Celastrina sugitanii explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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.