Celastrina gigas

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.

Silvery hedge blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Celastrina
Species:	C. gigas
Binomial name
Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928)
Synonyms
Lycaenopsis gigas Hemming, 1928 Lycaenopsis ladonides gigas Hemming, 1928 Celastrina ladonides gigas Hemming, 1928

Taxonomy

The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:

• C. g. gigas – nominate subspecies
• C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian

Range

It is found in the West Himalaya.

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)