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''Tajuria maculata'', the spotted royal, is a species of
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
lycaenid
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 ...
or blue butterfly found in Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
."''Tajuria'' Moore, [1881]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Distribution
Initially thought to be occurring in Sikkim to Peninsular Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra. Though there was a single specimen record of ''T. maculata'' from south India with the de Nicéville collection, that Stokes Roberts took from theNilgiris
The Nilgiri Mountains form part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka, and eastern Kerala in India. They are located at the trijunction of three states and connect the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats. At le ...
district, northwestern Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
, southern Western Ghats (Yates 1935), it was confirmed only in 2011 by V.K. Sarkar et al. This rare butterfly was sighted again in the Nilgiris nearly a century over.
Description
In 1865,William Chapman Hewitson
William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies ...
described this butterfly as:
Life history
The larvae feed on ''Dendrophthoe
''Dendrophthoe'' is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs found in Asia and Australia known as mistletoes. The genus was described by German naturalist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in 1830. Species in this genus have a variety of reported uses in ...
'' spp., ''Loranthus
''Loranthus'' is a genus of parasitic plants that grow on the branches of woody trees. It belongs to the family Loranthaceae, the showy mistletoe family. In most earlier systematic treatments it contains all mistletoe species with bisexual flower ...
'' spp. and ''Viscum
''Viscum'' is a genus of about 70–100 species of mistletoes, native to temperate and tropical regions of Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in its own family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research by ...
'' spp.
See also
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
This list is based on Evans (1932) and includes 318 species bel ...
References
Butterflies of Asia maculata Butterflies described in 1865 {{Theclinae-stub