Silvery hedge blue
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. โ†‘ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina argiolus ssp. ladonidesโ€‹". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221โ€“226, ser no H21.23.


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