Biology:Jamides virgulatus

Short description: Species of butterfly

Jamides virgulatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. virgulatus
Binomial name
Jamides virgulatus (H. H. Druce, 1895)
Synonyms
Lampides virgulatus H. H. Druce, 1895 Lampides aditja Fruhstorfer, 1915 Jamides cunilda aditja Fruhstorfer; D'Abrera, 1986 Jamides cunilda sekii Takanami, 1988 Jamides cunilda Seki et al, 1991

Jamides virgulatus is a butterfly of the lycaenids or blues family. It is found on Borneo and Palawan.

Taxonomy

Seki et al. (1991), considered Jamides cunilda synonymous with J. virgulatus and this was followed by Eliot (1992). However, Hirowatari (1986) and (1992) retains J. cunilda for the taxa from Burma to Java and uses J. virgulatus in a strict sense for taxa from Borneo and Palawan.

References

• D'Abrera, B. (1986). Butterflies of the Oriental Region Part III. pp. 536–672. Melbourne.
• Druce, H. H. (1895). A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895:556-627, 4 pls.
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1915. Revision der Gattung Lampides auf Grand anatomischer Untersuchungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)61(6):1-46, I text-fig., 2 pls.
• Hirowatari, T. (1992). A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture, Series B, Vol. 44, Suppl.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K. (1991). Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
• Takanami, Y. (1987). Kontyû to Shizen (Nature & Insects). 23(4):38-40, 5 pls.

Wikidata ☰ Q6146513 entry