Chrysozephyrus kabrua

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Kabru Hairstreak
Museum specimen (From Taiwan)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysozephyrus
Species: C. kabrua
Binomial name
Chrysozephyrus kabrua
(Tytler, 1915)

The Kabru Hairstreak (Chrysozephyrus kabrua)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla kabrua Tytler .[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Nagaland to Manipur.[1][3]

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
  2. Card for kabrua in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.11, pp 251.

See also

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 .
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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