''Celastrina'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family Lycaenidae found in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

, Nearctic, Indomalayan and

Australasian Australasian is the adjectival form of Australasia, a geographical region including Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continen ...

realms.

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Celastrina ''
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Celastrina acesina ''Celastrina acesina'' is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-eastern Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State ...

'' (Bethune-Baker, 1906) – south-eastern Papua New Guinea * ''

Celastrina albocoeruleus ''Celastrina albocoeruleus'', the albocerulean, Retrieved April 19, 2018. is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Description Male upperside, forewing: blackish brown, a central patch that occupies t ...

'' (Moore, 1879) – albocerulean * ''

Celastrina algernoni ''Celastrina'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Species Listed alphabetically:Luzon) and Borneo * ''

Celastrina argiolus The holly blue (''Celastrina argiolus'') Retrieved April 20, 2018. is a butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family and is native to the Palearctic. The holly blue has pale silver-blue wings spotted with pale ivory dots. Seitz des ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – holly blue * ''

Celastrina cardia ''Celastrina cardia'', the pale hedge blue, Retrieved April 19, 2018. is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Taxonomy The butterfly was earlier known as ''Lycaenopsis cardia'' Moore. Range It is fou ...

'' (Felder, 1860) – pale hedge blue * ''

Celastrina dipora ''Celastrina dipora'', the dusky blue cupid, is a small butterfly found in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, ...

'' (Moore 1865) – dusky blue Cupid * ''

Celastrina echo ''Celastrina echo'', known generally as the echo azure or western azure, is a species of blue in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Celastrina echo'' is 4363.2. Celastrina_echo-cinerea_puddling.jpg, mud-puddling ...

'' (Edwards, 1864) – echo azure – California, Oregon * ''

Celastrina fedoseevi ''Celastrina'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Species Listed alphabetically:Transbaikalia, Amur Oblast * ''

Celastrina filipjevi ''Celastrina'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Species Listed alphabetically:Ussuri, northeast

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, Korea * ''

Celastrina gigas ''Celastrina gigas'', the silvery hedge blue, 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 The species is considered to consist of the ...

'' (Hemming, 1928) – western Himalayas, Fujian * ''

Celastrina gozora ''Celastrina gozora'', the Mexican azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Mexico, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinent ...

'' (Boisduval, 1870) – Mexican azure * ''

Celastrina hersilia ''Celastrina'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Species Listed alphabetically:893 __FORCETOC__ Year 893 ( DCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Vladimir, ruler (''khan'') of the Bulgarian Empire, is dethroned by his fat ...

– Nepal to

* '' Celastrina huegeli'' (Moore, 1882) – large hedge blue * ''

Celastrina humulus ''Celastrina humulus'', the hops azure, is a species of blue in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America. The main host plant is wild hops. They can change their body temperature by behaviors like basking or sitting in shade.Puntenney, ...

'' Scott & Wright, 1998 – hops azure – Colorado * ''

Celastrina idella ''Celastrina idella'', the American holly azure, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the east coast of the United States. Description Adults The wing uppersides are uniform light blue or purplish-blue, shinier i ...

'' Wright & Pavulaan, 1999 – holly azure * '' Celastrina iynteana'' (De Nicéville, 1883) – Jyntea hedge blue * '' Celastrina ladon'' (Cramer,

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– spring azure * ''

Celastrina ladonides ''Celastrina ladonides'', the silvery hedge blue, Retrieved April 19, 2018. is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Taxonomy The butterfly was earlier known as ''Lycaenopsis ladonides'' Hemmings. Ran ...

'' (De L'Orza, 1869) – silvery hedge blue * '' Celastrina lavendularis'' (Moore, 1877) – plain hedge blue * ''

Celastrina lucia ''Celastrina lucia'', the lucia azure, northern azure, eastern spring azure or northern spring azure, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found eastern North America, ranging from the Maritimes south through the Appalachia ...

'' (Kirby, 1837) – Lucia azure or boreal spring azure * ''

Celastrina morsheadi ''Celastrina'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Species Listed alphabetically:Tibet * ''

Celastrina neglecta ''Celastrina neglecta'', the summer azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America. Layberry, Hall, and Lafontaine, in ''The Butterflies of Canada'', describe the species: The upper surface is pale blue with an ext ...

'' (Edwards, 1862) – summer azure * ''

Celastrina neglectamajor The Appalachian azure (''Celastrina neglectamajor'') is a butterfly in the gossamer wings family Lycaenidae. The male is light blue on the upperwing with a narrow, dark line running along the edge of the forewing. The underwing is chalky white a ...

'' Opler & Krizek, 1984 – Appalachian azure * '' Celastrina nigra'' (Forbes, 1960) – spring sooty, dusky azure, or sooty azure – eastern United States * ''

Celastrina ogasawaraensis ''Celastrina ogasawaraensis'' also known as the Ogasawara holly blue was a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was endemic to the Ogasawara Islands of Japan. The Ogasawara holly blue was relatively common up until the 1970s when ...

'' (Pryer, 1886) –

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

* ''

Celastrina oreas ''Celastrina oreas '' is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Ussuri, China, Nepal, Assam, Burma, Taiwan) that belongs to the Lycaenidae, lycaenids or blues family. Description from Seitz ''C. oreas'' Leech (83 f). Male somewhat sim ...

'' (Leech,

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– Ussuri,

, (including Tibet and Taiwan), Nepal, northeast India ( Assam), Burma, Korea * ''

Celastrina perplexa ''Celastrina'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Species Listed alphabetically:Kangding) * '' Celastrina phellodendroni'' Omelko, 1987 – Ussuri * '' Celastrina philippina'' (Semper, 1889) – Borneo, Palawan, Philippines, Talaud, Moluccas, West Irian, Papua New Guinea,

Bachan The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous and forested, lying south of Ternate and southwest of Halmahera. The islands are administe ...

Halmahera Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia, and Sofifi, the capital of the province, is located on the west coast of the island. Hal ...

, Ternate, Timor,

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

, Sula Islands,

Ambon Island Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of two territories: the city of Ambon, Maluku, Ambon to the south and various districts ('' ...

, Serang, Obi Islands * ''

Celastrina serotina ''Celastrina serotina'', the cherry gall azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found across North America as far north as the treeline. Its flight time is between mid-May and mid-June in eastern Ontario after the spring azure and ...

'' Pavulaan & Wright, 2005 – cherry gall azure * ''

Celastrina sugitanii Celastrina sugitanii is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae that is native to Japan and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in th ...

'' (Matsumura, 1919) –

, Sakhalin, Korea, northeast

References

External links

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