Biology:Celastrina oreas

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Celastrina oreas
Celastrina oreas arisana ventral view 20150517.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. oreas
Binomial name
Celastrina oreas
(Leech, [1893])[1]

Celastrina oreas is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Ussuri, China, Nepal, Assam, Burma, Taiwan) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Description from Seitz

C. oreas Leech (83 f). Male somewhat similar to the male of argiolus, but deeper violet-blue and the black apical area of the wings broader. The female too, is darker, being more purplish blue, the underside bearing fewer, but very strongly marked elongate spots. — In West China, up to 10, 000 ft.[2]

Biology

The larva on feeds on Prinsepia chinensis, Prinsepia scandens, Eurya strigillosa, E. acuminata, E. groffii, Prinsepia scandens

  • Illustration from Butterflies from China, Japan & Korea, 1893

  • Seitz 83f

See also

  • List of butterflies of Russia

References

  1. ↑ Leech, [1893] Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
  2. ↑ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)

Wikidata ☰ Q15780041 entry




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