Celastrina gigas
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| Silvery hedge blue | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928)
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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.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:
- C. g. gigas – nominate subspecies
- C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian
Range
[edit | edit source]It is found in the West Himalaya.
See also
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