Celatoxia marginata, the margined hedge blue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1894. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Celatoxia marginata
Celatoxia marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celatoxia
Species:
C. marginata
Binomial name
Celatoxia marginata
Synonyms
  • Cyaniris marginata de Nicéville, [1884]
  • Celastrina carna marata Corbet, 1936
  • Cyaniris marginata Moore, [1884]
  • Cyaniris splendens Butler, 1900

Subspecies edit

  • Celatoxia marginata marginata (Himalayas to Burma, northern Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam, Yunnan, Taiwan)
  • Celatoxia marginata splendens (Butler, 1900) (Malay Peninsula)

References edit

  1. ^ de Nicéville, L., [1884]. On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 52: 65-91, 3 pls
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

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