Celastrina gigas
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| Silvery hedge blue | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928) | |
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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.
The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:
- C. g. gigas – nominate subspecies
- C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian