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Celastrina Tutt, 1906

Celastrina Tutt, 1906; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18 (5) : 131, TS: Papilio argiolus Linnaeus
Cyaniriodes Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 736 (preocc. de Nicéville, 1890)

= ; [NL4A, 138]

Maslowskia Kurenzov, 1974; , TS: Celastrina filipjevi Riley

= ; [NL4A, 138]

Celastrina, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Celastrina, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Cyaniroides[sic] ; Hemming, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) Suppl. 9 : 132 (missp.)
Celastrina (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 143]
Celastrina (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449; [Opler]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 162
Celastrina (Polyommatinae) ; [NL4A, 138]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Cyaniris; auth., not Dalman, 1816
Lycaenopsis; auth., not C & R. Felder, 1865

600x400 (~80Kb) underside India: Subansiri, 5.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

600x400 (~65Kb) underside India: Subansiri, 2.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

NAF, EU, Siberia, Turkey, C.Asia, Japan. See [About maps] Paatsamasinisiipi Holly Blue Tosteblåvinge Skogsblåvinge Faulbaumfalter Najade Modraszek wieszczek
Papilio argiolus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 483, TL: England
Papilio cleobis Sulzer, 1776; Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: pl. 18, f. 13-14
Papilio marginatus Retzius, 1783; Gen. Spec. Ins.: 30
Papilio acis Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 73, n. 687
paraleuca (Röber, 1897)
Lycaenopsis argiolus r. britanna Verity, 1919; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 31 : 46
Lycaenopsis argiolus f. calidogenita Verity, 1919; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 31 : 46
Celastrina argiolus, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Celastrina argiolus, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Celastrina argiolus, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Celastrina argiolus, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Celastrina argiolus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Celastrina argiolus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Celastrina argiolus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Lycaenopsis argiolus ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 443; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 27
Celastrina argiolus ; [BARU, #358]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 9, f. 13-14]; [BRU2: 143, pl. 63, f. 16-27, 31-36]
Celastrina argiola ; [MRS, 680]
Celastrina argiolus ; [NL4A, #1086]; [Otakar Kudrna]

500x605 (~31Kb) underside Finland, Tampere, Hervanta, 681:33, 12.5.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen	533x400 (~41Kb) underside male A road at a birch grove edge near the village Mel'nichikha (Shadrikha), Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 18th May 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1000x1186 (~160Kb) underside Russia, Udmurtia, river banks of Kama, near village Doksha east of Izhevsk, 20.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela
800x600 (~115Kb) underside Russia, Kaluga area, 19.05.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	701x851 (~121Kb) male Russia: Kaluga area (35°45'E, 54°23'N), 19.5.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	500x417 (~56Kb) Turunc, SW Turkey 19/05/92, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Ribes, R. nigrum, R. rubrum, R. uva-crispa, Rhamnus frangula, R. cathartica [SPRK], Caragana frutex, Chamaecystis, Lupinus, Vaccinium [BARU], Berberis, Cuscuta engelmannii, C. lehmanniana, (C. Asia) [BRU2, 144] Sophora flavescens, Lespedeza spp., Desmodium oxyphyllum, Vicia sativa, Pueraria lobata, Wisteria floribunda, Cornus controversa, Aralia elata, Euodia meliifolia, Malus pumila, Prunus salicina, Polygonum cuspidatum, Quercus aliena, Staphylea bumalda [MRS]

C. a. argiolus

EU, Caucasus, Armenia, Talysh Mts., Kazakhstan, Atai, Sayan, W.Siberia, C.Siberia Lycaenopsis argiolus argiolus ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 28
Celastrina argiolus argiolus ; [BRU2, 143]

C. a. mauretanica (Rothschild, 1925)

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Lycaena argiolus mauretanica Rothschild, 1925; Novit. Zool. 32 : 214 (repl. algirica Oberthür), TL: Algeria
Lycaena argiolus var. algirica Oberthür, 1915; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 10 : 401, pl. 288, f. 2343, TL: Alger (Algeria)
Celastrina argiolus mauretanica ; [BMAT: 35, pl. 11, f. 25-30]

Larva on Arbutus unedo, Rubus sp., Discolores sp., Cornus sp., Rhamnus sp., Colutea sp. [BMAT]

C. a. bieneri Forster, 1941

Yakutia, Transbaikalia, Far East, Kamchatka Celastrina bieneri Forster, 1941; Mitt. münchn. ent. Ges. 31 : 614
Celastrina argiolus bieneri ; [BARU, (note)]; [BRU2, 144]

C. a. caphis (Fruhstorfer, 1922)

Yunnan, ...? Lycaenopsis caphis Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 871
Celastrina argiola caphis ; [MRS, 680]
Celastrina argiolus caphis ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 106 (note)

