Lepidoptera Survey
Date of this Version
8-15-1999
Document Type
Article
Citation
Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey (August 15, 1999) 1(9): 1-11
Also available at https://lepsurvey.carolinanature.com/ttr/ttr-1-9.pdf
Abstract
A new species of Polyommatinae, Celastrina idella, is described from the sandy Atlantic coastal plain of the eastern United States. It is presently known to occur from southern New Jersey through Georgia. Celastrina idella larvae have been recorded from four species of Ilex (holly). Celastrina idella is distinguished from sympatric C. ladon and C. neglecta by differences in larval host, flight period, pupal diapause, and adult size and wing characters. In the New Jersey pine barrens the butterfly is univoltine and flies in the spring between the flights of its sympatric congeners.
Comments
Copyright 1999, International Lepidoptera Survey. Open access material
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