Esakiozephyrus Explained

Esakiozephyrus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.^[1] Esakiozephyrus species are found in the Western Himalayan broadleaf forests, and in similar habitats in Burma, Tibet and Nepal.

Species

• Esakiozephyrus icana (Moore, [1875]) – dull green hairstreak
• Esakiozephyrus longicaudatus Huang, 2001
• Esakiozephyrus camurius (Murayama, 1986)
• Esakiozephyrus vallonia (Oberthür, 1914)
• Esakiozephyrus neis (Oberthür, 1914)
• Esakiozephyrus tsangkie (Oberthür, 1886)
• Esakiozephyrus zotelistes (Oberthür, 1914)

Iwaseozephyrus species group

• Esakiozephyrus ackeryi (Fujioka, 1994)
• Esakiozephyrus bieti (Oberthür, 1886) – Indian purple hairstreak
• Esakiozephyrus mandara (Doherty, 1886)
• Esakiozephyrus dohertyi (de Niceville, 1889)
• Esakiozephyrus zhengi Huang, 1998

Notes and References

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