Zeltus

Fluffy tit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Subfamily:
Theclinae
Tribe:
Hypolycaenini
Genus:
Zeltus

de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890
Species:
Z. amasa
Binomial name
Zeltus amasa
Hewitson, 1865

Zeltus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae, the blues. It is monotypic containing the species Zeltus amasa, the fluffy tit,[1][2] a small butterfly found in Indomalayan realm.[3][4][2] The butterfly is found in India, specially the Western Ghats, Sikkim to Assam.[1] It can also be found in Myanmar, Thailand, West Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Singapore, Java and the Philippines.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 120. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. ^ a b "Zeltus". www.ifoundbutterflies.org. I Found Butterflies. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  3. ^ Government of West Bengal, Department of Forests. A Pictorial Guide Butterflies of Gorumara National Park (1st ed.). Jalpaiguri: Divisional Forest Officer, Aranya Bhawan. p. 90.
  4. ^ Savela, Markku. "Zeltus amasa (Hewitson, 1865)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "Butterflies of Thailand, Malaysia & Borneo Fluffy Tit". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. ^ Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region (First ed.). Bombay: The Bombay Natural History Society. p. 355.
  7. ^ Savela, Markku. "Zeltus amasa (Hewitson, 1865)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  8. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. Vol. 9. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 86–88.