Celastrina cardia

Pale hedge blue
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Celastrina
Species:	C. cardia
Binomial name
Celastrina cardia (Felder, 1860)

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

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis cardia Moore.^[2]

Range

It is found in Shimla in India to the Karen Hills in Myanmar.^[2]

See also

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

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Celastrina cardia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
2. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.20.