Tajuria mizunumai

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Tajuria mizunumai
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Male and female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tajuria
Species:
T. mizunumai
Binomial name
Tajuria mizunumai
(H. Hayashi, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Tajuria dominus mizunumaiH. Hayashi, 1978

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.

Etymology: The specific name is dedicated to Tetsuo Mizunuma, a Japanese beetle researcher.

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