| Silvery hedge blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928)
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| Synonyms | |
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Celastrina gigas, the silvery hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Francis Hemming in 1928.
Taxonomy
The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:
- C. g. gigas – nominate subspecies
- C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian
Range
It is found in the West Himalaya.
See also
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina gigas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.