Thermozephyrus ataxus

Wonderful Hairstreak
Museum specimen (From Japan)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thermozephyrus
Inomata & Itagaki, 1986
Species: T ataxus
Binomial name
Thermozephyrus ataxus
(Westwood, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Dipsas ataxus Westwood, 1851
  • Thecla ataxus
  • Dipsas katura Hewitson, 1865
  • Zephyrus zulla Tytler, 1915
  • Zephyrus ataxus var. kirishimaensis Okajima, 1922
  • Chrysozephyrus lingi Okano & Okura, 1969
  • Chrysozephyrus subnivalis Kawazoe & Wakabayashi, 1969

The Wonderful Hairstreak (Thermozephyrus ataxus)[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Female

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday.[2] It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus.[3]

Range

In India, the species occurs in Murree ( Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga hills.[2] In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan.[4]

Subspecies

Cited references

  1. Card for ataxus in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  2. 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.4, pp 250.
  3. Markku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
  4. Thermozephyrus at funet

See also

References

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