Biology:Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae
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| Subspecies: | T. m. motokoae
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| Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae H. Hayashi, 2011
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Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a subspecies of Tajuria matsutaroi. This subspecies is rarely found on Leyte island in the Philippines . Its forewing length is 16–19 mm. Subspecies motokoae is distinguishable from the nominotypical subspecies by the following characters of the upperside: 1) ground colour is decidedly darker and clearly tinged with purple, while only slightly tinged with pale purple in subspecies matsutaroi, 2) black border is broader in spaces 1b, 2 and the upper part of the cell on the forewing, 3) in the female, the upperside costal area is blackish, whereas it is whitish in subspecies matsutaroi.
References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1984: A New Tajuria (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Mindanao. Tyô to Ga. 34(3): 127-129. [1].
- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 2011: A new subspecies of Tajuria matsutaroi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Lyte Is., the Philippines. Tyô to Ga. 62(1): 33-34.[2]
- Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder,Heinz,2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.
Wikidata ☰ Q7676919 entry
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