Celastrina ladonides

Celastrina ladonides, the silvery hedge blue,^[1] is a small butterfly found in India^[2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Silvery hedge blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Celastrina
Species:	C. ladonides
Binomial name
Celastrina ladonides (De L'Orza, 1869)

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis ladonides Hemmings.^[2]

Range

It is found from Murree in Pakistan to Kumaon in India.^[2]

See also

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