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. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  6. Moore, Frederic (1880). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. Vol. I. London: L. Reeve & co. p. 75.


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