Celastrina huegeli

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Large hedge blue
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. huegeli
Binomial name
Celastrina huegeli
(Moore, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Celastrina huegelii
  • Lycaenopsis huegelii

Celastrina huegeli, the large 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 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]

Range

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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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina huegeli". 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. p. 224, ser no H21.22.
  3. 1 2 Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Celastrina (Lycaenidae).
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina huegeli". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  5. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 219, ser. no. H18.4.