Thrix

Thrix is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae first described by William Doherty in 1891. Its one species is Thrix scopula, which was first described by Herbert Druce in 1873.^[1] It is found in the Indomalayan realm (in Borneo, Thailand, Sumatra and Peninsular Malaya).

Thrix
Thrix scopula scopula from Brunei
Thrix scopula elioti from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Iolaini
Genus:	Thrix Doherty, 1891
Species:	T. scopula
Binomial name
Thrix scopula (H. Druce, 1873)

Subspecies

• T. s. scopula Borneo, Sumatra
• T. s. nisibis (de Nicéville, 1895) Peninsular Malaya
• T. s. elioti Takanami, 1989 Nias Island