Jamides alecto

Jamides alecto alecto, Indonesia, Maluku, Seram, Alan Cassidy photo.

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Jamides
Species: Jamides alecto
Subspecies:
J. a. ageladas – J. a. alecto – J. a. alocina – J. a. batjana – J. a. dromicus – J. a. elpidion – J. a. espada – J. a. fusca – J. a. horsfieldi – J. a. kawazoei – J. a. kondulana – J. a. manilana – J. a. meilichius – J. a. mentawica – J. a. ozea – J. a. papuana – J. a. rajatus – J. a. thanetus

Name

Jamides alecto (C. Felder, 1860).

• Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon.
• Holotype: Not located

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Cassidy, A.C., 2013. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 34(3): 137–144, 63 figs. web Reference page. 
• Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus. S-B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40(11): 447–468. BHL Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., [1916]. Revision der Gattung Lampides auf Grand anatomischer Untersuchungen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)81(6): 1–46, 1 text-fig., 4 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• 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 (B)44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1900. The Lepidoptera of Buru. Part 1: Rhopalocera. Novitates zoologicae 7: 54-86. Text, Plates. Reference page. 
• Rawlins, A., Cassidy, A., Müller, C., Schröder, S. & Tennent, W. J. 2014. An Illustrated and annotated checklist of Jamides Hübner, 1819, taxa occurring in the Indonesian Provinces of North Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 35(1/2): 5-39. web Reference page. 
• Riley, N.D. & Corbet, A. S., 1938. A Revision of the Malayan Species of Jamides Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Trans. R. ent. Soc. London 87(5): 147-159. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram, Buru, Bali and Misol. Novit. Zool. 22(1): 105–144; 22(2): 209–227.Reference page. 
• Schröder, S. 2023. A review of the genus Jamides Hübner, 1819 in Western New Guinea, Indonesia (West Papua and Papua) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Suara Serangga Papua 15(1): 62-101. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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