Chrysozephyrus Explained

Chrysozephyrus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They were formerly included in Thecla.^[1] The genus is diverse and ranges from Russia to northern India.

Selected species

• Chrysozephyrus ataxus – wonderful hairstreak
  • Chrysozephyrus ataxus lingi Okano & Okura, 1969
• Chrysozephyrus birupa – fawn hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus brillantinus
• Chrysozephyrus disparatus
  • Chrysozephyrus disparatus pseudotaiwanus (Howarth, 1957)
• Chrysozephyrus duma – metallic green hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus esakii (Sonan, 1940)
• Chrysozephyrus jakamensis – jakama hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua – Kabru hairstreak
  • Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus (Kano, 1928)
• Chrysozephyrus khasia – tailless metallic green hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus kirbariensis – Kirbari hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus kuromon (Sugiyama, 1994)
• Chrysozephyrus mushaellus (Matsumura, 1938)
• Chrysozephyrus nishikaze (Araki & Sibatani, 1886)
• Chrysozephyrus paona – Paona hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus rarasanus (Matsumura, 1939)
• Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus
• Chrysozephyrus splendidulus Murayama, 1965
• Chrysozephyrus surioia – cerulean hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus syla – silver hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus vittata – Tytler's hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus yuchingkinus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1965
• Chrysozephyrus zoa – powdered green hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus tytleri (Howarth, 1957) Manipur (Mt. Kabru), Vietnam

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/chrysozephyrus/ "Chrysozephyrus Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956"