Tajuria yajna explained

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.^[1]

Subspecies

• Tajuria yajna yajna (north-western India)
• Tajuria yajna cato Druce, 1895 (Borneo)
• Tajuria yajna ellisi Evans, [1925] (Burma, Thailand)
• Tajuria yajna istroidea de Nicéville, 1887 (Assam)
• Tajuria yajna selangorana Pendlebury & Corbet, 1933 (Peninsular Malaysia)

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

External links

• Tajuria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]