Tajuria sekii  Saito, 2005

Tajuria sekii ♂ Up. Tajuria sekii ♂ Un. Tajuria sekii ♀ Up. Tajuria sekii ♀ Un.
♂, 2003.12.28. Dambri, Bao Loc, Vietnam.
Holotype (photo by K.Saito)
♀, 2003.09.18. Dambri, Bao Loc, Vietnam.
Paratype (photo by K.Saito)
Tajuria sekii ♂ Up. Tajuria sekii ♂ Un. Tajuria sekii ♀ Up. Tajuria sekii ♀ Un.
♂, Xam Neua, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, 1994.02.26. Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Tajuria sekii Saito,2005
OD : Gekkan-Mushi (408):19-22,
figs.1(HT,♂), 2(PT,♀), 7(HT,♂Un), 8(PT,♀Un), 14(♂genitalia).
TL : Dambri, Bao Loc, S.Vietnam. (in coll. Saito)
Distribution : N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan.
Tajuria sekii map

Synonyms

Tajuria sekii sisyphus Ge & Jiang, 2021 :Biodivers. Data J. 9:4-7, figs.3(HT,♂), 4(♂,genitalia), 5(PT,♀). TL. Mengla, Yunnan, China. (♂, BFU)


Type Materials Information

sekii ;
Holotype ♂, 28.Dec.2003. Dambri (ca850m), Bao Loc, Vietnam. K.Saito leg. (KS)
Paratypes ; 2♂ 6♀, same locality as Holotype. (in coll. K.Saito ; Y.Seki ; S.Miyazaki)
sisyphus ;
Holotype ♂, 24.Apr.2021. Menglun (800m), Mengla, Yunnan, China. (BFU)
Paratypes 4♀, same data as holotype. (BFU)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Tajuria sekii ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 688, pl.314, figs.L360,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Tajuria sekii ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 730, pl.334, figs.L383,♂(Laos),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Tajuria sekii ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 117. (by literature)

[ LAOS ]
Tajuria sekii ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55.

[ VIETNAM ]
Tajuria sekii ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 65, figs.L-125,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri ; Gung Re)
Tajuria sekii ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 66, pl.15, figs.60a♂,60b♂(Un). (C: Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : Omkoi dist., 1994.02.26. 1♀ LC (YI)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : Xam Neua. 1♂, LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sekong : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 4♂ 5♀ (incl.Holotype & Paratype).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Thailand and Laos.
This species might be the same species as Tajuria ister ister. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Saito, K.,2005 : Description of aq new species of Tajuria Moore,1881 (Lycaenidae) from Vietnam
Gekkan-Mushi 408:19-22.

Ge, S., Jiang, Z., Ren, L. & Hu, S.,2021 : New records of two lycaenid butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in China, with the description of a new subspecies
Biodivers. Data J. 9:1-8.

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


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