They can change their body temperature by behaviors like basking or sitting in shade.[6] The hops azure has a mutualistic relationship with ants, called myrmecophiles.[7]
The MONA or Hodges number for Celastrina humulus is 4363.3.[5][8]
References
- ↑ "Celastrina humulus". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111968/Celastrina_humulus.
- ↑ "Celastrina humulus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/306052.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Celastrina humulus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=777897.
- ↑ "Celastrina humulus Overview". http://eol.org/pages/4048830/overview.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "North American Moth Photographers Group, Celastrina humulus". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=4363.3.
- ↑ Puntenney, C. P., & Schorr, R. A. (2016). Patch occupancy and habitat of the hops azure (Celastrina humulus), a rare North American endemic butterfly: Insights for monitoring and conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation,20(2), 215-222. doi:10.1007/s10841-016-9855-0
- ↑ Schorr, R. A.; Maison, R. M.; Puntenney, C. P. (2020-12-01). "Multi-year occupancy of the hops blue butterfly (Celastrina humulus): habitat patch colonization and extinction" (in en). Journal of Insect Conservation 24 (6): 927–934. doi:10.1007/s10841-020-00264-w. ISSN 1572-9753. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10841-020-00264-w. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ↑ Pelham J.P.. "A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, rev. 2017". http://butterfliesofamerica.com/US-Can-Cat.htm.
Further reading
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q21247879 entry
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