Celastrina gigas

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Silvery hedge blue
Close wing posture Basking of Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928) – Silvery Hedge Blue WLB DSC 8891.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. gigas
Binomial name
Celastrina gigas
(Hemming, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Lycaenopsis gigas Hemming, 1928
  • Lycaenopsis ladonides gigas Hemming, 1928
  • Celastrina ladonides gigas Hemming, 1928

Celastrina gigas, the silvery hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Francis Hemming in 1928.

Taxonomy[]

The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:

  • C. g. gigas – nominate subspecies
  • C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian

Range[]

It is found in the West Himalaya.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina gigas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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