- Source: Thermozephyrus
Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak, is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
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)
Cited references
See also
Lycaenidae
List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
References
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.
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
"Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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- Thermozephyrus
- List of butterflies of China (Lycaenidae)
- List of lycaenid genera: T
- Theclini
- List of butterflies of Japan
- List of butterflies of the Korean Peninsula
- List of butterflies of Indochina
