Biology:Jamides aritai

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Jamides aritai
Lycaenid butterfly,Palawan Island,the Philippines, Jamides aritai.male.jpg
Holotype, male, upperside (right) and underside (left), Palawan Islands
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Jamides
Species:
J. aritai
Binomial name
Jamides aritai
(H. Hayashi, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Jamides rothschildi aritai H. Hayashi, 1977 was changed the status to Jamides aritai by Cassidy A.C., 2013.

Jamides aritai[1] is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Forewing length: 15–19 mm. It is found in the Philippines , Sulawesi and northern and central Maluku. Two subspecies are described: nominotypical subspecies J. r. aritai is distributed through the Philippines, Sulawesi and Morotai in northern Maluku. Subspecies J. r. sabina is in central Maluku (Buru, Ceram and Ambon).

Subspecies

  • Jamides aritai aritai H. Hayashi, [1977]
  • Jamides aritai sabina Rawlins, Cassidy, et al., 2014

References

  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1977: New subspecies of Jamides and Udara from Palawan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyo-to-Ga. 27 (4): 151-155.
  • Cassidy, Alan C., 2013: On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 34 (3): 137-144.
  • Rawlins, A., Cassidy, Alan C., and et al., 2014: An illustrated and annotated checklist of Jamides Hübner, 1819, taxa occurring in the Indonesian provinces of Northern Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 35 (1/2): 5-39.

Wikidata ☰ Q15802778 entry