Chrysozephyrus zoa

Powdered green hairstreak
plate accompanying the original description as Zephyrus zoa Fig. 3.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysozephyrus
Species:	C. zoa
Binomial name
Chrysozephyrus zoa (de Nicéville, 1889)

Chrysozephyrus zoa, the powdered green 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 zoa de Nicéville. ^[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim to Manipur. ^{[1] [3]}

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

1. 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 zoa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 250, ser no H41.9.

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.