C. a. sikkima (Moore, [1884])

Sikkim - Assam, Karens Hill Hedge Blue
Cyaniris sikkima Moore, [1884]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 524, pl. 48, f. 11, TL: Sikkim
Lycaenopsis argiolus sikkima ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 29; [BIR, 280]

Larva on Prinsepia utilis [BIR]

?C. a. kollari (Westwood, [1852])

Chitral - Kumaon Hill Hedge Blue
Lycaena coelestina Kollar, 1848; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4: 423 (preocc. Lycaena coelestina Eversmann, 1843)

= Lycaenopsis argiolus ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 444

Lycaena kollari Westwood, [1852]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 491 (repl. Lycaena coelestina Kollar, 1848)
Lycaenopsis argiolus coelestina ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 29
Lycaenopsis argiolus coelestina f. coelestina ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 29
Lycaenopsis argiolus kollari ; [BIR, 279(key), 280]

Larva on Prinsepia utilis [BIR]

C. a. iynteana (de Nicéville, 1884)

Nepal - Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Tibet, S.Yunnan Jyntea Hedge Blue
Cyaniris iynteana de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 69, pl. 9, f. 7 ♂, 7a ♀, TL: Sikkim
Cyaniris jynteana Moore, [1884]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 524, pl. 48, f. 10, TL: Khasi Hills

= Lycaenopsis limbata ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 447

Cyaniris victoria Swinhoe, 1893; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (3) : 293, TL: Shillong, Assam

= Lycaenopsis argiolus ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 444

Lycaenopsis argiolus var. bothrinoides Chapman, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 446
Lycaenopsis argiolus var. puspargiolus Chapman, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 446, TL: Assam
Lycaenopsis argiolus var. albocaeruleoides Chapman, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 446
Cyaniris jynteana[sic] herophilus Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 293, TL: Vietnam
Cyaniris coelestina cition Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 294, TL: Vietnam
Celastrina argiolus iynteana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Lycaenopsis argiolus herophilus ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 29
Lycaenopsis argiolus victoriae[sic, recte victoria] ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 29
Lycaenopsis jynteana ; [BIR, 280]
Celastrina argiolus iynteana ; Huang, 2001; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 106 (note)

C. a. hypoleuca (Kollar, [1849])

Kopet-Dagh, Tian-Shan, Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai Lycaena hypoleuca Kollar, [1849]; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 1 : 52
Celastrina argiolus hypoleuca ; [BRU2, 143]

C. a. ladonides (d'Orza, 1869)

Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Kuriles, Japan Silvery Hedge Blue
Lycaena ladonides d'Orza, 1869; Lep. Jap.: 20

= Lycaenopsis argiolus ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 444

Lycaena levettii Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11 (62) : 111

= Lycaenopsis argiolus ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 444

Celastrina sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15 : 105 (preocc.), TL: Sakhalin
Cyaniris heringi Kardakov, 1928; Entomol. Mitt. 17 (4): 272, TL: Primorye
Lycaenopsis manchurica Matsumura, 1939; Bull. biogeogr. Soc. Japan 9 (20): 358, TL: Manchuria
Celastrina ussuriensis Forster, 1941; Mitt. münchn. ent. Ges. 31 : 610
Celastrina ladonides, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]

Lycaenopsis argiolus levetti ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 28

Lycaenopsis argiolus ladonides ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 28 ?Lycanopsis ladonides ; [BIR, 279 (key), 280 (Murree - Kumaon)] Celastrina heringi ; [BARU, #361] Celastrina ladon ladonides ; [BARU, (note)] Celastrina argiolus ladonides ; [BRU2, 144] Celastrina ladonides ; [Oleg Kosterin]

802x642 (~54Kb) underside Deockcheom-ri, Gujwa-eup, Jeju-do Island, South Korea. 31st July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

744x570 (~38Kb) underside The Shibu River (Shibukawa) shingle right bank at Hidaka village (Hidakamura), Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, 5th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

638x636 (~52Kb) underside The Shibu River (Shibukawa) shingle right bank at Hidaka village (Hidakamura), Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, 5th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Prinsepia utilis [BIR], Lepedeza bicolor, Vicia amoena, (Ussuri) [BRU2, 144]

C. a. crimissa (Fruhstorfer, 1917)

Formosa Lycaenopsis argiolus crimissa Fruhstorfer, 1917; Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 28, TL: Formosa

C. a. sugurui Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

Philippines (Luzon) Celastrina argiolus sugurui Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 215, f. 159, TL: Philippines, Luzon, 40km from Baguio, Asin hot spring

Celastrina phellodendroni Omelko, 1987

Ussuri. See [About maps] Celastrina phellodendroni Omelko, 1987; Lepid. Far East: 116, TL: [Gornotaezhnoe, Ussuri]
Celastrina phellodendroni ; [BRU2: 144, pl. 63, f. 37-42]

