''Esakiozephyrus'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae.
"''Esakiozephyrus'' Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' ''Esakiozephyrus'' species are found in the Western Himalayan broadleaf forests
The Western Himalayan broadleaf forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion which is found in the middle elevations of the western Himalayas, including parts of Nepal, India, and Pakistan.
Setting
The ecoregion forms an area of te ...
, and in similar habitats in Burma, Tibet and Nepal.
Species
*'' Esakiozephyrus icana'' (Moore, 875 – dull green hairstreak
*'' Esakiozephyrus longicaudatus'' Huang, 2001
*'' Esakiozephyrus camurius'' (Murayama, 1986)
*'' Esakiozephyrus vallonia'' (Oberthür, 1914)
*'' Esakiozephyrus neis'' (Oberthür, 1914)
*'' Esakiozephyrus tsangkie'' (Oberthür, 1886)
*'' Esakiozephyrus zotelistes'' (Oberthür, 1914)
''Iwaseozephyrus'' species group
*'' Esakiozephyrus ackeryi'' (Fujioka, 1994)
*'' Esakiozephyrus bieti'' (Oberthür, 1886) – Indian purple hairstreak
*'' Esakiozephyrus mandara'' (Doherty, 1886)
*'' Esakiozephyrus dohertyi'' (de Niceville, 1889)
*'' Esakiozephyrus zhengi'' Huang, 1998
References
Theclini
Lycaenidae genera
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