Celastrina cardia

Pale hedge blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species: C. cardia
Binomial name
Celastrina cardia
(Felder, 1860)

Celastrina cardia, the pale hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India[2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis cardia Moore.[2]

Range

It is found in Shimla in India to the Karen Hills in Myanmar.[2]

See also

References

  1. Card for cardia in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.20.
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