Celastrina huegeli
Species of butterfly
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Celastrina huegeli, the large hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India[2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
| Large hedge blue | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. huegeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina huegeli (Moore, 1882) | |
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Taxonomy
The alternate scientific name is Celastrina huegelii.[3] The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis huegelii Moore.[2]
The spelling of the species taxon name is usually found in literature as huegelii, except for the NHM's LepIndex site where it is recorded as huegeli.
The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:[3]
- C. h. heugelii – nominate subspecies
- C. h. singalensis – previously Lycaenopsis singalensis as per Evans and considered as Polyommatus singalensis as per NHM's LepIndex[4]
- C. h. dipora – dusky blue Cupid previously Everes dipora as per Evans[5]