Chrysozephyrus kabrua
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| Chrysozephyrus kabrua (Tytler, 1915)
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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
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
- ^ Card for kabrua in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.11, pp 251.
See also
References
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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