''Tajuria yajna'', the Purple royal, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Doherty in 1886. It is found in the

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. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

Subspecies

*''Tajuria yajna yajna'' (north-western India) *''Tajuria yajna cato'' Druce, 1895 (Borneo) *''Tajuria yajna ellisi'' Evans,

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/small> (Burma, Thailand) *''Tajuria yajna istroidea'' de Nicéville, 1887 (Assam) *''Tajuria yajna selangorana'' Pendlebury & Corbet, 1933 (Peninsular Malaysia) Note Yunnan Only one male is known and it shows more similarities to ssp.''yajna'' from N.W. India than to ssp. ''ellisi'' Evans from Burma

References

External links

''Tajuria''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q13485710 Tajuria Butterflies described in 1886