''Tajuria melastigma'', the branded royal,
[ is a species of ]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 the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
(in India, Assam, Burma, Thailand).[de Nicéville, L., 1890. ''The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon''. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Pls.]["''Tajuria'' Moore, [1881]"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Description
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Tajuria
Butterflies described in 1887
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Lionel de Nicéville
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