Celastrina lavendularis

Celastrina lavendularis, the plain hedge blue,[1][2] is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka,[3] India,[1][4] and Indomalayan realm[5] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Plain hedge blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. lavendularis
Binomial name
Celastrina lavendularis
(Moore, 1877)

Description

Male. Upperside dark lavender-blue, with an extremely narrow black outer marginal border. Female paler, and of a purple lavender-blue. Forewing with the base of the costa and an outer band black. Hindwing with black anterior border and marginal row of prominent pale-bordered black spots. Cilia white, with inner black border. Underside greyish-white. Forewing with dusky-black streak at end of the cell, a discal series of oblique spots, and marginal row of small spots enclosed by a dentated line. Hindwing with three black subbasal spots, some specimens with a smaller spot at base of subcostal and another at base of lower median vein, a curved series of seven discal spots, and a marginal row of spots enclosed by a dentate line.

— Frederic Moore, The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. Vol. I[6]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis lavendularis Moore.[3]

Range

It is found in Sri Lanka,[3] India[1][4] and Yunnan.

See also

References
  1. Varshney, R. K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 140. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina lavendularis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.19.
  4. "Celastrina lavendularis - Plain Hedge Blue -". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  5. Savela, Markku. "Celastrina lavendularis (Moore, 1877)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  6. Moore, Frederic (1880). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. Vol. I. London: L. Reeve & co. p. 75.


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