| Tailless metallic green hairstreak | |
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| illustrated in DeNiceville, 1890 and Tytler, 1915 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysozephyrus |
| Species: | C. khasia |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysozephyrus khasia (de Nicéville, 1890) | |
Chrysozephyrus khasia, the tailless metallic green hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Taxonomy
The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla khasia de Nicéville.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Assam to Manipur and Nagaland.
Status
In 1932 William Harry Evans described the species as rare.
See also
Cited references
- ^ Chrysozephyrus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus khasia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 251–252, ser no H41.17.
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.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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| Chrysozephyrus khasia | |
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