Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus

ab. clara Tutt 1896

Male upperside paler and brighter than usual.

Ddescribed later as violet-blue and would appear to be a bright form of the spring generation

ab. lilacina Tutt 1908

Male upperside is a warm mauve.

Although not stated by Tutt in the original description this most probably only occurs in the summer generation.

ab. lilacina Tutt 1908

Male upperside is a warm mauve.

Although not stated by Tutt in the original description this most probably only occurs in the summer generation.

ab. lilacina Tutt 1908

Male upperside is a warm mauve.

Although not stated by Tutt in the original description this most probably only occurs in the summer generation.

ab. pauper Tutt 1908

Female upperside a pale washed out violet, the broad marginal and costal borders of a brownish-black, the hindwings suffused.

ab. aquilina Grund 1908

Females only, an extreme form of the summer generation, the margins broad and dark and the hindwings completely dark except for some blue scaling at the base.

ab. anteatrata Mezger 1934

The upperside forewings black with a blue reflection.

Mezger's description is only for the forewings, whereas this specimen is totally black with a blue reflection.

ab. minor Tutt 1908

This term is given to small specimens under 25 mm.

Bilateral gynandromorph25

A fine specimen with the left side female and right side male except fro a tiny patch of female scaling at the apex.

Mosaic gynandromorphy or intersex.

An interesting specimen showing male scaling towards the apex of the left forewing. The rest of the specimen being totally female.

Mosaic gynandromorph or intersex.

An interesting specimen, totally male on the left side. The right is almost completely female except for several streaks of male scaling on the right forewing..

ab. paucipuncta Courvoisier 1912

The underside spots tending towards obsolescens.

ab. paucipuncta Courvoisier 1912

The underside spots tending towards obsolescens.

ab. paucipuncta Courvoisier 1912

The underside spots tending towards obsolescens.

ab. obsoleta Tutt 1908

Underside with all the spots absent except the discoidal.

ab. obsoleta Tutt 1908

Underside with all the spots absent except the discoidal.

ab. obsoleta Tutt 1908

Underside with all the spots absent except the discoidal.

ab. albocincta-cleobis Tutt 1908

The underside spots are well developed and pale ringed as in ab. albocincta but the marginal spots are present.

ab. c-nigrum Tutt 1908

Underside hindwings with the two lowest submedian spots united to form an inverted letter "C".

ab. sinis-caeca