Celastrina

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Celastrina
Celastrina neglectamajor.jpg
Celastrina neglectamajor
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Celastrina
J. W. Tutt, 1906
Synonyms
  • CyaniriodesMatsumura, 1919
  • MaslowskiaKurentzov, 1974

Celastrina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms.

Contents

Celastrina ladon museum specimens Celastrina ladon Bruce.jpg
Celastrina ladon museum specimens

Species

Listed alphabetically: [1]

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<i>Celastrina ladon</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Celastrina neglecta</i> Species of butterfly

Celastrina neglecta, the summer azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America. Layberry, Hall, and Lafontaine, in The Butterflies of Canada, describe the species:

The upper surface is pale blue with an extensive dusting of white scales, especially on the hindwing. In some females the blue is almost entirely replaced by white with a small amount of blue near the wing bases. Females have a broad blackish-grey band on the outer third and costa of the forewing. The underside is chalky white to pale grey with tiny dark grey spots and a zigzagged submarginal line on the hindwing.

<i>Celastrina serotina</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Celastrina idella</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Celastrina oreas</i> Species of butterfly

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References

  1. Celastrina , funet.fi