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Thermozephyrus

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Thermozephyrus
Specimen from Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Theclini
Genus: Thermozephyrus
Inomata & Itagaki, 1986
Species:
T. ataxus
Binomial name
Thermozephyrus ataxus
(Westwood, 1851)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Dipsas ataxus Westwood, 1851[3]
  • 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,[4] is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Female

Taxonomy

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The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday.[5] It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus.[6]

Range

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The species occurs in Murree (Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga Hills.[5] In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan.[7]

Subspecies

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  • Thermozephyrus ataxus ataxus (north-western India to Upper Burma)
  • Thermozephyrus ataxus kirishimaensis (Okajima, 1922) (Japan)
  • Thermozephyrus ataxus lingi (Okano & Okura, 1969) (Taiwan)
  • Thermozephyrus ataxus motohiroi (Fujioka, 2001)
  • Thermozephyrus ataxus yakushimaensis (Yazaki, 1924) (Japan)
  • Thermozephyrus ataxus tsukiyamai (Fujioka, 2001) (Myanmar)
  • Thermozephyrus ataxus zulla (Tytler, 1915) (Assam, western China)

Cited references

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  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. ^ a b 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

See also

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References

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