| Indian purple hairstreak | |
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| Upperside on left, underside on right | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Esakiozephyrus |
| Species: | E. bieti |
| Binomial name | |
| Esakiozephyrus bieti (Oberthür, 1886) | |
Esakiozephyrus bieti, the Indian purple hairstreak, [1] [2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla bieti de Nicéville. [3]
The butterfly occurs in India from Kulu to Garhwal, Sikkim to Bhutan. [3] It is also found in China, Tibet, and north west Yunnan. [1]
In 1932 William Harry Evans described the species as rare and very rare in Kumaon. [3]
Charles Oberthür dedicated the species to missionary and naturalist Félix Biet.
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