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Celastrina argiolus (Holly Blues)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Celastrina argiolus Female imago 29 May 1977 North Hampshire England 2

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #refs #webs
Subspecies Celastrina argiolus ssp. britanna Verity, 1919 (Holly Blue) 1 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Jefferson, R., 2004 (Colour photographs of larva and adult) Insects and fleshy fruits
Revels, R., 2006 (Colour photographs of egg, larva and imago) More on the rise and fall of the Holly Blue

Celastrina argiolus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Celastrina argiolus:

larva (young) larva (young) is endoparasitoid host of larva Cotesia inducta (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) UK/Ireland Revels, R., 2006
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Aplomya confinis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe magnicornis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Listrodromus nycthemerus - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Revels, R., 2006
pupa pupa is endoparasitoid host of larva Listrodromus nycthemerus - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Revels, R., 2006

Celastrina argiolus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
LYCAENIDAE
(blues, coppers and hairstreaks)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Revels, R., 2006 More on the rise and fall of the Holly Blue

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