Thermozephyrus ataxus, the wonderful hairstreak,[4] is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
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 |
Binomial name | |
Thermozephyrus ataxus | |
Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla ataxus Doubleday.[5] It is also presently classified as Chrysozephyrus ataxus.[6]
Range
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]
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)
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