Celastrina echo
Celastrina echo, known generally as the echo azure or western azure, is a species of blue in the butterfly family Lycaenidae.[1][2]
| Celastrina echo | |
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| C. echo cinerea upperside | |
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| C. echo cinerea underside | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. echo |
| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina echo (W. H. Edwards, 1864) | |
The MONA or Hodges number for Celastrina echo is 4363.2.[3]
Subspecies
These four subspecies belong to the species Celastrina echo:
- Celastrina echo cinerea (W. H. Edwards, 1883) (southwestern azure)
- Celastrina echo echo (W. H. Edwards, 1864) (Pacific azure)
- Celastrina echo nigrescens (J. Fletcher, 1903) (northwestern azure)
- Celastrina echo sidara (Clench, 1944) (Rocky Mountain azure)
References
- "Celastrina echo Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Celastrina echo species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "North American Moth Photographers Group, Celastrina echo". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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