Chrysozephyrus syla

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

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

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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]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Chrysozephyrus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  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.
  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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