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Plain Hedge Blue

Celastrina lavendularis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 6, February 16, March 29, April 116, May 73, June 21, July 9, August 4, September 13, October 3, November 2, December 2.
China294
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region179
India158
Malaysia84
Taiwan78
Taiwan Province77
Indonesia60
Karnātaka49
Thailand35
Perak30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusHolarctic Azures · Celastrina

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