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

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.

The larvae feed on Arytera pauciflora and Sarcopteryx stipitata.

Subspecies

• J. a. aleuas (Misool)
• J. a. alcas (C. & R. Felder, ) (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, 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, at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

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