Species Celastrina neglectamajor - Appalachian Azure - Hodges#4363.4

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food

Appalachian Azure caterpillars - Celastrina neglectamajor

Appalachian Azure - Celastrina neglectamajor

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)

Subfamily Polyommatinae (Blues)

Genus Celastrina (Azures)

Species neglectamajor (Appalachian Azure - Hodges#4363.4)

Hodges Number

4363.4

Size

Noticeably larger than Summer Azure and Spring Azure.

Identification

Best identified by finding adult ovipositing or larvae feeding on flower buds of hostplant.

Range

Appalachian Mountains from Georgia to New York, also southern Missouri.

Habitat

Rich hardwood forests.

Season

One flight period, late April through mid-July (North Carolina). Farther north, the flight period beings in mid-May and continues into early July.

Food

Flowers of Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa).

Contributed by Tony on 23 January, 2006 - 10:49pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Will Cook, anitagould, Corey Husic
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 5:09pm

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