Celastrina argiolus britanna (Verity, 1919)
(Holly Blue)

Interactions where Celastrina argiolus britanna is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of usually gregarious larva Minor Phryxe vulgaris a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae The Rise and Fall of the Holly Blue Butterfly, Revels, R., 1994
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phryxe vulgaris/Phryxe vulgarisa parasitoid flyusually gregariouslarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Celastrina argiolus britanna/Celastrina argiolus britannaholly bluelarvaMinor usually gregarious larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Restricted Listrodromus nycthemerus an ichneumon wasp Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae The Rise and Fall of the Holly Blue Butterfly, Revels, R., 1994
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Listrodromus nycthemerus/Listrodromus nycthemerusan ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Celastrina argiolus britanna/Celastrina argiolus britannaholly bluelarvaSole larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Revels, R., 1994The Rise and Fall of the Holly Blue ButterflyBritish Wildlife Vol 5 (4): 236-239.

Celastrina argiolus britanna (Holly Blue) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Celastrina argiolus britanna (Holly Blue) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesCelastrina argiolus britanna (Holly Blue)
SpeciesCelastrina argiolus (Holly Blue)
TribePolyommatini (a tribe of blue butterflies)
SubfamilyPOLYOMMATINAE (blue butterflies)
FamilyLYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Celastrina argiolus britanna (Holly Blue)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Revels, R. 1994 The Rise and Fall of the Holly Blue Butterfly British Wildlife Vol 5 (4): 236-239.

Celastrina argiolus britanna (Holly Blue) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Celastrina argiolus britanna (Holly Blue):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Celastrina argiolus britanna (Holly Blue)
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