Celastrina nigra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Celastrina |
Species: | C. nigra
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Binomial name | |
Celastrina nigra W. Forbes, 1960
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Celastrina nigra, the dusky azure, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1960. It resides in the extreme northeast corner of the U.S. state of Georgia.[2] The larval host plant is Aruncus dioicus (goat's beard).[3]