Thermozephyrus
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| Thermozephyrus | |
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| Specimen from Japan | |
| File:Wonderful Hairstreak (Thermozephyrus ataxus).jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Theclini |
| Genus: | Thermozephyrus Inomata & Itagaki, 1986 |
| Species: | T. ataxus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thermozephyrus ataxus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak,[4] is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday.[5] It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus.[6]
Range
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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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- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chrysozephyrus.
- ^ Thermozephyrus at funet
See also
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