Thermozephyrus

Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak,[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Female

Wonderful hairstreak
Specimen from Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Thermozephyrus

Inomata & Itagaki, 1986
Species:
T ataxus
Binomial name
Thermozephyrus ataxus
(Westwood, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Dipsas ataxus Westwood, 1851
  • Thecla ataxus
  • Dipsas katura Hewitson, 1865
  • Zephyrus zulla Tytler, 1915
  • Zephyrus ataxus var. kirishimaensis Okajima, 1922
  • Chrysozephyrus lingi Okano & Okura, 1969
  • Chrysozephyrus subnivalis Kawazoe & Wakabayashi, 1969
  • Chrysozephyrus ataxus Westwood, [1851]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday.[2] It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus.[3]

Range

The species occurs in Murree (Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga Hills.[2] In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan.[4]

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
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus ataxus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 250, ser no H41.4.
  3. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chrysozephyrus.
  4. Thermozephyrus at funet
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