Chrysozephyrus birupa

Chrysozephyrus birupa
Fawn Hairstreak
Nepalese Male. Alan Cassidy photo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysozephyrus
Species: C. birupa
Binomial name
Chrysozephyrus birupa
(Moore, 1877)

The Fawn Hairstreak (Chrysozephyrus birupa)[1][2] 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 birupa Moore.[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in North West India from Simla to Kumaon,[1][3] and in Nepal[4]

Cited references

  1. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
  2. ^ Card for birupa in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  3. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.12, pp 251.
  4. ^ Smith, C. 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies p39. Rohit Kumar, Lashlar.

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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