Pseudotajuria

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Pseudotajuria
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Pseudotajuria donatana
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Pseudotajuria

Eliot, 1973
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P. donatana
Binomial name
Pseudotajuria donatana
(de Nicéville, [1889])

Pseudotajuria is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Pseudotajuria donatana. [1] It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Burma - Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Banguey, Nias)


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References

  1. "Pseudotajuria Eliot, 1973" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms