Tajuria yajna

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Tajuria yajna
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T. yajna
Binomial name
Tajuria yajna
(Doherty, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
  • Remelana yajnaDoherty, 1886
  • Tajuria catoDruce, 1895
  • Tajuria istroideade Nicéville, 1887
  • Tajuria selangoranaPendlebury & Corbet, 1933

Tajuria yajna, the Purple royal, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Doherty in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. [2]

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Subspecies

Note Yunnan Only one male is known and it shows more similarities to ssp.yajna from N.W. India than to ssp. ellisi Evans from Burma

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References

  1. Doherty, W., 1886. A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 55(2): 103–140.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.