Larva on Phellodendron amurensis [BARU, Omelko]

Celastrina sugitanii (Matsumura, 1919)

Japan, Korea, NE.China. See [About maps] Lycaena[?] sugitanii Matsumura, 1919; Zool. Mag. Tokyo, 31: 173, TL: Honshu

Larva on (flowers of) Aesculus turbinata, Bothrocaryum controversum [BRU2, 145]

C. s. sugitanii

C. s. ainonica Murayama, 1952

Japan Celastrina sugitanii ainonica Murayama, 1952; Tyô to Ga 3 (1): 1, f. 2, 4-5, TL: Japan

C. s. kyushuensis Shirôzu, 1943

Japan Celastrina sugitanii kyushuensis Shirôzu, 1943; Zephyrus 9: 189

C. s. sachalinensis (Esaki, 1922)

Sakhalin Cyaniris sachalinensis Esaki, 1922; Zephyrus 9: 265
Celastrina ladon r. sachalinensis ; [BARU, (note)]
Celastrina sugitanii sachalinensis ; [BRU2, 145 (?)]

C. s. lenzeni Forster, 1941

C. s. leei Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

South Korea Celastrina sugitanii leei Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 229, f. 446-449, TL: South Korea, Taesung, Mt Juli San

C. s. shirozui Hsu, 1987

Taiwan Celastrina sugitanii shirozui Hsu, 1987; Tyô to Ga 38 (1): 5, TL: between Pain, Taoyuan and Chihtuan, Ilan, N.Formosa

Celastrina ogasawaraensis (Pryer, 1886)

Japan. See [About maps] Lycaena ogasawaraensis Pryer, 1886; Rhop. Nihon 1: 10, pl. 11, f. 13

Celastrina ladon (Cramer, [1780])

NA, CA. See [About maps] Spring Azure
Papilio ladon Cramer, [1780]; , TL: REF#; pl. 270, f. D;N.America
Argus pseudargiolus Boisduval & Leconte, 1833; Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (11-22): 118, pl. 36, f. 1-5
Lycaena violacea Edwards, 1866; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 201
deutargiolus (Scudder, 1869); (summer f.)
intermedia (Strecker, 1870); (female)
Celastrina obsoletalunulata Tutt, 1908; (summer f.)
?Celastrina neglectamajor Tutt, 1908; (summer f.)
Celastrina ladon, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Celastrina neglecta-major, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Celastrina ladon, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Lycaena pseudargiolus ; Edwards, 1866, Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 204 (redescription)
?Celastrina neglecta-major ;
?Cyaniris pseudargiolus ; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 11]
Cyaniris ladon ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 45
Cyaniris ladon violacea ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 45
Celastrina ladon ; [NACL, #4363]; [BARU, #359]; [Opler]

identification uncertain 600x440 (~43Kb) underside USA: Bridge Creek Trailhead, North Cascades Highway, (48°30'30N 120°43'00W), Chelan Co., WA, 28.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela

identification uncertain 800x940 (~96Kb) underside USA: Miller Canyon, Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., Arizona, 8.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Ceanothus, Cimicifuga racemosa [NAB], Malus, Physocarpus, Prunus, Rubus, Spiraea, Lespedeza, Lupinus, Melilotus, Ledum, Arctostaphylos, Vaccinium, Cimicifuga, Lonicera, Viburnum, Ligustrum, Humulus, Alnus, Cornus, Rhus [BARU]

C. l. ladon

Celastrina argiolus ladon ; [BNA, 397]

C. l. argentata (Fletcher, 1903)

Lycaena pseudargiolus var. argentata Fletcher, 1903; Trans. R. Soc. Canad. (2) 9 (4) : 213
Lycaena pseudargiolus var. argentata Fletcher, 1904; Can. Ent. 36 (5) : 127
Celastrina ladon argentata ; [NACL, #4363b]

C. l. nigrescens (Fletcher, 1903)

Lycaena pseudargiolus var. nigrescens Fletcher, 1903; Trans. R. Soc. Canad. (2) 9 (4) : 213
Lycaena pseudargiolus var. nigrescens Fletcher, 1904; Can. Ent. 36 (5) : 127
maculatasuffusa (Cockle, 1910); (emend.)
Celastrina ladon nigrescens, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Celastrina ladon nigrescens ; [NACL, #4363c]

C. l. sidara (Clench, 1944)

Colorado Lycaenopsis pseudargiolus sidara Clench, 1944; J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 52 (3): 273, TL: Manitou, Colorado
Celastrina ladon sidara ; [NACL, #4363d]

C. l. cinerea (Edwards, 1883)

Arizona Lycaena cinerea Edwards, 1883; Papilio 3 (1) : 8, TL: Arizona
Lycaena pseudargiolus var. arizonensis Edwards, 1884; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 11 : 306 (summer f.), TL: Arizona

