Celastrina lavendularis, the plain hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka, India, and across the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
Taxonomy The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis lavendularis Moore.
Subspecies
Celastrina lavendularis aroana Eliot and Kawazoe, 1983Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9 Papua New Guinea Celastrina lavendularis chloe Eliot and Kawazoe, 1983 Moluccas Celastrina lavendularis epicharma (Fruhstorfer, 1910)Fruhstorfer, H., 1910. Neue Cyaniris-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. . 71 (1909): 282-305 Flores Celastrina lavendularis floresana (Courvoisier, 1912)Courvoisier, L. G., 1912. Javanische Lycaeniden gesammelt von Edw. Jacobson. Tijdschr. Ent. 55: 15-19. Java Celastrina lavendularis gadara (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Moluccas Celastrina lavendularis hermesianax (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Philippines Celastrina lavendularis himilcon (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Taiwan Celastrina lavendularis isabella Corbet, 1937. Malaya Celastrina lavendularis lavendularis (Moore, 1877). Sri Lanka (type) Celastrina lavendularis limbata (Moore, 1879).India (type) Celastrina lavendularis lyce (Grose-Smith, 1896)Grose-Smith, H., 1896. Descriptions of two new species of Oriental Lycaenidae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18:155 Celebes Celastrina lavendularis placidina (Fruhstorfer, 1917) Sumatra
See also List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
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