Celastrina iynteana

Taxobox
name = Jyntea Hedge Blue


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Celastrina"
species = "C. iynteana"
binomial = "Celastrina iynteana"
binomial_authority = (De Nicéville, 1883)
synonyms = "Lycaenopsis jynteana"

The Jyntea Hedge Blue ("Celastrina iynteana") [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=202229.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fOriginal%5fAuthorqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fgenus%3dCelastrina%26Current%5ftribeqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Original%5fAuthor%3dDe%2bNic%E9ville%26Current%5ffamily%3dLycaenidae%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fsubfamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fsuperfamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5ffamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Distribqtype%3dcontains%26recLimit%3d100%26Current%5fgenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith&searchPageURL=indexadv%2edsml%3fOriginal%5fAuthorqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fgenus%3dCelastrina%26Current%5ftribeqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Original%5fAuthor%3dDe%2bNic%E9ville%26Current%5ffamily%3dLycaenidae%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fsuperfamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5fsubfamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Current%5ffamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Distribqtype%3dcontains%26recLimit%3d100%26Current%5fgenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith Card for "iynteana" in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.] ] is a small butterfly found in IndiaEvans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H21.25, pp 221-226] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Description

Male Upperside: purplish-blue or lilac of a deeper shade than in "C. dilecta". Forewing: a much broader dusky black terminal margin that widens at apex and is somewhat diffuse along its inner edge. In specimens of the dry-season brood there is a diffuse but prominent discal white patch. Hind wing: costa dusky brownish; termen with a comparatively narrow black border edged on the inner side by a more or less obscure subterminal series o£ black spots, each spot centred in a background which is slightly paler than the lilac ground-oolour. Underside: pale greyish-white or bluish-white, with the usual pale brown markings which are small, delicate and regular. Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen blackish brown, antennae ringed with white; beneath: palpi, thorax and abdomen white.—

Female " Upperside fore wing: all but the middle of the disc (which is white glossed with iridescent blue black; a discocellular black spot. Hind wing: blackish; white in the middle glossed with blue; along the veins irrorated with black scales; a submarginal series of pale lunules. Underside : both wings marked exactly as in the male." (de Niceville)Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as "Lycaenopsis jynteana" De Nicéville.

Range

It is found from Sikkim in India to Dawnas.

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