= Celastrina argiolus cinerea ; [NL4A, #1086b]

Cyaniris ladon cinerea ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 45
Cyaniris ladon arizonensis ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 45
Celastrina ladon cinerea ; [NACL, #4363e]
Celastrina argiolus cinerea ; [NL4A, #1086b]

Celastrina echo (Edwards, 1864)

California, Oregon. See [About maps] Lycaena echo Edwards, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (4): 506, TL: California
Cyaniris ladon ab. nunenmacheri Strand, 1915; , TL: REF#b: 159;California

= ; [NL4A, #1086a]

Lycaenopsis pseudargiolus bakeri Clench, 1944; J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 52 (3): 274, TL: Baker, Oregon

= ; [NL4A, #1086a]

Celastrina echo echo, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Celastrina echo echo, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Celastrina echo, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Celastrina echo, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Celastrina ladon echo ; [NACL, #4363f]
Celastrina argiolus echo ; [NL4A, #1086a]
Celastrina echo ; [Opler]

Celastrina gozora (Boisduval, 1870)

Mexico, Panama, Honduras. See [About maps] Lycaena gozora Boisduval, 1870; Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 17, TL: Guatemala (?Honduras, ?Mexico)
Celastrina gozora, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Celastrina gozora, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Celastrina gozora, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
gazora ; Holland, 1931, (missp.)
Lycaena gozora ; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 104; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 722
Cyaniris ladon gozora ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 45
Celastrina ladon gozora ; [NACL, #4363g]
Celastrina argiolus gozora ; [BNA, 397]; [NL4A, #1086c]

Celastrina nigra (Forbes, 1960)

E.USA. See [About maps] Dusky Azure Spring Sooty Sooty Azure
Celastrina ebenina Clench, 1972; Annls Carnegie Mus. 44 (4): (33-44), TL: Coalburgh, West Virginia
nig (Strecker, 1878); (ab., unavailable)
nigra (Edwards, 1887); (ab., unavailable)
Celastrina nigra, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Celastrina nigra, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Celastrina ebenina ; [NACL, #4364]
Celastrina nigra ; [BNA: 398, pl. 34, f. 393]; [Opler]

Larva on Aruncus dioicus [BNA]

Celastrina fedoseevi Korshunov & Ivonin, 1990

Transbaikalia, Amur. See [About maps] Celastrina fedoseevi Korshunov & Ivonin, 1990; Taxonom. Ins. Helmint.: 72, TL: Amur region, near Zeya
Celastrina fedoseevi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Celastrina fedoseevi ; [BARU, #360]; [BRU2: 145, pl. 63, f. 28-30]

Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928)

W.Himalayas. See [About maps] Lycaenopsis gigas Hemming, 1928; Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3: 29
Celastrina gigas ; [MRS, 682]

C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994

Fujian Celastrina gigas fujianensis Huang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 771, 682, f. 74, TL: Fujian

Celastrina hersilia (Leech, [1893])

Nepal - Chinal. See [About maps] Cyaniris hersilia Leech, [1893]; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 319, pl. 31, f. 16
Lycaenopsis hersilia ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 471
Celastrina hersilia ; [MRS, 681]

C. h. hersilia

Lycaenopsis transpectus hersilia ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 20

C. h. evansi Toxopeus, 1927

Celastrina evansi Toxopeus, 1927; Tijdschr. Ent. 70 (3/4) : 247 n

C. h. vipia Cantile & Norman, 1960

Nepal, .. Celastrina hersilia vipia ; Morishita & Inomata, 1998, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 49 (1): 2

Celastrina algernoni (Fruhstorfer, 1917)

-. See [About maps] Lycaenopsis oreas algernoni Fruhstorfer, 1917; Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 30 (nom. nov)

C. a. algernoni

Philippines (Luzon) Celastrina kawazoei nuydai Hayashi & Iwanaga, 1974; REF#a: 22, f. 1B-5B, 10-11, TL: Montalban, Luzon

C. a. kadazanensis Barlow, Banks & Holloway, 1971

Borneo Celastrina kawazoei Hayashi & Iwanaga, 1974; Kontyû 42 (1) : 17, f. 1-5 A, 6-8, TL: Mt. Kina-Balu, Sabah, Borneo

Celastrina huegelii (Moore, 1882)

Himalayas (Kashmir - Assam), Ceylon. See [About maps] Large Hedge Blue
Cyaniris huegelii Moore, 1882; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 244

= Lycaenopsis argiolus ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 444

Lycaenopsis argiolus coelestina f. huegeli ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 29
Lycaenopsis huegelii ; [BIR, 279 (key), 280]

Larva on Prinsepia utilis [BIR]

