Chrysozephyrus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Lycaenidae Tribe Theclini Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus		Subphylum Hexapoda Subfamily Theclinae Scientific name Chrysozephyrus Higher classification Theclini Order Butterflies and moths

Lower classifications Chrysozephyrus nishikaze

hd chrysozephyrus hisamatsusanus

Chrysozephyrus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They were formerly included in Thecla. The genus is diverse and ranges from Russia to northern India.

territorial behaviour of chrysozephyrus brillantinus

Selected species

Chrysozephyrus ataxus – wonderful hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus ataxus lingi Okano & Okura, 1969

Chrysozephyrus birupa – fawn hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus disparatus

Chrysozephyrus disparatus pseudotaiwanus (Howarth, 1957)

Chrysozephyrus duma – metallic green hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus esakii (Sonan, 1940)

Chrysozephyrus jakamensis – jakama hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus kabrua – Kabru hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus (Kano, 1928)

Chrysozephyrus khasia – tailless metallic green hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus kirbariensis – Kirbari hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus kuromon (Sugiyama, 1994)

Chrysozephyrus mushaellus (Matsumura, 1938)

Chrysozephyrus nishikaze (Araki & Sibatani, 1886)

Chrysozephyrus paona – Paona hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus rarasanus (Matsumura, 1939)

Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus

Chrysozephyrus splendidulus Murayama, 1965

Chrysozephyrus surioia – cerulean hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus syla – silver hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus vittata – Tytler's hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus yuchingkinus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1965

Chrysozephyrus zoa – powdered green hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus tytleri (Howarth, 1957) Manipur (Mt. Kabru), Vietnam

References

Chrysozephyrus Wikipedia

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hd chrysozephyrus hisamatsusanus

Contents

territorial behaviour of chrysozephyrus brillantinus

Selected species

References