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
C. echo cinerea upperside
C. echo cinerea underside
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. "Celastrina echo Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Celastrina echo". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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