Celastrina gigas

Celastrina gigas, the silvery hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Francis Hemming in 1928.

Taxonomy
The species is considered to consist of the following subspecies:
 * C. g. gigas – nominate subspecies
 * C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian

Range
It is found in the West Himalaya.