Celastrina cardia

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

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

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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

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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. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.20.