♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Lamphun, Thailand.

ON : Tajuria melastigma Nicéville, 1887 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3):460, pl.40, fig.1,♂. TL : 'Sikkim [N.India]; Nilgiris [S.India]'. Distribution : India to Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan.

[ THAILAND ]
Tajuria ogyges ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 684, pl.312, figs.L347,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
'Tajuria melastigma ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 690, pl.315, figs.L366,♂(Laos).'
Tajuria mantra ogyges ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 728, pl.333, figs.L379a♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Tajuria melastigma ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 732, pl.335, figs.L388,♂(Laos),♀,♀(Un). (Mae Tha)
Tajuria melastigma ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 118, figs.♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chiang Dao)

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Tajuria melastigma ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.125, fig.♂. (Oudomxay)
Tajuria melastigma ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55.

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 6♀ (incl. photo).

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane semi-dried forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 800m).

Nicéville, L. de,1887 : Descriptions of some new or little-known Butterflies from India,
with some Notes on the Seasonal Dimorphism obtaining in the Genus Melanitis.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3):448-467, pls.39,40.

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.

♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.02.06 - 2023.08.31.