Tajuria cippus

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

Description

Sri Lanka

In Sri lanka these species are sometimes rare, because of the deforestation in some parts of the country.

Subspecies

T. c. cippus North Pakistan, Assam to Thailand
T. c. longinus Ceylon, South India
T. c. maxentius Fruhstorfer, 1912 Langkawi, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore
T. c. pseudolonginus Java
T. c. theodosius Fruhstorfer, 1912 Bawean
T. c. frontinus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Lombok
T. c. bagus Nias
T. c. malcolmi Riley & Godfrey Hainan