Celastrina cardia

Celastrina cardia, the pale hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India[2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Pale hedge blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Celastrina
Species:	C. cardia
Binomial name
Celastrina cardia (Felder, 1860)

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis cardia Moore.[2]

Range

It is found in Shimla in India to the Karen Hills in Myanmar.[2]

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina cardia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
2. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.20.

Sources

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.