Chrysozephyrus syla

Silver hairstreak
	Chrysozephyrus syla, male and female specimens.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysozephyrus
Species:	C. syla
Binomial name
	Chrysozephyrus syla; (Kollar, 1848)

Last updated September 09, 2025

Chrysozephyrus syla, the silver 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 syla Kollar.^[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and north west India - from Safed Koh, Chitral to Kumaon and from Sikkim to Manipur.^[1]^[3]

Status

In 1932 William Harry Evans described the species as rare.^[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 syla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 251, ser no H41.14.

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.
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_syla-2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus syla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

[Evans-3] 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 251, ser no H41.14.

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