Large hedge blue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Celastrina |
Species: | C. huegeli |
Binomial name | |
Celastrina huegeli (Moore, 1882) | |
Synonyms | |
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Celastrina huegeli, the large hedge blue, [1] is a small butterfly found in India [2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The alternate scientific name is Celastrina huegelii. [3] The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis huegelii Moore. [2]
The spelling of the species taxon name is usually found in literature as huegelii, except for the NHM's LepIndex site where it is recorded as huegeli.
The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies: [3]
It is found in Kashmir to Kumaon in India. [2] Markku Savela's site gives range of the butterfly as Himalayas to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and northern Thailand, the extended range being due to the inclusion of C. h. singalensis and C. h. dipora as part of the huegelii species.
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