Jamides aritai
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).
| Jamides aritai | |
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| Holotype, male, upperside (right) and underside (left), Palawan Islands | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Jamides |
| Species: | J. aritai |
| Binomial name | |
| Jamides aritai (H. Hayashi, 1977) | |
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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.
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