Thermozephyrus Explained

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

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

1. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
2. Book: William Harry Evans

   . Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 250, ser no H41.4 .

3. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chrysozephyrus.
4. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/thermozephyrus/index.html Thermozephyrus at funet

See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Web site: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) . Beccaloni . George . Scoble . Malcolm . Kitching . Ian . Simonsen . Thomas . Robinson . Gaden . Pitkin . Brian . Hine . Adrian . Lyal . Chris . Natural History Museum, London . 2016-10-15 .
• Book: William Harry Evans

. Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .

• Book: Haribal, Meena . The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India . Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation . 1992 .
• Web site: Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera .
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth

. Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .