Tajuria yajna

Tajuria yajna, the chestnut and black royal, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Doherty in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Tajuria yajna
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T. yajna
Binomial name
Tajuria yajna
(Doherty, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Remelana yajna Doherty, 1886
  • Tajuria cato Druce, 1895
  • Tajuria istroidea de Nicéville, 1887
  • Tajuria selangorana Pendlebury & Corbet, 1933

Subspecies

  • Tajuria yajna yajna (north-western India)
  • Tajuria yajna cato Druce, 1895 (Borneo)
  • Tajuria yajna ellisi Evans, [1925] (Burma, Thailand)
  • Tajuria yajna istroidea de Nicéville, 1887 (Assam)
  • Tajuria yajna selangorana Pendlebury & Corbet, 1933 (Peninsular Malaysia)

Note Yunnan Only one male is known and it shows more similarities to ssp.yajna from N.W. India than to ssp. ellisi Evans from Burma

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References

  1. Doherty, W., 1886. A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 55(2): 103–140.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Tajuria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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