Biology:Celastrina nigra
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Celastrina nigra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. nigra
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| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina nigra W. Forbes, 1960
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Celastrina nigra, the dusky azure, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1960. It resides in the extreme northeast corner of the U.S. state of Georgia.[2] The larval host plant is Aruncus dioicus (goat's beard).[3]
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0: Celastrina nigra, Dusky Azure". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.121137/Celastrina_nigra.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q99519535:252–253
- ↑ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2023). HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database at the Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/havt50xw. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&Familyqtype=starts+with&Family=&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&PFamily=&Genusqtype=starts+with&Genus=celastrina&PGenusqtype=starts+with&PGenus=&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Species=nigra&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PSpecies=&Country=&sort=Family.
Wikidata ☰ Q2943881 entry
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