Celastrina huegeli

Taxobox
name = Large Hedge Blue


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Celastrina"
species = "C. huegeli"
binomial = "Celastrina huegeli"
binomial_authority = (Moore, 1882)

The Large Hedge Blue ("Celastrina huegeli") [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=202217.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dhuegeli%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dhuegeli%26recLimit%3d30 Card for "huegeli" in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.] ] is a small butterfly found in IndiaEvans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H21.22, pp 224] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Taxonomy

The alternate scientific name is Celastrina huegelii. [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/celastrina/index.html Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Celastrina (Lycaenidae).] ] 5he butterfly was earlier known as "Lycaenopsis huegelii" Moore.

The spelling of the species taxon name is usually found in literature as "huegelii", except for the NMNH's LepIndex site where it is recorded as "huegeli".

The species is considered as per Marrku Savela to consist of the following erstwhile species :-
* "Celastrina heugelii singalensis" previously "Lycaenopsis singalensis" as per Evans and considered as "Polyommatus singalensis" as per NMNH's LepIndex [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=206192.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dsingalensis%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dsingalensis%26recLimit%3d30 Card for "singalensis" in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.] ] .
* "Celastrina huegelii dipora", the Dusky Blue Cupid previously "Everes dipora" as per EvansEvans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H18.4, pp 219] , but considered as a separate species "Celastrina dipora" in NMNH's LepIndex [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=202220.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3ddipora%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3ddipora%26recLimit%3d30 Card for "dipora" in LepIndex. Accessed 28 December 2006.] ] .

Range

It is found in Kashmir to Kumaon in India. Marrku Savela's site gives range of the butterfly as Himalayas to Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Northern Thailand, the extended range being due to the inclusion of "C. h. singalensis" and "C. h. dipora" as part of the "huegelii" species.

Cited references

ee also

*Lycaenidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

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.
* Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/index.html] .