Tajuria cippus

Peacock royal
Tajuria cippus from Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Tajuria
Species:	T. cippus
Binomial name
Tajuria cippus (Fabricius, 1798)

Tajuria cippus, the peacock royal , is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.

Gallery

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  Tajuria cippusMale
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  on Santalum album (Chandan) in Hyderabad, India.
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  on Santalum album (Chandan) in Hyderabad, India.
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  in Hyderabad, India.
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  in Hyderabad, India.
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  on Cassia fistula- Amaltas in Hyderabad, India.
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  on Cassia fistula- Amaltas in Hyderabad, India.
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  on Cassia fistula- Amaltas in Hyderabad, India.
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  on Ziziphus species in Hyderabad, India.

References

• Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.

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