About Celastrina lavendularis (Moore, 1877)
This is a description of Celastrina lavendularis (Moore, 1877), distinguishing between male and female wing coloration and patterning. For males, the upperside of the wings is dark lavender-blue, with an extremely narrow black outer marginal border. Females are paler than males, and their upperside wing color is purple lavender-blue. On the female forewing, the base of the costa and an outer band are black. On the female hindwing, there is a black anterior border and a marginal row of prominent black spots that have pale borders. The cilia are white, with an inner black border. The underside of the wings for this species is greyish-white. On the forewing, there is a dusky-black streak at the end of the cell, a discal series of oblique spots, and a marginal row of small spots enclosed by a dentated line. On the hindwing, there are three black subbasal spots. Some specimens have a smaller spot at the base of the subcostal and another at the base of the lower median vein. There is also a curved series of seven discal spots on the hindwing, plus a marginal row of spots enclosed by a dentate line.
