Biology:Jamides zebra

Short description: Species of butterfly

Jamides zebra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. zebra
Binomial name
Jamides zebra (H. H. Druce, 1895)
Synonyms
Lampides zebra H. H. Druce, 1895 Jamides zebra magana [sic] Corbet; Bridges, 1988 Lampides vaneeckei Fruhstorfer, 1915

Jamides zebra is a butterfly of the lycaenids or blues family first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in South-east Asia.

Subspecies

• J. z. zebra – (Borneo)
• J. z. lakatti Corbet, 1940 – (Peninsular Malaya)
• J. z. megana Corbet, 1940 – (Mentawi Islands)
• J. z. vaneeckei (Fruhstorfer, 1915) – (Nias)

References

• Druce, Hamilton H. (1895). "A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. & Otsuka, K. (1991). Butterflies of Borneo. 2 (1) Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.

Wikidata ☰ Q3081909 entry