Holly blue

Holly blue
Male
Female
both Cumnor Hill, Oxford, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. argiolus
Binomial name
Celastrina argiolus
Synonyms
  • Papilio cleobis Sulzer, 1776
  • Papilio thersanon Bergstrasser, 1779
  • Papilio argyphontes Bergstrasser, 1779
  • Papilio argalus Bergstrasse, 1779
  • Papilio (Argus) marginatus Retzius, 1783
  • Lycaenopsis argiolus calidogenita Verity, 1919
  • Lycaenopsis argiolus britanna Verity, 1919

The holly blue (Celastrina argiolus)[2] is a butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family and is native to the Palearctic.

  1. ^ van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Verovnik, R.; et al. (2010). "Celastrina argiolus (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T174235A7033895. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Celastrina argiolus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.