Celastrina lavendularis, the plain hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka, India, and across the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Description

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis lavendularis Moore.

Subspecies

• Celastrina lavendularis aroana Eliot and Kawazoe, 1983 Papua New Guinea

• Celastrina lavendularis chloe Eliot and Kawazoe, 1983 Moluccas

• Celastrina lavendularis epicharma (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Flores

• Celastrina lavendularis floresana (Courvoisier, 1912) Java

• Celastrina lavendularis gadara (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Moluccas

• Celastrina lavendularis hermesianax (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Philippines

• Celastrina lavendularis himilcon (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Taiwan

• Celastrina lavendularis isabella Corbet, 1937. Malaya

• Celastrina lavendularis lavendularis (Moore, 1877). Sri Lanka (type)

• Celastrina lavendularis limbata (Moore, 1879).India (type)

• Celastrina lavendularis lyce (Grose-Smith, 1896) Celebes

• Celastrina lavendularis placidina (Fruhstorfer, 1917) Sumatra

See also

• List of butterflies of India

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References