Celastrina ladonides
(Redirected from Lycaenopsis ladonides)
| Silvery hedge blue | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. ladonides
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| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina ladonides (De L'Orza, 1869)
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Celastrina ladonides, the silvery hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India[2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Taxonomy
[edit]The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis ladonides Hemmings.[2]
Range
[edit]It is found from Murree in Pakistan to Kumaon in India.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina argiolus ssp. ladonides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ a b c Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.23.
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.