Chrysozephyrus kabrua explained
Chrysozephyrus kabrua, the Kabru hairstreak,[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]
Subspecies
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus (Kano, 1928) Taiwan
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua neidhoeferi Shimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua philipi Eliot, 1987 northern Thailand
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua ueharai Koiwaya & Osada, 1998 Laos
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua konga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua aungseini Koiwaya, 2000 Myanmar
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua naokoae Morita, 2002 northern Vietnam
India range
The butterfly occurs in India from Nagaland to Manipur.[1] [3]
See also
References
- Tytler . H. C. . September 30, 1915 . Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills Part III . The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 24 . 1 . 128 . Internet Archive.
- 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: Haribal, Meena . The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India . Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation . 1992 .
- Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth
. Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .
Notes and References
- http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/chrysozephyrus/index.html Chrysozephyrus
- Retrieved April 20, 2018. Note: This source misspells the specific name. The original description is linked below.
- Book: Evans . William Harry Evans
. W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 251, ser no H41.11 .
