Tajuria dominus

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Tajuria dominus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tajuria
Species:
T. dominus
Binomial name
Tajuria dominus
Synonyms
  • Tajuria isaeus pisatisFruhstorfer, 1912

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. [2]

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Subspecies

Tajuria mizunumai was previously listed as a subspecies of Tajuria dominus, but was raised to species status.

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References

  1. Druce, H. H., 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895(3): 556–627, 4 pls
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.