A record of Chestnut-and-Black Royal Tajuria yajna istrodea De Nicéville, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

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Ruksha Limbu
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1926-2369
Ramandeep Achint
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1190-5708
Renu Gogoi
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7458-350X
Roshan Upadhaya
Jyoti Gaur
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-5609

Abstract

The current study reports the first sighting and photographic evidence of Chestnut-and-Black Royal Tajuria yajna istroidea De Nicéville, 1887 from Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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Ruksha Limbu, School of Biosciences, RIMT University, Punjab Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab 147301, India.

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Ramandeep Achint, School of Biosciences, RIMT University, Punjab Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab 147301, India.

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Renu Gogoi, Department of Zoology, Cotton University Guwahati, Assam 781001, India.

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Roshan Upadhaya, Police Department of Basar, Leparada, Arunachal Pradesh 791101, India.

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Jyoti Gaur, School of Applied Sciences, RIMT University, Punjab Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab 147301, India.

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