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<i>Celastrina oreas</i>

Celastrina oreas

Species of butterfly

Celastrina oreas is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Ussuri, China, Nepal, Assam, Burma, Taiwan) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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Description from Seitz

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C. oreas Leech (83 f). Male somewhat similar to the male of argiolus, but deeper violet-blue and the black apical area of the wings broader. The female too, is darker, being more purplish blue, the underside bearing fewer, but very strongly marked elongate spots. — In West China, up to 10, 000 ft.[2]

Biology

The larva on feeds on Prinsepia chinensis, Prinsepia scandens, Eurya strigillosa, E. acuminata, E. groffii, Prinsepia scandens

  • Illustration from Butterflies from China, Japan & Korea, 1893
  • Seitz 83f

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Leech, [1893] Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
  2. [2]
    Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)


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