Chrysozephyrus syla

Chrysozephyrus syla
Silver Hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysozephyrus
Species: C. syla
Binomial name
Chrysozephyrus syla
(Kollar, 1848)

The Silver Hairstreak (Chrysozephyrus syla)[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 syla Kollar.[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and North West India - from Safed Koh, Chitral to Kumaon and from Sikkim to Manipur.[1][3]

Status

Rare.[3]

Cited references

  1. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
  2. ^ Card for syla in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.14, pp 251.

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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