Tajuria ister

Tajuria ister, ♂, ♀, from Swinhoe, 1912, Lepidoptera Indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Tajuria
Species: Tajuria ister
Subspecies: T. i. ister – T. i. tussis

Name

Tajuria ister (Hewitson, 1865).

Type locality: India.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Iolaus ister Hewitson, 1865: (2) 43, pl. 19, figs 15-16.
• Camena ister (Hewitson); de Nicéville, 1890: 344.
• Camena carmentalis de Nicéville; Swinhoe, [1912]: 146. See also Pratapa icetoides.
• Tajuria tussis Druce, 1895: 601, pl. 33, figs 8 ♂, 9 ♀.
• Pratapa ister (Hewitson); Swinhoe, [1912]: 146, pl. 731, 3, 3b ♂, 3a ♀.
• Tajuria ister (Hewitson); Evans, 1927: 182.
• Tajuria ister ister (Hewitson); Seki et al, 1991: 86; Eliot, 1992: 423.

References

• Druce, H.H. 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895(3): 556-627, 4 pls. Reference page. .
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Seki, Y. & Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. Reference page. 
• Swinhoe, C. [1912]. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 9 (1911-1912) Lycaenidae (cont.) and Hesperiidae, x + 278 pp., pls 706-756. London. text, plates. Reference page. 

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