Celastrina oreas

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Celastrina oreas
Celastrina oreas arisana ventral view 20150517.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Celastrina
Species:
C. oreas
Binomial name
Japonica lutea
(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[]

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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,

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

  • Seitz 83f

See also[]

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)


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