Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Theclinae > Iolaini > Tajuria
Tajuria jehana Moore, [1884] – Plains Blue Royal
Subspecies in India:
(1) Tajuria jehana jehana Moore, [1884] – Indian Plains Blue Royal
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Tajuria jehana jehana – Indian Plains Blue Royal
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Dendrophthoe spp. (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Loranthus (Sengupta et al. 2018) (Loranthaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Theclinae > Iolaini > Tajuria
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sengupta, A , Nitin R. & Sharan V. 2021. Tajuria jehana Moore, [1884] – Plains Blue Royal. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.17. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/513/Tajuria-jehana
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