Jamides aritai

Jamides aritai
	Holotype, male, upperside (right) and underside (left), Palawan Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. aritai
Binomial name
	Jamides aritai; (H. Hayashi, 1977)
Synonyms
	Jamides rothschildi aritai H. Hayashi, 1977 was changed the status to Jamides aritai by Cassidy A.C., 2013.;

Jamides aritai 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).

Etymology

The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Yutaka Arita, professor emeritus of Meijo University in Nagoya.

Subspecies

Jamides aritai aritai H. Hayashi, [1977]
Jamides aritai sabina Rawlins, Cassidy, et al., 2014

References

↑ Jamides rothschildi aritai H.Hayashi, 1976

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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[1] Jamides rothschildi aritai H.Hayashi, 1976