Chrysozephyrus kabrua
| Kabru Hairstreak | |
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| Museum 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) | |
The Kabru Hairstreak (Chrysozephyrus kabrua)[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 North 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 North Vietnam
India Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Nagaland to Manipur.[1][3]
Cited references
- 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
- ↑ Card for kabrua in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- 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.
See also
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.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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