Tajuria igolotiana

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Tajuria igolotiana
Male of subspecies T. i. fumiae, upperside
Male of subspecies T. i. fumiae, underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tajuria
Species:
T. igolotiana
Binomial name
Tajuria igolotiana
(Murayama & Okamura, 1973)
Subspecies
  • Tajuria igolotiana igolotiana
  • Tajuria igolotiana fumiae Hayashi, 1984[1]
  • Tajuria igolotiana nonoyi Schröder, Treadaway & Nuyda, 1999

Tajuria igolotiana is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Siuiti Murayama and Hachiro Okamura in 1973. It is endemic to the Philippines and found on Luzon, Mindoro and Mindanao islands. The forewing length is 17–19 mm. Subspecies T. i. fumiae is distributed on Mindanao.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Tajuria igolotiana (Murayama & Okamura, 1973)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1984: New Synonyms, New Status, New Combinations, New Species and New Subspecies of Butterflies from the Philippines and Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Satyridae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae). IWASE. 2:9-34.
  • Treadaway, Colin G., 1955: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7–118.
  • Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 14, 2001 – via Internet Archive.
  • Treadaway, Colin G. & Schröder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.