Celastrina gigas
Celastrina gigas, the silvery hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Francis Hemming in 1928.
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Taxonomy
The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:
- C. g. gigas – nominate subspecies
- C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian
Range
It is found in the West Himalaya.
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References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celastrina gigas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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