Esakiozephyrus bieti
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Esakiozephyrus bieti Upperside on left,underside on right
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Esakiozephyrus bieti (Oberthür, 1886) |
The Indian Purple Hairstreak (Esakiozephyrus bieti)[1][2] 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 bieti De Nicéville.[3]
[edit] Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Kulu to Garhwal, Sikkim to Bhutan.[3] Also Tibet and North West Yunnan.[1]
[edit] Status
Rare. Very Rare in Kumaon.[3]
[edit] Cited references
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Esakiozephyrus genus.
- ^ Card for bieti in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- ^ a b c Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.2, pp 249.
[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.