Thermozephyrus

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Thermozephyrus
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Specimen from Japan
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Theclini
Genus: Thermozephyrus
Inomata & Itagaki, 1986
Species:
T. ataxus
Binomial name
Thermozephyrus ataxus
Synonyms
  • Dipsas ataxusWestwood, 1851
  • Thecla ataxus
  • Dipsas katuraHewitson, 1865
  • Zephyrus zullaTytler, 1915
  • Zephyrus ataxus var. kirishimaensisOkajima, 1922
  • Chrysozephyrus lingiOkano & Okura, 1969
  • Chrysozephyrus subnivalisKawazoe & Wakabayashi, 1969
  • Chrysozephyrus ataxusWestwood, [1851]

Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak, [1] is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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Female

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday. [2] It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus. [3]

Range

The species occurs in Murree (Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga Hills. [2] In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan. [4]

Subspecies

Cited references

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus ataxus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 250, ser no H41.4.
  3. ↑ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chrysozephyrus.
  4. ↑ Thermozephyrus at funet

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