Tajuria iapyx

Tajuria iapyx is a butterfly endemic to the island of Sulawesi. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1865.[1]

Tajuria iapyx
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Swtizerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Tajuria
Species:
T. iapyx
Binomial name
Tajuria iapyx
(Hewitson, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Iolaus iapyx Hewitson, 1865
  • Tajuria japyx massicus Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Tajuria japyx libori Ribbe, 1926
  • Tajuria japyx liberi f. metani Ribbe, 1926

Subspecies
  • T. i. iapyx (Sulawesi)
  • T. i. banggaianus Ribbe, 1926 (Banggai)

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Tajuria iapyx (Hewitson, 1865)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2017.


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