Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae
| Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae | |
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| Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae male upperside | |
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| Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae male underside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Tajuria |
| Species: | T. matsutaroi |
| Subspecies: | T. matsutaroi motokoae |
| Trinomial name | |
| Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae H. Hayashi, 2011 | |
Tajuria matsutaroi motokoae is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is a subspecies of Tajuria matsutaroi. This subspecies is rarely found on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Forewing length is 16-19mm. ssp. 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 ssp. matsutaroi, 2)♂ ♀; black border is broader in spaces 1b, 2 and the upper part of the cell on the forewing, 3)♀; upperside costal area is blackish, whereas whitish in ssp. matsutaroi.
References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1984: A New Tajuria (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Mindanao. Tyo-to-Ga. 34(3): 127-129. .
- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 2011: A new subspecies of Tajuria matsutaroi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Lyte Is., the Philippines. Tyo-to-Ga. 62(1): 33-34.
- Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder,Heinz,2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.