Tajuria discalis is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It was first described by German entomologist Hans Fruhstorfer in 1897.

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

Subspecies

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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[3]
  • T. d. triangularis Morinaka & Shinkawa, 1996 Java[3]

References

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  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. ^ a b 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