Jamides aleuas

Jamides aleuas is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Jamides aleuas
Jamides aleuas sarsina From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. aleuas
Binomial name
Jamides aleuas (C. & R. Felder, [1865])[1]
Synonyms
Lycaena aleuas C. & R. Felder, [1865] Lycaena alcas C. & R. Felder, [1865] Danis coelestis Miskin, 1891 Lampides aleuas sarsina Fruhstorfer, 1916 Lampides aleuas pholes Fruhstorfer, 1916

The larvae feed on Arytera pauciflora and Sarcopteryx stipitata.

Subspecies

• J. a. aleuas (Misool)
• J. a. alcas (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Waigeu)
• J. a. coelestis (Miskin, 1891) (Queensland)
• J. a. sarsina (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Aru)
• J. a. pholes (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Manokwari, Biak, Dore Bay, Weyaland Mountains, Afrak Mountains, Oetakwa River, West Irian: Fak Fak)
• J. a. nitidus Tite, 1960 (eastern New Guinea to south-eastern Papua)
• J. a. jobiensis Tite, 1960 (Jobi)

References

1. C. & R. Felder, [1865] Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

• Jamides Hübner, [1819] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.