Dull green hairstreak | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Esakiozephyrus |
Species: | E. icana |
Binomial name | |
Esakiozephyrus icana (Moore, 1874) | |
Esakiozephyrus icana, the dull green hairstreak, [1] [2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues (family Lycaenidae). The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1874.
The butterfly was classified as Thecla icana Moore. [3]
The butterfly occurs in India in the western Himalayas from Kullu to Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim to Bhutan and Myanmar. [1] [3] The butterfly also occurs in Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan. [1]
Poritia phalena, the broad-banded brilliant, is a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874.
Spalgis epius, commonly known as the apefly, is a small species of butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It gets its name from the supposed resemblance of its pupa to the face of an ape.
Celastrina lavendularis, the plain hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka, India, and Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Celastrina huegeli, the large hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Pseudophilotes vicrama, the eastern baton blue, is a small butterfly found in Asia, east to Tian Shan and parts of China, west to the Balkans, Turkey, eastern Europe to southern Finland. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.
Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue or small purple lineblue, is a blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia to Australia. The species was first described by Georg Semper in 1879.
Drina donina, the brown yamfly is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia.
Yasoda tripunctata, the branded yamfly, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia.
Baspa melampus, the Indian red flash is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in South-East Asia.
Chrysozephyrus birupa, the fawn hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Chrysozephyrus paona, the Paona hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Thecla ziha, the white-spotted hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Flos areste, the tailless plushblue, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan region that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Arhopala dodonaea, the pale Himalayan oakblue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Esakiozephyrus bieti, the Indian purple hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The Mahathala ameria, the falcate oakblue, is a species of blue butterfly, of the family Lycaenidae found in South-East Asia.
Dacalana cotys, the white-banded royal is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in South East Asia.
Esakiozephyrus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Esakiozephyrus species are found in the Western Himalayan broadleaf forests, and in similar habitats in Burma, Tibet and Nepal.
Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak, is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.