''Tajuria dominus'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

. It was described by

Hamilton Herbert Druce Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (1869 – 21 June 1922) was an England, English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce, ...

in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

Subspecies

*''Tajuria dominus dominus'' (Borneo, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, possibly Sumatra) *''Tajuria dominus pisatis'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Java, Bawean) '' Tajuria mizunumai'' was previously listed as a subspecies of ''Tajuria dominus'', but was raised to species status.

References

External links

''Tajuria''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q13485737 Tajuria Butterflies described in 1895