Celastrina sugitanii

Celastrina sugitanii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Celastrina
Species:	C. sugitanii
Binomial name
Celastrina sugitanii Mastumura, 1919
Synonyms
Lycaena sugitanii

Celastrina sugitanii is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae that is native to Japan and Taiwan.

Taxonomy

There are 5 recognised subspecies:[1]

• Celastrina sugitanii ainonica Murayama, 1952
• Celastrina sugitanii kyushuensis Shirôzu, 1948
• Celastrina sugitanii leei Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
• Celastrina sugitanii shirozui Hsu, 1987[2]
• Celastrina sugitanii sugitanii Mastumura, 1919

References

1. Khramov, Peter. "Celastrina sugitanii".
2. Hsu, Yu Feng (1987). "New Subspecies of Celastrina sugitanii MATSUMURA from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 38.