''Esakiozephyrus bieti'', the Indian purple hairstreak,
["''Esakiozephyrus'' Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956"](_blank)
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''[ Retrieved April 20, 2018.] 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.
Range
The butterfly occurs in
India from
Kulu to
Garhwal Garhwal may refer to the following topics associated with Uttarakhand, India:
Places
*Garhwal Himalaya, a sub-range of the Himalayas
*Garhwal Kingdom, a former kingdom
* Garhwal District (British Garhwal), a former district of British India
*Gar ...
,
Sikkim to
Bhutan.
It is also found in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Tibet, and north west
Yunnan.
Status
In 1932
William Harry Evans described the species as rare and very rare in
Kumaon.
Etymology
Charles Oberthür dedicated the species to missionary and naturalist
Félix Biet
Félix Biet (1838 in Langres, Haute-Marne – 1901 in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or) was a French missionary from Paris Foreign Missions Society and naturalist.
Life
Biet was born in 1838. He was ordained as a priest in 1864. He was next sent to Tats ...
.
See also
*
List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
Cited references
References
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Esakiozephyrus
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1886
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