| Dull-green Hairstreak | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Esakiozephyrus |
| Species: | E. icana |
| Binomial name | |
| Esakiozephyrus icana (Moore 1874) |
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The Indian Purple Hairstreak (Esakiozephyrus icana)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. The butterfly was classified as Thecla icana Moore.[3] The butterfly occurs in India in the Western Himalayas from Kulu to Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim to Bhutan and Myanmar.[1][3] The butterfly also occurs in Tibet, Szechwan and Yunnan.[1]