Biology:Celastrina ladonides

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Silvery hedge blue
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. ladonides
Binomial name
Celastrina ladonides
(De L'Orza, 1869)

Celastrina ladonides, the silvery hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India [2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis ladonides Hemmings.[2]

Range

It is found from Murree in Pakistan to Kumaon in India .[2]

See also

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Celastrina argiolus ssp. ladonides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=202161.  Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.23. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5057529 entry