Jamides pura

Jamides pura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Jamides
Species:
J. pura
Binomial name
Jamides pura
(Moore, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lampides pura Moore, 1886
  • Lampides celeno arama f. zebrina Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides celeno ruvana f. parazebra Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides suidas spitamenes Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides suidas eordaea Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Jamides pura howarthi Hayashi, [1977]
  • Lampides suidas tenus Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Lampides celeno juliana van Eecke, 1914

Jamides pura, the white cerulean, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • Jamides pura pura (Sikkim, Assam to Sumatra)
  • Jamides pura zebrina (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Nias)
  • Jamides pura parazebra (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Java)
  • Jamides pura spitamenes (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Obi)
  • Jamides pura eordaea (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Palawan)
  • Jamides pura tenus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Borneo)
  • Jamides pura juliana (van Eecke, 1914) (Simalue)
  • Jamides pura babinus Takanami, 1990 (Babi)

References

  1. ^ Moore, F., 1886. List of the Lepidoptera of Mergui and its Archipelago, collected for the trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, By Dr. John Anderson. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 21:29-60, pls 3,4.
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
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