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Chrysozephyrus vittatus

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ21246722 ↗
Source-derived summary

Chrysozephyrus vittatus, the Tytler's hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla vittata Tytler.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, and beyond in Laos, northern Vietnam and western China.

Cited references

References

Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.

Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Chrysozephyrus vittatus” is species of insect. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Chrysozephyrus, vittatus and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016, 1992—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Chrysozephyrus, vittatus and species is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Chrysozephyrus vittatus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.