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Species of butterfly
Esakiozephyrus bieti, the Indian purple hairstreak,
[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 bieti
de Nicéville.
[3]
Range
The butterfly occurs in
India from
Kulu to
Garhwal,
Sikkim to
Bhutan.
[3] It is also found in
China,
Tibet, and north west
Yunnan.
[1]
Status
In 1932
William Harry Evans described the species as rare and very rare in
Kumaon.
[3]
Etymology
Charles Oberthür dedicated the species to missionary and naturalist
Félix Biet.
See also
Cited references
- ^
a
b
"Esakiozephyrus Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003).
"Esakiozephyrus bieti".
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index.
Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^
a
b
c
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India:
Bombay Natural History Society. p. 249, ser no H41.2.
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.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
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Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957).
Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India:
Bombay Natural History Society.
ISBN
978-8170192329.
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