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]
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| Jamides aleuas sarsina From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Jamides |
| Species: | J. aleuas
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The larvae feed on Arytera pauciflora and Sarcopteryx stipitata.
Subspecies edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links edit
Wikispecies has information related to Jamides aleuas.
- Jamides Hübner, [1819] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
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