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Celastrina oreas

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Celastrina oreas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

Description from Seitz

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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

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

See also

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References

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  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)