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Thermozephyrus ataxus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Thermozephyrus ataxus

Higher classification
  
Thermozephyrus

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Genus
  
Thermozephyrus Inomata & Itagaki, 1986

Similar
  
Neozephyrus japonica, Butterfly, Chrysozephyrus hisamatsusanus, Favonius yuasai, Chrysozephyrus brillantinus

Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday. It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus.

Range

The species occurs in Murree (Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga Hills. In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan.

Subspecies

  • 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)

    • References

    Thermozephyrus ataxus Wikipedia
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