Esakiozephyrus bieti

Indian purple hairstreak
Upperside on left, underside on right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Esakiozephyrus
Species: E. bieti
Binomial name
Esakiozephyrus bieti
(Oberthür, 1886)

Esakiozephyrus bieti, the Indian purple 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 bieti de Nicéville.[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Kulu to Garhwal, Sikkim to Bhutan.[3] It is also found in China, Tibet, and north west Yunnan.[1]

Status

In 1932 William Harry Evans described the species as rare and very rare in Kumaon.[3]

Etymology

Charles Oberthür dedicated the species to missionary and naturalist Félix Biet.

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 "Esakiozephyrus Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956" 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). "Esakiozephyrus bieti". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 249, ser no H41.2.

References

  • 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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