Celastrina ladonides
| Silvery hedge blue | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. ladonides |
| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina ladonides (De L'Orza, 1869) | |
Celastrina ladonides, the silvery 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 ladonides Hemmings.[2]
Range
It is found from Murree in Pakistan to Kumaon in India.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Card for ladonides in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H21.23, pp 221-226
- 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