Tajuria diaeus

Tajuria diaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Tajuria
Species:	T. diaeus
Binomial name
	Tajuria diaeus; (Hewitson, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
	Iolaus diaeusHewitson, 1865; Tajuria thydiaTytler, 1915; Tajuria karenkonisMatsumura, 1929; Tajuria daciaDruce, 1896;

Last updated February 26, 2019

Tajuria diaeus, the straightline royal, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Asia.

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies. Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, which was about 56 million years ago.

Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometres (17,212,000 sq mi), about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements, as well as vast barely populated regions. Its 4.5 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population.

The larvae feed on Taxillus caloreas and Loranthus kaoi .

Subspecies

Tajuria diaeus diaeus (Assam, Burma, northern Thailand)
Tajuria diaeus daciaDruce, 1896 (Java)
Tajuria diaeus karenkonisMatsumura, 1929 (Taiwan)
Tajuria diaeus mirabilisY. Seki, 2006 (Sumatra)

Related Research Articles

Dominus or domini may refer to:

The Battle of Corinth was a battle fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek city-state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League in 146 BC, which resulted in the complete and total destruction of Corinth. This battle marked the beginning of the period of Roman domination in Greek history.

Tajuria maculata, the spotted royal, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.

<i>Tajuria luculentus</i> species of insect

Iolaus luculentus, the Chinese royal, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.

Tajuria is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

For the genus of butterflies, see Diaeus (genus)

Tajuria matsutaroi is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and found only on Mindanao and Leyte islands. Forewing length is about 16–19 mm. The butterfly is a rare species. The nominotypical subspecies is found only on Mount Apo on Mindanao island and occurs several times a year.

Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a subspecies of Tajuria matsutaroi. This subspecies is rarely found on Leyte island in the Philippines. Its forewing length is 16–19 mm. Subspecies motokoae is distinguishable from the nominotypical subspecies by the following characters of the upperside: 1) ground colour is decidedly darker and clearly tinged with purple, while only slightly tinged with pale purple in subspecies matsutaroi, 2) black border is broader in spaces 1b, 2 and the upper part of the cell on the forewing, 3) in the female, the upperside costal area is blackish, whereas it is whitish in subspecies matsutaroi.

Tajuria mizunumai is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found only on Mindanao in the Philippines. It was originally listed as a subspecies of Tajuria dominus, but was changed species status as Tajuria mizunumai by Colin G. Treadaway in 1995 and by H. Hayashiin 2017.

Tajuria isaeus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South-East Asia.

Tajuria illurgis, the white royal, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Asia.

Tajuria ister, the uncertain royal, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Asia.

Tajuria mantra, the Felder's royal, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Asia.

Tajuria cyrillus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found only on Sulawesi in Indonesia.

<i>Tajuria berenis</i> species of insect

Tajuria berenis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1896. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Tajuria dominus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

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.

Archippus was an ancient Achaean, who accompanied Andronidas to Diaeus, the commander of the Achaeans, to offer peace from the Romans in 146 BCE.

References

↑ Tajuria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

This Theclinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[funet-1] Tajuria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms