Chrysozephyrus ataxus

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Wonderful Hairstreak
Museum specimen (From Japan)
Museum specimen (From Japan)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysozephyrus
Species: C. ataxus
Binomial name
Chrysozephyrus ataxus
(Westwood, 1851)[verification needed]
Synonyms

Thecla ataxus
Female
Female

The Wonderful Hairstreak (Chrysozephyrus ataxus)[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

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[edit] Taxonomy

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

[edit] Range

As per Evan's Thecla ataxus occurs in India from Murree to Kumaon and in the Naga hills.[2]

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Card for ataxus in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  2. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.4, pp 250.
  3. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
  • Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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