Tajuria iapyx

Tajuria iapyx ♂ from OD.

Tajuria iapyx, ♂, ♀, Sulawesi, Project Wallace material, Alan Cassidy photo.

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 iapyx
Subspecies: T. i. bangkaianus –T. i. flytei
T. i. fosterorum
T. i. iapyx –T. i. westorum

Name

Tajuria iapyx (Hewitson, 1865).

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Iolaus iapyx Hewitson, 1865: 45, pl. 18, figs 1-2.
• Tajuria japyx massicus [sic] Fruhstorfer, 1912: 214.
• Tajuria iapyx (Hewitson); Swinhoe, [1912]: 128.
• Tajuria japyx libori [sic] Ribbe, 1926: 80. West-Central Sulawesi. Lectotype: ♂ MTKD, designated by Takanami, 1989: 52.
• Tajuria japyx liberi [sic] f. metani Ribbe, 1926: 80. West-Central Sulawesi. Lectotype: ♂ MTKD, designated by Takanami, 1989: 52.
• Tajuria iapyx iapyx (Hewitson); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 131.

References

• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Ribbe, C. 1926. Neue Lycaenenformen, hauptsächlich von Celebes. Entomologische Mitteilungen 15: 78–91. PDF. 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. 
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80. PDF. Reference page. 
• Rawlins, Cassidy & Schröder, 2023. A brief review of Tajuria iapyx (Hewitson, 1865), with description of three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Butterflies 91: 18-28. Reference page. 
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 3–267, figs 1–14, pls 1–16. Online. Reference page. 

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