Chrysozephyrus birupa
| Fawn Hairstreak | |
|---|---|
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| Nepalese Male. Alan Cassidy photo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysozephyrus |
| Species: | C. birupa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysozephyrus birupa (Moore, 1877) | |
The Fawn Hairstreak (Chrysozephyrus birupa)[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 birupa Moore.[3]
Range
The butterfly occurs in North West India from Simla to Kumaon,[1][3] and in Nepal[4]
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
- ↑ Card for birupa in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.12, pp 251.
- ↑ Smith, C. 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies p39. Rohit Kumar, Lashlar.
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.