''Tajuria mantra'', the Felder's royal, 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
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 ...
.
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 ...
'' and ''
Scurrula
''Scurrula'' is a genus of parasitic shrubs in the family Loranthaceae, native to south-east Asia.
Species
The Catalogue of Life lists the following species:
* '' Scurrula aphodastrica''
* '' Scurrula argentea''
* '' Scurrula atropurpurea''
* '' ...
'' 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, 998
Year 998 ( CMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Otto III retakes Rome and restores power in the papal city. Crescenti ...
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*''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
Butterflies described in 1860
Tajuria
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies of Borneo
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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