Thermozephyrus ataxus
| Wonderful Hairstreak | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- Thermozephyrus ataxus ataxus (north-western India to Upper Burma)
- Thermozephyrus ataxus kirishimaensis (Okajima, 1922) (Japan)
- Thermozephyrus ataxus lingi (Okano & Okura, 1969) (Taiwan)
- Thermozephyrus ataxus motohiroi (Fujioka, 2001)
- Thermozephyrus ataxus yakushimaensis (Yazaki, 1924) (Japan)
- Thermozephyrus ataxus tsukiyamai (Fujioka, 2001) (Myanmar)
- Thermozephyrus ataxus zulla (Tytler, 1915) (Assam, western China)
Cited references
- ↑ Card for ataxus in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 250, ser no H41.4.
- ↑ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
- ↑ Thermozephyrus at funet
See also
References
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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