C. h. huegelii

C. h. dipora (Moore, 1865)

Himalayas - Karens, Burma, N.Thailand Dusky Blue Cupid
Lycaena dipora Moore, 1865; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2) : 506, pl. 31, f. 8
Everes huegelii dipora, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Everes huegelii dipora ;
Everes dipora ; [BOR, 270 (key)]

Larva on Desmodium parviflorum, Flemingia fruticulosa [BIR]

C. h. oreoides (Evans, 1925)

Celastrina lavendularis (Moore, 1877)

Dun - Assam, Burma, Bengal, S.India, Ceylon, Malaya, Philippines, Celebes. See [About maps] Plain Hedge Blue
Polyommatus lavendularis Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118) : 341, TL: Ceylon
Cyaniris lavendularis ; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 75, pl. 34, f. 6, 6a, 7
Lycaenopsis lavendularis ; [BIR, 278 (key), 279]
Celastrina lavendularis ; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 16]; [MRS, 681]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 162

Larva on Millettia, Acer, Celtis Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 163

C. l. lavendularis

Lycaenopsis puspa lavendularis ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 25

C. l. limbata (Moore, 1879)

N.India - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan Polyommatus limbatus Moore, 1879; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1) : 139, TL: India
?limbata (Moore, 1877); [?]34
Cyaniris placida de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 68, pl. 9, f. 8 ♂, TL: Sikkim

= Lycaenopsis limbata ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 447

Cyaniris placida hegesander Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 292, TL: Tonkin
Cyaniris placida pellax Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 292, TL: W.Java
Celastrina lavendularis limbata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Lycaenopsis limbata ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 447
Lycaenopsis limbatus ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 31
Lycaenopsis limbatus hegesander ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 31
Lycaenopsis limbatus pellax ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 31
Celastrina lavendularis limbata ; [MRS, 681]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 106 (note)

C. l. lyce (Grose-Smith, 1895)

Sulawesi Cyaniris lyce Grose-Smith, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (4): 506, TL: S.Celebew

= Lycaenopsis limbata ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 447

Cyaniris pellonia Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 301, TL: Sulawesi

= ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2) : 56

Lycaenopsis limbatus lyce ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 32
Celastrina lavendularis lyce ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2) : 56; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 163

C. l. himilcon (Fruhstorfer, 1909)

Taiwan Cyaniris himilcon Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (25) : 117, TL: Formosa, Taihanroku
Lycaenopsis limbatus himilcon ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 31
Celastrina lavendularis himilcon ; [MRS, 681]

C. l. hermesianax (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

Philippines (Mindanao) Cyaniris philippina hermesianax Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 300, TL: Mindanao
Lycaenopsis limbatus hermesianax ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 32

C. l. gadara (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

Obi Cyaniris gadara Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 301, TL: Obi
Lycaenopsis limbatus gadara ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 32

C. l. floresiana (Courvoisier, 1912)

?Cyaniris lugra f. floresiana Courvoisier, 1912; Tijdschr. Ent. 55 : 16, pl. 3, TL: Mt. Ungaran, 800-1000m
?Lycaenopsis cardia astarga f. floresiana ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 16

C. l. placidina (Fruhstorfer, 1917)

Sumatra Lycaenopsis limbatus placidina Fruhstorfer, 1917; Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 31, TL: Sumatra

C. l. isabella Corbet, 1937

Celastrina isabella Corbet, 1937; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86 (2): 31
Celastrina lavendularis isabella ; [BMP: 243, pl. 35, f. 38-40]

C. l. chloe Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

Moluccas Celastrina lavendularis chloe Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 257, f. 362-363, 378-379, TL: Moluccas, central Seram

C. l. aroana Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

New Guinea Celastrina lavendularis aroana Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 258, f. 549, TL: Papua New Guinea, upper Aroa River

?C. l. ssp.?

Serang Celastrina limbata ssp.? ; [BAUR, 381]

Celastrina acesina (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

SE.Papua. See [About maps] Cyaniris acesina Bethune-Baker, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97) : 103, TL: New Guinea
Lycaenopsis acesina ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 432; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 37

Celastrina philippina (Semper, 1889)

-. See [About maps] Philippine Hedge Blue
Cyaniris philippina Semper, 1889; Reisen Philipp. (4): 168, pl. 32, f. 14-17 (partim), TL: Philippines
Lycaenopsis phillippina[sic] ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 432
Celastrina philippina ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 162

C. p. philippina

Borneo, Palawan, Philippines, Talaud Cyaniris philippina philippina ; Fruhstorfer, 1910, Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 300
Lycaenopsis cardia philippina ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 14
Celastrina philippina philippina ; Hayashi & Iwanaga, 1974, Kontyû 42 (1) : 18, f. 12-13; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2) : 56; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 162

C. p. nedda (Grose-Smith, 1894)

Moluccas, Celebes, West Irian - Papua Cyaniris nedda Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (3): 572
Lycaenopsis nedda ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 429; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 35
Celastrina philippina nedda ; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 19]; [BAUR, 381 (text)]

C. p. cinctuta (Grose-Smith, 1895)

Bachan, Halmahera, Ternate Cyaniris cinctuta Grose-Smith, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (4): 506

= Lycaenopsis nedda ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 429

Lycaenopsis nedda cinctuta ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 36
Celastrina philippina cinctuta ; [BAUR, 381]

C. p. phuste (Druce, 1895)

Timor Cyaniris phuste Druce, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 573, pl. 32, f. 17, TL: Dili

= Lycaenopsis nedda ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 429

Lycaenopsis nedda phuste ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 36
Celastrina philippina phuste ; [BAUR, 381 (text)]

C. p. epicharma (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

Flores Cyaniris phuste epicharma Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 293, TL: Flores
Lycaenopsis limbatus epicharma ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 32
Lycaenopsis philippina epicharma ; [NHM]

C. p. gradeniga (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

Sulawesi, Sula Cyaniris gradeniga Fruhstorfer, 1910; Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 301, TL: Sulawesi
Lycaenopsis nedda proba Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 875, TL: Sulawesi
Lycaenopsis nedda gradeniga ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 35; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 35; Fruhstorfer, 1922, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 875, pl. 152 e
Lycaenopsis philippina gradenigra[sic] ; Toxopeus, 1926, 369
Celastrina philippina gradeniga ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2) : 56; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 162

C. p. labranda (Fruhstorfer, 1917)

Ambon, Serang, Obi Lycaenopsis nedda labranda Fruhstorfer, 1917; Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 36, TL: Amboina, Ceram
Celastrina philippina labranda ; [BAUR, 381]

C. p. vulcanica (Rothschild, 1915)

Manam I. Lycaenopsis vulcanica Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 388, TL: Vulcan Is.
Lycaenopsis vulcanica ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 37
Celastrina philippina vulcanica ; [BAUR, 381 (text)]

C. p. lychorida (Fruhstorfer, 1922)

Bismarck Archipelago Lycaenopsis lychorida Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 875
lugra Ribbe²
Celastrina philippina lychorida ; [BAUR, 381 (text)]

Celastrina filipjevi (Riley, 1934)

Ussuri, NE.China, Korea. See [About maps] Lycaenopsis filipjevi Riley, 1934; Entomologist 67: 85, pl. 1, f. 1-6, TL: Ussuri
Celastrina filipjevi, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Maslowskia filipjevi ; [BARU, #362]
Celastrina filipjevi ; [BRU2: 145, pl. 63, f. 43-45]

Larva on Princepia chinensis [BARU, Omelko]

C. f. filipjevi

C. f. admirabilis (Sugitani, 1936)

Celastrina filipjevi admirabilis ;

Celastrina oreas (Leech, [1893])

Ussuri, China, Nepal, NE.India (Assam), Burma, Taiwan. See [About maps] Cyaniris oreas Leech, [1893]; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 321, pl. 31, f. 12, 15, TL: China, Ta-Chien-Lu
Maslowskia oreas, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Lycaenopsis oreas ; Chapman, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 434; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 29
Celastrina huegeli oreas ;
?Celastrina orcas[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 25 (text)]
Maslowskia oreas ; [BARU, #363]
Celastrina oreas ; [MRS, 681]

Larva on Princepia chinensis [BARU, Omelko], Eurya strigillosa, E. acuminata, E. groffii, Prinsepia scandens [MRS]

C. o. oreas

Lycaenopsis oreas oreas ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 30

C. o. oreana (Swinhoe, 1910)

Lycaenopsis oreana Swinhoe, 1910; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica 7 : 206, pl. 619, f. 4, TL: Khasia Hills
Lycaenopsis oreas oreana ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 30
Celastrina oreas oreana ;

C. o. arisana (Matsumura, 1910)

Taiwan Cyaniris arisanus Matsumura, 1910; Ent. Zs. 23 (50): 221, TL: Formosa
Lycaenopsis oreas arisanus ; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 30
Celastrina oreas arisana ; [MRS, 681]

C. o. mirificus (Sugitani, 1936)

Korea, Ussuri Lycaenopsis mirificus Sugitani, 1936; Zephyrus 6: 167, TL: Korea
Maslowskia oreas mirificus, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Celastrina oreas mirificus ;
Maslowskia oreas mirificus ; [BARU, (note)]

C. o. septentrionis Forster, 1941

C. o. hoenei Forster, 1941

C. o. baileyi Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

SE.Tibet (Yigong) Celastrina oreas baileyi Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 236, f. 340-341, 356-357, TL: China, Tibet, Trulung

