Esakiozephyrus

Esakiozephyrus
Esakiozephyrus hecale and Zephyrus icana in Leech Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (hecale1 female, 2 male and icana 4 male )
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Theclini
Genus:	Esakiozephyrus Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956

Esakiozephyrus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Esakiozephyrus species are found in the Western Himalayan broadleaf forests, and in similar habitats in Burma, Tibet and Nepal.

Species

• Esakiozephyrus icana (Moore, [1875]) – dull green hairstreak
• Esakiozephyrus longicaudatus Huang, 2001
• Esakiozephyrus camurius (Murayama, 1986)
• Esakiozephyrus vallonia (Oberthür, 1914)
• Esakiozephyrus neis (Oberthür, 1914)
• Esakiozephyrus tsangkie (Oberthür, 1886)
• Esakiozephyrus zotelistes (Oberthür, 1914)

Iwaseozephyrus species group

• Esakiozephyrus ackeryi (Fujioka, 1994)
• Esakiozephyrus bieti (Oberthür, 1886) – Indian purple hairstreak
• Esakiozephyrus mandara (Doherty, 1886)
• Esakiozephyrus dohertyi (de Niceville, 1889)
• Esakiozephyrus zhengi Huang, 1998