Celastrina serotina

Cherry gall azure
Ottawa, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species: C. serotina
Binomial name
Celastrina serotina
(Pavulaan and Wright, 2005)[1]

Celastrina serotina, the cherry gall azure, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found across North America as far north as the treeline. Its flight time is between mid-May and mid-June in eastern Ontario after the spring azure and before the summer azure.[2]

Similar species

References

  1. Pavulaan, H. and D. M. Wright. (2005). Celastrina serotina (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae): A new butterfly species from the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. The Taxonomic Report. Vol. 6(6):1-18.
  2. Cherry Gall Azure, Butterflies of Canada.

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