''Tajuria isaeus'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. It is found in
South-East Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...
.
Subspecies
*''Tajuria isaeus isaeus'' (Borneo, Sumatra)
*''Tajuria isaeus tyro''
de Nicéville, 1895 (Burma, northern Thailand)
*''Tajuria isaeus verna''
Corbet, 1940 (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya)
References
Butterflies described in 1865
Tajuria
Butterflies of Borneo
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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