''Tajuria ister'', the uncertain royal, 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 is found in

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an ...

Subspecies

*''Tajuria ister ister'' (Assam, Burma, possibly Thailand) *''Tajuria ister tussis'' Druce, 1895 (Peninsular Malaya, Borneo, possibly Sumatra)

References

Butterflies described in 1865 Tajuria Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Theclinae-stub