Thermozephyrus | |
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Specimen from Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Theclini |
Genus: |
Thermozephyrus Inomata & Itagaki, 1986 |
Species: | T. ataxus
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Binomial name | |
Thermozephyrus ataxus | |
Synonyms | |
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Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak, [4] is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday. [5] It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus. [6]
The species occurs in Murree ( Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga Hills. [5] In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan. [7]
Thermozephyrus | |
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Specimen from Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Theclini |
Genus: |
Thermozephyrus Inomata & Itagaki, 1986 |
Species: | T. ataxus
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Binomial name | |
Thermozephyrus ataxus | |
Synonyms | |
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Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak, [4] is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday. [5] It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus. [6]
The species occurs in Murree ( Pakistan), and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Kumaon and in the Naga Hills. [5] In general, the range extends from the western Himalayas to China and Japan. [7]