Chrysozephyrus kabrua
Chrysozephyrus kabrua, the Kabru hairstreak,[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
| Kabru hairstreak | |
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| Specimen from Taiwan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysozephyrus |
| Species: | C. kabrua |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysozephyrus kabrua (Tytler, 1915) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla kabrua Tytler.[3]
Subspecies
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus (Kano, 1928) Taiwan
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua neidhoeferi Shimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua philipi Eliot, 1987 northern Thailand
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua ueharai Koiwaya & Osada, 1998 Laos
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua konga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua aungseini Koiwaya, 2000 Myanmar
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua naokoae Morita, 2002 northern Vietnam
Cited references
- Chrysozephyrus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus kabrue". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018. Note: This source misspells the specific name. The original description is linked below.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 251, ser no H41.11.
References
- Tytler, H. C. (September 30, 1915). "Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills Part III". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 24 (1): 128 – via Internet Archive.
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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