Celastrina huegeli
| 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) | |
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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.
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]
- C. h. heugelii – nominate ssp.
- C. h. singalensis – previously Lycaenopsis singalensis as per Evans and considered as Polyommatus singalensis as per NHM's LepIndex[4]
- C. h. dipora – dusky blue cupid previously Everes dipora as per Evans[5]
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.
See also
References
- ↑ Card for huegeli in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.
- 1 2 3 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H21.22, pp 224
- 1 2 Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Celastrina (Lycaenidae).
- ↑ Card for singalensis in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.
- ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies. ser. no. H18.4, pp.219.
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). (2003). The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 14 October 2006].
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