Tajuria mantra

Tajuria mantra
Tajuria mantra jalysus Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Tajuria
Species:	T. mantra
Binomial name
Tajuria mantra (C. & R. Felder, 1860) [1]
Synonyms
Hypolycaena mantraC. Felder & R. Felder, 1860 Pseudolycaena mantra Iolaus mantra Myrina jalysusC. & R. Felder, 1865 Iolaus jalysus Tajuria jalysus Tajuria mantra lucrosaFruhstorfer, [1912] Tajuria visayanaM. & T. Okano, 1991

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

The larvae feed on Dendrophthoe and Scurrula species.

Subspecies

• Tajuria mantra mantra (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo)
• Tajuria mantra jalysus(C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Sulawesi, Banggai)
• Tajuria mantra kimiaTreadaway & Nuyda, [1998] (Philippinen: Sanga Sanga)
• Tajuria mantra maroneiaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Nias)
• Tajuria mantra kitamuraeSchroeder, Treadaway & Nuyda, 1999 (Philippinen: Luzon)
• Tajuria mantra mesambriaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Java)
• Tajuria mantra vergaraSemper, 1890 (Philippines)

References

1. "Tajuria Moore, [1881]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms