Silver hairstreak | |
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Chrysozephyrus syla, male and female specimens. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Chrysozephyrus |
Species: | C. syla
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Binomial name | |
Chrysozephyrus syla (Kollar, 1848)
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Chrysozephyrus syla, the silver hairstreak,[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla syla Kollar.[3]
The butterfly occurs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and north west India - from Safed Koh, Chitral to Kumaon and from Sikkim to Manipur.[1][3]
In 1932 William Harry Evans described the species as rare.[3]