Celastrina
Encyclopedia
Celastrina is a genus of butterfly
in the family Lycaenidae
found worldwide.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
found worldwide.
Species
- Celastrina acesina (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Celastrina albocoeruleusCelastrina albocoeruleusThe Albocerulean is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Description:...
(Moore, 1879) – Albocerulean - Celastrina algernoni (Fruhstorfer, 1917)
- Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Holly Blue
- Celastrina cardiaCelastrina cardiaThe Pale Hedge Blue is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-See also:*Lycaenidae*List of butterflies of India*List of butterflies of India -References:...
(Felder, 1860) – Pale Hedge Blue - Celastrina diporaCelastrina diporaThe Dusky Blue Cupid is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-References:...
(Moore 1865) – Dusky Blue Cupid - Celastrina echo (Edwards, 1864) – Echo Azure
- Celastrina fedoseevi (Korshunov & Ivonin, 1990)
- Celastrina filipjevi (Riley, 1934)
- Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928)
- Celastrina gozoraCelastrina gozoraThe Mexican Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Mexico, Panama and Honduras....
(Boisduval, 1870) - Celastrina hersilia (Leech, 1893)
- Celastrina huegeliCelastrina huegeliThe Large Hedge Blue is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Taxonomy:The alternate scientific name is Celastrina huegelii...
(Moore, 1882) – Large Hedge Blue - Celastrina humulus (Scott & Wright, 1998) – Hops Azure
- Celastrina idella (Wright & Pavulaan, 1999) – Holly Azure
- Celastrina iynteanaCelastrina iynteanaThe Jyntea Hedge Blue is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Description:...
(De Nicéville, 1883) – Jyntea Hedge Blue - Celastrina ladonCelastrina ladonThe Spring Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America from Alaska and Canada south of the tundra through most of the United States except the Texas coast, southern plain and peninsular Florida; south in the mountains to Colombia.Since the publication of a monograph...
(Cramer, 1780) – Spring Azure - Celastrina ladonidesCelastrina ladonidesThe Silvery Hedge Blue is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-See also:*Lycaenidae*List of butterflies of India*List of butterflies of India -References:...
(De L'Orza, 1869) – Silvery Hedge Blue - Celastrina lavendularisCelastrina lavendularisThe Plain Hedge Blue is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Description:...
(Moore, 1877) – Plain Hedge Blue - Celastrina luciaCelastrina luciaThe Lucia Azure, Northern Azure, Eastern Spring Azure or Northern Spring Azure is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found eastern North America from the Maritimes south through the Appalachian Mountains to West Virginia.The wingspan is 22-35 mm. Adults are sexually...
(Kirby, 1837) – Lucia Azure or Boreal Spring Azure - Celastrina morsheadi (Evans, 1915)
- Celastrina neglectaCelastrina neglectaThe Summer Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America. Layberry, Hall and Lafontaine, in The Butterflies of Canada, describe the species:...
(Edwards, 1862) – Summer Azure - Celastrina neglectamajor (Opler & Krizek, 1984) – Appalachian Azure
- Celastrina nigra (Forbes, 1960) – Spring Sooty, Dusky Azure, or Sooty Azure
- Celastrina ogasawaraensis (Pryer, 1886)
- Celastrina oreas (Leech, 1893)
- Celastrina perplexa (Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983)
- Celastrina phellodendroni (Omelko, 1987)
- Celastrina philippina (Semper, 1889)
- Celastrina serotinaCelastrina serotinaThe Cherry Gall Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found across North America as far north as the treeline.-External links:*, Butterflies of Canada*, BugGuide.net...
(Pavulaan & Wright, 2005) – Cherry Gall Azure - Celastrina sugitanii (Matsumura, 1919)