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Celastrina philippina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Celastrina
Species:	C. philippina
Binomial name
Celastrina philippina (Semper, 1889)

Celastrina philippina is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm and which crosses the Wallace Line into the Australasian realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

References

1. Semper, G., 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, Beitrag zur Indo-Malayischen Lepidopteren-Fauna (Die Tagfalter). Vol.l: 380pp, 49 pls. In C. G. Semper, Reisen im Archipen der Philippinen, (2)5. Weisbaden.
2. Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9
3. Toxopeus, L. J., 1926. Lycaenidae Australasiae 1. New investigations on the genus Lycaenopsis Felder. Treubia 8: 365-375

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