C. o. yunnana Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

NW.Yunnan Celastrina oreas yunnana Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 237, f. 535, TL: China, Yunnan, Mekong Valley, Wei-Hsi-Ting
Celastrina oreas yunnana ; [MRS, 681]

C. o. limingani Huang, 2001

Celastrina oreas limingani Huang, 2001; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 72, pl. 2, f. 16, TL: Gamagou, below Yela Pass, S of Bongda, E.Tibet

C. o. lixianica Sugiyama, 2004

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[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BARU]

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[BAUR]

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[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

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[BMAT]

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[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BNA]

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[BOA]

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[BOR]

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[BOW]

Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2

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http://ci.nii.ac.jp/

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Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

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Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

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[NL4A]

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[NORLEP]

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[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

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[SVF]

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[SZMN]

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[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

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Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

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[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1906

New species of Lycaenidae from British New Guinea Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97) : 100-104

Boisduval, 1870

Considerations sur des Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 100pp

Boisduval & Leconte, 1833

Histoire générale et iconographie des lépidoptères et des chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (1): 1-16. pl. 1-3 (1829), (2): 17-24, pl. 4-6 (1829), (3/4): 25-40, pl. 7-12 ([1830]), (5/6): 41-56, pl. 13-18 ([1830]), (7/8): 57-80, pl. 19-24 ([1830]), (9/10): 81-100, pl. 25-30 (1833), (11-22): 101-196, pl. 31-65 ([1835]), (23-26): 197-228, pl. 66-78 ([1837])

Butler, 1883

On Lepidoptera from Manchuria and the Corea Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11 (62) : 109-117

Cassidy, 1995

On the Lycaenopsis Group of Genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2) : 45-62

Chapman, 1909

A review of the species of the lepidopterous genus Lycaenopsis Feld. (Cyaniris auct. nec Dalm.) on examination of the male ancilliary appendages Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 419-476

Clench, 1944

Two new subspecies of Lycaenopsis pseudargiolus Bdv. & LeC. J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 52 (3): 273-276

Clench, 1972

Celastrina ebenina, a new species of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) Annls Carnegie Mus. 44 (4): 33-44

Cockle, 1910

Notes on a few butterflies found at Kaslo and in northern British Columbia Can. Ent. 42 (6) : 203-204

Corbet, 1937

A Revision on the Malayan species of Celastrina Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86 (2): 19-33, 12 figs

Courvoisier, 1912

Javanische Lycaeniden gesammelt von Edw. Jacobson Tijdschr. Ent. 55 : 15-19, pl. 3

de Nicéville, [1884]

On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 65-91, pl. 1, 9-10

Westwood, [1852]

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)

Druce, 1895

A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History) Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 309 pp., 560 figs

Edwards, 1862

Descriptions of certain Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and of British America. - No. [1]-3 Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 13: 160-164 (1861), 14: 54-58, 221-226 (1862)

Edwards, 1864

Descriptions of certain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the limits of the United States and British America. (No. 1-3) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 14-22, pl. 1, 11 (1863), (2): 78-82 (1863), (4): 501-507 (1864)

Edwards, 1866

Descriptions of certain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British America. No. 5 Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 200-208

Edwards, 1883

Notes on the collection of butterflies made by Mr. H. K. Morrison in Arizona, 1882 Papilio 3 (1) : 1-10

Edwards, 1883

On the polymorphism of Lycaena pseudargiolus Boisd. Papilio 3 (5/6) : 85-97

Edwards, 1884

Revised catalogue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 11 : 245-337, : (Separate, Philadelphia, 1884 [1885] 95pp)

Evans, 1915

A list of butterflies caught by Capt. F. M. Bailey in S. E. Thibet during 1913 J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 532-546, 1pl, 1map

Fletcher, 1904

Descriptions of some new species and varieties of Canadian butterflies Can. Ent. 36 (5) : 121-129

Forster, 1941

Neue Lycaeniden-Formen aus China. 2 Mitt. münchn. ent. Ges. 31 : 593-627, pl. 19-22

Fruhstorfer, 1909

Lepidopterologisches Pêle-Mêle. [XVI]. Neues aus Formosa Ent. Zs. 23 (25) : 116-117 (18 September)

Fruhstorfer, 1910

Neue Cyaniris-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten Stettin ent. Ztg. 71 (2) : 282-305 (15 March)

Fruhstorfer, 1917

Revision der Lycaenidengattung Lycaenopsis auf Grund morphologischer Vergleiche der Klammerorgane Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 1-42, 2 pls. (January)

Fruhstorfer, 1922

Gattungen (8-19): Parelodina - Niphanda in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 856 (14 February 1921), : 857-864 (5 January 1922), : 865-872 (21 January, 1922), : 873-880 (15 April 1922), : 881-888 (18 April 1922), : 889-896 (16 May 1922), : 897-901 (16 March 1923)

Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Grose-Smith, 1894

An Account of a Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera from New Guinea (Parts I-III) - made by Mr. W. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, and in neighbouring islands, in the Museum of the honourable Walter Rothschild at Tring, with descriptions of new species Novit. zool. 1 (2): 331-365, (2): 543-551, (3): 571-584

Grose-Smith, 1895

Descriptions of new species of butterflies, captured by Mr. Doherty in the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, and now in the Museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild at Tring Novit. Zool. 2 (2): 75-85, (4): 505-514

Guppy & Kondla, 2003

The correct type locality of Cyaniris ladon var. quesnellii Cockle, 1910 (Lycaenidae), with designation of a lectotype J. Lep. Soc. 57 (2): 150-152

Hayashi & Iwanaga, 1974

A new species of Celastrina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Borneo and Luzon Kontyû 42 (1) : 17-23

Hemming, 1967

Generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) Suppl. 9 : 5-509

Hsu, 1987

A New Subspecies of Celastrina sugitanii MATSUMURA from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) Tyô to Ga 38 (1): 5-8

Huang, 2001

Report of H. Huang's 2000 Expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 65-152

Huang, 2003

A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114

Kardakov, 1928

Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren des Ussuri-Gebietes Entomol. Mitt. 17 (4): 261-273

Kirby, 1837

Fauna Boreali-Americana or the Zoology of the northern parts of British America in Richardson, Fauna Boreal Amer.: 325pp, 8pls

Leech, [1893]

Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-297, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Matsumura, 1910

Lycaeniden Japans Ent. Zs. 23 (49): 217-218, (50): 221-222

Matsumura, 1919

Thousand Insects of Japan. Additamenta 3 [Shin Nihon senchu zukai] Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 475-742, pl. 26-53

Matsumura, 1925

An ennumeration of the butterflies and moths from Saghalien, with descriptions of new species and subspecies J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15 : 83-196, pl. 8-11

Matsumura, 1939

The butterflies from Jehol (Nekka) Manchoukuo, collected by Marqis Y. Yamashina Bull. biogeogr. Soc. Japan 9 (20): 343-359, pl. XIII-XIV

Moore, 1865

List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A.M. Lang in the N. W. Himalayas Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2) : 486-509, pl. 30-31

Moore, 1877

Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118) : 339-348

Moore, 1879

Descriptions of new Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1) : 136-144

Moore, [1881]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)

Moore, 1882

List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra Discrict, N.W Hiamalaya; with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 234-263, pl. 11-12

Moore, [1884]

Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 521-535, pl. 48-49

Morishita & Inomata, 1998

New or little known butterflies from Nepal Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 49 (1): 1-8

Murayama, 1952

On Celastrina sugitanii Mats. from Japan, with description of a new species and two new aberrant forms [in Japanese] Tyô to Ga 3 (1): 1-3

Oberthür, 1915

Faune des Lépidoptères de la Barbarie, Algerie Étud. Lépid. Comp. 10 : 1-459, pl. 276-277,277bis,278-315

Omelko, 1987

[Celastrina phellodendroni sp. n., a new sibling species of Celastrina argiolus L. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the southern Primorie] Lepid. Far East: 116-122 (Russian)

Opler & Krizek, 1984

Butterflies east of the Great Plains, an illustrated natural history Butts E of Great Plains: 294pp

Riley, 1934

A new Palaearctic lycaenid butterfly Entomologist 67: 85-86

Rothschild, 1915

On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402

Rothschild, 1925

Critical List of the collection of Algerian Lepidoptera of the late Captain N. J. E. Holl. Novit. Zool. 32 : 195-229

Scott & Wright, 1998

A new Celastrina from the Front Range of Colorado Papilio (N.S) 9: 1-15

Semper, 1889

Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886), (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887), (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888), (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889), (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890), (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891), (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892)

Sulzer, 1776

Dr. Sulzers Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Linaeischen System Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: -

Swinhoe, 1893

A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasi Hills. Part I Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (3) : 267-330

Toxopeus, 1927

Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis Felder und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. (Mit Einführung von 6 neuen Genera, Beschreibung von 2 neuen Species un 5 neuen Subspecies). Lycaenidae Australasiae II Tijdschr. Ent. 70 (3/4) : 232-302, pl. 1, 27 text figs.

Tutt, 1906

A Study of the generic Names of the British Lycaenides and their close Allies Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18 (5) : 129-132

Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003

The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

Verity, 1919

Seasonal polymorphism and races of some European Grypocera and Rhopalocera Ent. Rec. J. Var. 31 : 26-31,43-48,87-89,121-129,178-184,193-201

Wright & Pavulaan, 1999

Celastrina idella (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae): a new butterfly species from the Atlantic coastal plain Taxonomic Report 1 (9): 1-11

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