Tajuria albiplaga

Pallid royal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tajuria
Species:
T. albiplaga
Binomial name
Tajuria albiplaga

Tajuria albiplaga, the pallid royal , is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. [2]

Subspecies

  • T. a. albiplaga Sikkim, Assam
  • T. a. pallescens Druce, [1903] Assam, Burma, Thailand
  • T. a. alixae Eliot, 1973 Peninsular Malaya
  • T. a. tura de Nicéville, 1895 Java, Sumatra

References

  1. ^ de Nicéville, 1887 Descriptions of some new or little-known Butterflies from India, with some Notes on the seasonal Dimorphism obtaining in the Genus Melanitis Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887 (3) : 448-467, pl. 39-40
  2. ^ Bernard d'Abrera (1986) Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part 3: Lycaenidae and Riodinidae Hill House Publishers ISBN 0-9593639-4-7