Silver Hairstreak

Chrysozephyrus syla

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae

Inomataozephyrus syla, the silver hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Taxonomy The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla syla Kollar. Range The butterfly occurs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and north west India - from Safed Koh, Chitral to Kumaon and from Sikkim to Manipur.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ramnarayan K, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ramnarayan K · CC-BY DescriptionInomataozephyrus syla, Wikipedia contributors

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