Celastrina nigra: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Celastrina
- Species
- Celastrina nigra
- Scientific Name
- Celastrina nigra
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Celastrina nigra
Celastrina nigra, the dusky azure, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1960. It resides in the extreme northeast corner of the U.S. state of Georgia. The larval host plant is Aruncus dioicus (goat's beard).
...Celastrina nigra in languages:
- English
- Dusky Azure
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Celastrina algernoni
- Celastrina argiolus
- Celastrina asheri
- Celastrina echo
- Celastrina fedoseevi
- Celastrina filipjevi
- Celastrina gigas
- Celastrina hersilia
- Celastrina huegelii
- Celastrina humulus
- Celastrina idella
- Celastrina ladon
- Celastrina lavendularis
- Celastrina lucia
- Celastrina matanga
- Celastrina morsheadi
- Celastrina neglecta
- Celastrina neglectamajor
- Celastrina nigra
- Celastrina ogasawaraensis
- Celastrina oreas
- Celastrina perplexa
- Celastrina phellodendroni
- Celastrina philippina
- Celastrina pseudargiolus
- Celastrina serotina
- Celastrina sugitanii