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Celastrina argiolus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 188523

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): azur printanier [French]
  
    spring azure [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyPapilionoidea Latreille, 1802 – butterflies, papillons  
                                     FamilyLycaenidae [Leach], 1815 – blues, coppers, gossamer-winged butterflies, hairstreaks, harvesters, Gossamer-wing Butterflies  
                                        SubfamilyPolyommatinae Swainson, 1827 – Blues  
                                           TribePolyommatini Swainson, 1827  
                                              GenusCelastrina Tutt, 1906  
                                                 SpeciesCelastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) – azur printanier, spring azure  
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                                                    Subspecies Celastrina argiolus argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

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  Source: Common names of Insects in Canada, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: Entomological Society of Canada / société d'entomologie du Canada   
  Reference for: spring azure[English], azur printanier [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Celastrina argiolus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Miller, Lee D., and F. Martin Brown  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue/checklist of the butterflies of North America north of Mexico   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Lepidopterists' Society Memoir No. 2   
  Page(s): vii + 280   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0-930282-03-5   
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  Reference for: Celastrina argiolus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Celastrina argiolus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
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