Tajuria gui shigehoi  Seki & Saito, 2006

Tajuria gui shigehoi ♂ Up. Tajuria gui shigehoi ♂ Un. Tajuria gui shigehoi ♀ Up. Tajuria gui shigehoi ♀ Un.
♂, 2004.05.18. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
Holotype (photo by K.Saito)
♀ Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Tajuria gui shigehoi ♂ Up. Tajuria gui shigehoi ♂ Un. Tajuria gui shigehoi ♀ Up. Tajuria gui shigehoi ♀ Un.
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Tajuria shigehoi Seki & Saito, 2006
OD : Butterflies 42 : 39, figs.16(HT,♂), 32(HT,♂Un),
fig.5,♂,genitalia.
TL : Dambri, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (in coll. Seki)
Distribution : Vietnam, S.Yunnan.
Tajuria gui shigehoi map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 18.May.2004. Dambri (Alt.850m), Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. S.Miyazaki leg. (in coll. Y.Seki)
Paratypes : 2♂, Dambri, Lam Dong.


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Tajuria shigehoi ; Inayoshi,2006 - 2023 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.♂(HT),♂(HT,Un),♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(UN),♀,♀(Un). (Lam Dong) (31.Aug.2022 last update; 31.Aug.2023 changed.)
Tajuria shigehoi ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 65, figs.L-126,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Takuria shigehoi ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 42, figs.107,♀,107v,♀(Un). (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Tajuria shigehoi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 66, pl.15, figs.59a♂,59b♂(Un). (C: Thua Thien Hue; Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. Holotype).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

I noted "I suspect the female paratype of Tajuria gui from Hainan is possible to be this species, and the holotype male might be Tajuria luculentus." (2020-2023). Subsequently, Huang (2022:145) correctly treated this taxon as a subspecies of Tajuria gui.


Literature

Seki, Y. & Saito, K.,2006 : Four New Species of Lycaenidae from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Butterflies 42 : 38-45.

Huang, H.,2022 : Taxonomy and morphology of Chinese butterflies 2
Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Iolaini: Genera Tajuria Moore, 1881, Pratapa Moore, 1881, Dacalana Moore, 1884, Maneca de Nicéville,1890, Creon de Nicéville, 1896 and Bullis de Nicéville, 1897 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Atalanta 53(1/2):136-199.


2006.05.22 - 2023.08.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.