Tajuria mantra

Tajuria mantra, the Felder's royal, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Asia.

Tajuria mantra
Tajuria mantra jalysus Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Tajuria
Species:
T. mantra
Binomial name
Tajuria mantra
(C. & R. Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena mantra C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
  • Pseudolycaena mantra
  • Iolaus mantra
  • Myrina jalysus C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Iolaus jalysus
  • Tajuria jalysus
  • Tajuria mantra lucrosa Fruhstorfer, [1912]
  • Tajuria visayana M. & T. Okano, 1991

The larvae feed on Dendrophthoe and Scurrula species.

Subspecies
  • Tajuria mantra mantra (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Tajuria mantra jalysus (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Sulawesi, Banggai)
  • Tajuria mantra kimia Treadaway & Nuyda, [1998] (Philippinen: Sanga Sanga)
  • Tajuria mantra maroneia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Nias)
  • Tajuria mantra kitamurae Schroeder, Treadaway & Nuyda, 1999 (Philippinen: Luzon)
  • Tajuria mantra mesambria Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Java)
  • Tajuria mantra vergara Semper, 1890 (Philippines)

References
  1. "Tajuria Moore, [1881]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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