Esakiozephyrus icana
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Current known occurrence until this reporting: India (Himachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal, Bhutan (Varshney & Smetacek 2015; Kehimkar 2016; Singh 2016; Singh & Sondhi 2016; van Gasse 2017; Sondhi & Kunte 2018; Anonymous 2021).
Remarks. On a bright sunny afternoon of 1.ix.2020, we observed a couple of relatively small dark brownish butterflies nectaring on the floral spikes of Persicaria hydropiper (Delabre, 1800) along a mountain trek towards Sunbain, upper Bhaderwah (32ᴼ53′41″ N - 75ᴼ46′40″ E, c. 3246 m), district Doda. The species was photographed and later identified as Esakiozephyrus icana (Moore, 1875) the Dull-green Hairstreak (Fig. 2) after consulting the keys and field guides (Kehimkar 2008; Varshney & Smetacek 2015; Kehimkar 2016; Sondhi & Kunte 2016, 2018), and the online web resources (https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/ sp/3002/Esakiozephyrus-icana). The species rare in India (Kehimkar 2016; Sondhi & Kunte 2018), has its western extent of occurrence restricted to Himachal Pradesh (Evans 1932; Sondhi & Kunte 2018; Anonymous 2021). Our sighting of E. icana is first record of the species from the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. As the species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, the conservation of its habitat is necessitated.
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- Scientific name authorship
- Moore
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Esakiozephyrus
- Species
- icana
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Esakiozephyrus icana (Moore, 1875) sec. Sharma & Sharma, 2021
References
- Varshney, R. K. and Smetacek, P. (2015) A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal. Indinov Publishing, New Delhi, ii + 261 pp + 8 pl.
- Kehimkar, I. (2016) BNHS Field Guides, Butterflies of India. Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University Press, Mumbai, 506 pp.
- Singh, A. P. and Sondhi, S. (2016) Butterflies of Garhwal, Uttarakhand, Western Himalayas, India 8 (4): 8666 - 8697. http: // dx. dof org / 10.11609 / jot. 2254.8.4.8666 - 8697
- van Gasse, P. (2017) Annotated checklist of the butterflies of the Indo-Burmese region. http: // www. ifoundbuterfies. org / Checklists (accessed October 26, 2017)
- Sondhi, S. and Kunte, K. (2018) Butterflies of Uttarakhand - A Field Guide. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh (Dehradun), Titli Trust (Dehradun), National Centre for Biological Sciences (Bengaluru) & Indian Foundation of Butterflies (Bengaluru), x + 310 pp.
- Anonymous (2021) Esakiozephyrus icana (Moore, [1875]) - Dull-green Hairstreak. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http: // www. ifoundbutterflies. org / sp / 3002 / Esakiozephyrus-icana
- Kehimkar, I. (2008) The Book of Indian Butterflies. Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University Press, Mumbai, 497 pp.
- Sondhi, S. and Kunte, K. (2016) Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Kameng Protected Area Complex, western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8 (8): 9053 - 9124. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11609 / jott. 2984.8.8.9053 - 9124
- Evans, W. H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies- 2 nd Edition. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, 454 pp.