Chrysozephyrus birupa
| Fawn Hairstreak | |
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| Nepalese Male. Alan Cassidy photo | |
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| Species: | C. birupa
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| Chrysozephyrus birupa (Moore, 1877)
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The Fawn Hairstreak (Chrysozephyrus birupa)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Taxonomy
The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla birupa Moore.[3]
Range
The butterfly occurs in North West India from Simla to Kumaon,[3][1] and in Nepal[4]
Cited references
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chrysozephyrus genus.
- ^ Card for birupa in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.12, pp 251.
- ^ 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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