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Spotted Royal -- Tajuria maculata Moore, 1883

December 18, 2009

Spotted Royal -- Tajuria maculata Moore, 1883

Spotted Royal -- Tajuria maculata Moore, 1883
Common Name : Spotted Royal
Scientific Name : Tajuria maculata Moore, 1883
Place: Coorg, Karnataka, India
Date: December/2009
Author: Hewitson,[1865]
OD : Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae 1:47, 2:pl.21, figs.29,30.
Type Locality: Silhet.
Range: Sikkim to Arunachal pradesh, southern Western Ghats(India), Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Mayanmar,Thailand, Laos,Vietnam, Hinana, Malay Peninsular, China, Hong Kong. ID Key: Unlike other Tajuria spp. no discal line on UN, but with several large irregularly placed black spots. HW have two tails.
Larval Host Plant: Dendrophthoe spp.
Photographed By: Vivek Sarkar

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Dimensions: 1956 x 1877
File size: 1334.34 kbytes
Taken on: 2009:12:18 11:06:17
Camera model: Sony DSC-S650
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Focal length: 5.8 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Flash: No Flash
ISO: 100