Tajuria albiplaga, <♂:♀>, Sikkim, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Tajuria
Species: Tajuria albiplaga
Subspecies: T. a. albiplaga T. a. alixae T. a. tura

Name

Tajuria albiplaga de Nicéville, 1887.

Type locality: Sikkim.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Tajuria albiplaga de Nicéville, 1887: 459, pl. 39, figs 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Elwes, 1887: 391; de Nicéville, 1890: 378; Swinhoe, 1912: 110, pl 725, figs 2 2a (♂), 2b (♀); Evans, 1927: 183; Eliot, 1992: 423.
  • Tajuria thyia de Nicéville, [1893]: 336, pl. H, fig. 11, TL: Khasi Hills.
  • Tajuria tura de Nicéville, 1895: 302.
  • Tajuria thyia pallescens [var.] H. H. Druce, 1902: 116 (Assam, Jaintia Hills).
  • Tajuria drucei Swinhoe, [1912]: 107, pl. 728, figs 4, 4a ♂. Synonymised with pallescens, Druce, by Corbet, 1940: 114.
  • Tajuria sebonga Tytler, 1915: 141. Synonymised with pallescens, Druce, by Corbet, 1940: 114.
  • Tajuria jalajala albiplaga de Nicéville; Corbet, 1940: 114.

References

  • Corbet, A. S., 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Tajuria Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(5): 107. Reference page. 
  • Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Reference page. 
  • Elwes, H. J., 1887. Description of some new Lepidoptera from Sikkim. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond 1887(3): 444-447. Reference page. 
  • Evans, W. H., 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. text, plates Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1887. Descriptions of some new or little-known butterflies from India, with note on …Genus Melanitis. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3): 448–467, pls 39, 40. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Pls. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., [1893]. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 322–357, 3 pls. BHL text plates. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3): 259–321, 4 pls. text plates. Reference page. 
  • Swinhoe, C., [1912]. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 9 (1911-1912) Lycaenidae (cont.) and Hesperiidae, x + 278 pp., pls 706-756. London. text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Tytler, H. C., 1915. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills, Pt. III. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 119-155, pl. 3, pl. 4. text pl.3, pl.4. Reference page. 
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