Thermozephyrus

Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak,^[1] is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Female

Taxonomy

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

Range

The species occurs in Murree (Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga Hills.^[2] In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan.^[4]

Subspecies

• Thermozephyrus ataxus ataxus (north-western India to Upper Burma)
• Thermozephyrus ataxus kirishimaensis (Okajima, 1922) (Japan)
• Thermozephyrus ataxus lingi (Okano & Okura, 1969) (Taiwan)
• Thermozephyrus ataxus motohiroi (Fujioka, 2001)
• Thermozephyrus ataxus yakushimaensis (Yazaki, 1924) (Japan)
• Thermozephyrus ataxus tsukiyamai (Fujioka, 2001) (Myanmar)
• Thermozephyrus ataxus zulla (Tytler, 1915) (Assam, western China)

Cited references

See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

Thermozephyrus là một chi bướm ngày thuộc họ Lycaenidae.

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Tham khảo

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