Celastrina cardia

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

The Pale Hedge Blue (Celastrina cardia)[1] is a small butterfly found in India[2] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

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[edit] Taxonomy

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

[edit] Range

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

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Card for cardia in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.
  2. ^ a b c Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H21.20, pp 221-226

[edit] See also

[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
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