Holly Blue

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Holly Blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Celastrina Species: C. argiolus
Binomial name
Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)^[1], is a butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family and is native to Eurasia. In India, it is known as the Hill Hedge Blue ^[2].

Contents 1 Taxonomy 2 Range 3 Cited references 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis argiolus Woodmason^[2].

[edit] Range

It is found in Eurasia. I South Asia, it occurs from Chitral in Pakistan to Kumaon in India^[2].

[edit] Cited references

[edit] See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

[edit] External links

• Celastrina argiolus at funet.fi

[edit] References

• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 14 October 2006].
• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Celastrina argiolus (TSN 188523). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 6 February 2006.