Chrysozephyrus kabrua
Species of butterfly
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Chrysozephyrus kabrua, the Kabru hairstreak,[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
| Kabru hairstreak | |
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| Specimen from Taiwan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysozephyrus |
| Species: | C. kabrua |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysozephyrus kabrua (Tytler, 1915) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
