Celastrina Tutt

Munguira, Miguel L., Martín, José, García-Barros, Enrique, Shahbazian, Gayaneh & Cancela, Juan Pablo, 2015, Morphology and morphometry of Lycaenid eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 201-247 : 216

Genus Celastrina Tutt

( Fig. 10 E, F)

Only one species of this genus is present in our area: Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus) . As in Cacyreus , Leptotes , Tarucus , and Zizeeria the annular zone is reduced and formed by a micropylar rosette with three petals and two series of rounded cells with chorionic granulations. The transition zone has high-walled cells and rounded corners. In the tubercle-aeropyle area the cells are grouped in hexagonal patterns with large star shaped tubercles with an aeropyle at their end.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Scanning electron microscope photographs of a general view of the egg and the detail of the annular zone of the eggs of Cupido argiades (A, B), C. alcetas (C, D), and Celastrina argiolus (E, F). Scale bars 200 (A, C, E) and 20 Μm (B, D, F).