Celastrina humulus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Celastrina
- Species
- Celastrina humulus
- Scientific Name
- Celastrina humulus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Celastrina humulus
Celastrina humulus, the hops azure, is a species of blue in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America. The main host plant is wild hops. They can change their body temperature by behaviors like basking or sitting in shade. The hops azure has a mutualistic relationship with ants, called myrmecophiles.
The MONA or Hodges number for Celastrina humulus is 4363.3.
...Celastrina humulus in languages:
- English
- Hops Azure
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Celastrina algernoni
- Celastrina argiolus
- Celastrina asheri
- Celastrina echo
- Celastrina fedoseevi
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- Celastrina huegelii
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- Celastrina ladon
- Celastrina lavendularis
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- Celastrina matanga
- Celastrina morsheadi
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- Celastrina neglectamajor
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- Celastrina oreas
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- Celastrina pseudargiolus
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