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Tajuria discalis

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Species of butterfly

Tajuria discalis
Tajuria discalis (Bali, Indonesia).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tajuria
Species: T. discalis
Binomial name
Tajuria discalis
Fruhstorfer, 1897

Tajuria discalis is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. It was first described by German entomologist Hans Fruhstorfer in 1897.

Subspecies

Tajuria discalis floresica

The following subspecies have been described:

  • T. d. discalis Lesser Sunda Islands
  • T. d. floresica Murayama, 1983 Flores
  • T. d. centralis Morinaka & Shinkawa, 1996 Bali
  • T. d. triangularis Morinaka & Shinkawa, 1996 Java

References

  1. Fruhstorfer, 1897 Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem malayischen Archipel Soc. Ent. 12 (7): 49-50 (1 July 1897), (22): 169-170 (15 February 1898), (23): 178-179 (1 March 1898)
  2. Bernard d'Abrera (1986) Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part 3: Lycaenidae and Riodinidae Hill House Publishers ISBN 0-9593639-4-7
  3. ^ Morinaka, Sadaharu; Shinkawa, Tsutomu (1996), A study of Tajuria discalis Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Indonesia (1), The Lepidopterological Society of Japan, doi:10.18984/lepid.47.2_83, archived from the original on May 26, 2021, retrieved 2023-01-18
Taxon identifiers
Tajuria discalis
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