Thermozephyrus

Thermozephyrus
Specimen from Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Theclini
Genus: Thermozephyrus
Inomata & Itagaki, 1986
Species:
T. ataxus
Binomial name
Thermozephyrus ataxus
(Westwood, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Dipsas ataxus Westwood, 1851
  • Thecla ataxus
  • Dipsas katura Hewitson, 1865
  • Zephyrus zulla Tytler, 1915
  • Zephyrus ataxus var. kirishimaensis Okajima, 1922
  • Chrysozephyrus lingi Okano & Okura, 1969
  • Chrysozephyrus subnivalis Kawazoe & Wakabayashi, 1969
  • Chrysozephyrus ataxus Westwood, [1851]

Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak, is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Female

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday. It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus.

Range

The species occurs in Murree (Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga Hills. In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan.

Subspecies

Cited references

  1. ↑ "Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the world". 1994.
  2. ↑ "Thermozephyrus".
  3. ↑ "Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the world". 1994.
  4. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Chrysozephyrus ataxus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 250, ser no H41.4.
  6. ↑ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chrysozephyrus.
  7. ↑ Thermozephyrus at funet

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