Jamides aritai

Jamides aritai
Holotype, male, upperside (right) and underside (left), Palawan Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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^[1] is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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).

Subspecies

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

References

1. 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.