Celastrina oreas

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Celastrina oreas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. oreas
Binomial name
Celastrina oreas
(Leech, [1893]) [1]

Celastrina oreas is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Ussuri, China, Nepal, Assam, Burma, Taiwan) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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Description from Seitz

C. oreas Leech (83 f). Male somewhat similar to the male of argiolus , but deeper violet-blue and the black apical area of the wings broader. The female too, is darker, being more purplish blue, the underside bearing fewer, but very strongly marked elongate spots. — In West China, up to 10, 000 ft. [2]

Biology

The larva on feeds on Prinsepia chinensis , Prinsepia scandens, Eurya strigillosa , E. acuminata, E. groffii, Prinsepia scandens

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References

  1. Leech, [1893] Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)