Jamides alecto

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

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Name

Jamides alecto (C. Felder, 1860).

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

Synonymy

Lycaena alecto C. Felder, 1860: 456.
Lampides elpis Distant (nec Godart), 1884: 226.
Lampides buruana Holland, 1900: 76. Type locality: Buru, ♂ CM. Synonymised by Rawlins et al, 2014: 33.
Lampides tertius Rothschild, 1915: 138. Type locality: Seram, ♂ BMNH. Synonymised by Rawlins et al, 2014: 33.
Lampides elpis rajatus Fruhstorfer, 1915: 19; Seitz, 1923: 908.
Jamides alecto Felder, Riley & Corbet, 1938: 154; D'Abrera, 1986: 646.
Jamides buruana (Holland); Bridges, 1994: IX-58.

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

বাংলা: খড়িসুরুল
English: Metallic cerulean