Male. Upperside dark lavender-blue, with an extremely narrow black outer marginal border. Female paler, and of a purple lavender-blue. Forewing with the base of the costa and an outer band black. Hindwing with black anterior border and marginal row of prominent pale-bordered black spots. Cilia white, with inner black border. Underside greyish-white. Forewing with dusky-black streak at end of the cell, a discal series of oblique spots, and marginal row of small spots enclosed by a dentated line. Hindwing with three black subbasal spots, some specimens with a smaller spot at base of subcostal and another at base of lower median vein, a curved series of seven discal spots, and a marginal row of spots enclosed by a dentate line.
^ abcVarshney, R. K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 140. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN978-81-929826-4-9.
^Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina lavendularis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
celastrina, lavendularis, plain, hedge, blue, small, butterfly, found, lanka, india, indomalayan, realm, that, belongs, lycaenids, blues, family, plain, hedge, bluescientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorde. Celastrina lavendularis the plain hedge blue 1 2 is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka 3 India 1 4 and Indomalayan realm 5 that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family Plain hedge blueScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily LycaenidaeGenus CelastrinaSpecies C lavendularisBinomial nameCelastrina lavendularis Moore 1877 Contents 1 Description 2 Taxonomy 3 Range 4 See also 5 ReferencesDescription EditMale Upperside dark lavender blue with an extremely narrow black outer marginal border Female paler and of a purple lavender blue Forewing with the base of the costa and an outer band black Hindwing with black anterior border and marginal row of prominent pale bordered black spots Cilia white with inner black border Underside greyish white Forewing with dusky black streak at end of the cell a discal series of oblique spots and marginal row of small spots enclosed by a dentated line Hindwing with three black subbasal spots some specimens with a smaller spot at base of subcostal and another at base of lower median vein a curved series of seven discal spots and a marginal row of spots enclosed by a dentate line Frederic Moore The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vol I 6 Taxonomy EditThe butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis lavendularis Moore 3 Range EditIt is found in Sri Lanka 3 India 1 4 and Yunnan See also EditList of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India Lycaenidae References Edit a b c Varshney R K Smetacek Peter 2015 A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India New Delhi Butterfly Research Centre Bhimtal amp Indinov Publishing p 140 doi 10 13140 RG 2 1 3966 2164 ISBN 978 81 929826 4 9 Beccaloni G Scoble M Kitching I Simonsen T Robinson G Pitkin B Hine A Lyal C eds 2003 Celastrina lavendularis The Global Lepidoptera Names Index Natural History Museum Retrieved April 19 2018 a b c Evans W H 1932 The Identification of Indian Butterflies 2nd ed Mumbai India Bombay Natural History Society pp 221 226 ser no H21 19 a b Celastrina lavendularis Plain Hedge Blue Butterflies of India Retrieved 2017 11 03 Savela Markku Celastrina lavendularis Moore 1877 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Archived from the original on April 3 2018 Retrieved June 30 2018 Moore Frederic 1880 The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vol I London L Reeve amp co p 75 Beccaloni George Scoble Malcolm Kitching Ian Simonsen Thomas Robinson Gaden Pitkin Brian Hine Adrian Lyal Chris The Global Lepidoptera Names Index LepIndex Natural History Museum London Retrieved 2016 10 15 Evans W H 1932 The Identification of Indian Butterflies 2nd ed Mumbai India Bombay Natural History Society This Polyommatini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Celastrina lavendularis amp oldid 1158649923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
