Chrysozephyrus kabrua

Kabru hairstreak
Specimen from Taiwan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysozephyrus
Species: C. kabrua
Binomial name
Chrysozephyrus kabrua
(Tytler, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Zephyrus kabrua Tytler, 1915

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

  • C. k. niitakanus (Kano, 1928) Taiwan
  • C. k. neidhoeferi Shimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan
  • C. k. philipi Eliot, 1987 northern Thailand
  • C. k. ueharai Koiwaya & Osada, 1998 Laos
  • C. k. konga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan
  • C. k. aungseini Koiwaya, 2000 Myanmar
  • C. k. naokoae Morita, 2002 northern Vietnam

India range

The butterfly occurs in India from Nagaland to Manipur.[1][3]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Chrysozephyrus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus kabrue". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018. Note: This source misspells the specific name. The original description is linked below.
  3. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 251, ser no H41.11.

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 – via Internet Archive.
  • 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.
  • Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.


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