Chrysozephyrus kabrua

Kabru hairstreak
	Specimen from Taiwan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysozephyrus
Species:	C. kabrua
Binomial name
	Chrysozephyrus kabrua; (Tytler, 1915)
Synonyms
	Zephyrus kabruaTytler, 1915;

Last updated August 01, 2025

Chrysozephyrus kabrua, the Kabru hairstreak,^[1]^[2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla kabrua Tytler.^[3]

Subspecies

Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus(Kano, 1928) Taiwan
Chrysozephyrus kabrua neidhoeferiShimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan
Chrysozephyrus kabrua philipiEliot, 1987 northern Thailand
Chrysozephyrus kabrua ueharaiKoiwaya & Osada, 1998 Laos
Chrysozephyrus kabrua kongaYoshino, 1999 Sichuan
Chrysozephyrus kabrua aungseiniKoiwaya, 2000 Myanmar
Chrysozephyrus kabrua naokoaeMorita, 2002 northern Vietnam

India range

The butterfly occurs in India from Nagaland to Manipur.^[1]^[3]

Cited references

1 2 Chrysozephyrus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus kabrue". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018. Note: This source misspells the specific name. The original description is linked below.
1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 251, ser no H41.11.

References

Tytler, H. C. (September 30, 1915). "Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills Part III". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 24 (1): 128 – via Internet Archive.
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.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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[Savela-1] 1 2 Chrysozephyrus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[LepIndex_kabrua-2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus kabrue". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018. Note: This source misspells the specific name. The original description is linked below.

[Evans-3] 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 251, ser no H41.11.

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