Chrysozephyrus kabrua

Chrysozephyrus kabrua, the Kabru hairstreak,^[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Kabru hairstreak
Specimen from Taiwan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysozephyrus
Species:	C. kabrua
Binomial name
Chrysozephyrus kabrua (Tytler, 1915)
Synonyms
Zephyrus kabrua Tytler, 1915

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla kabrua Tytler.^[3]

Subspecies

• Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus (Kano, 1928) Taiwan
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua neidhoeferi Shimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua philipi Eliot, 1987 northern Thailand
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua ueharai Koiwaya & Osada, 1998 Laos
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua konga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua aungseini Koiwaya, 2000 Myanmar
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua naokoae Morita, 2002 northern Vietnam

India range

The butterfly occurs in India from Nagaland to Manipur.^[1][3]

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)