Jamides nitens

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Jamides
Species: Jamides nitens

Jamides nitens, ♂, Wandammen Mts., from original description.

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 nitens (Joicey and Talbot, 1916).

Type locality: Irian Jaya, Wandammen Mts.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH. (C. F. & J. Pratt).

Synonymy

• Lampides nitens Joicey & Talbot, 1916: 80, pl. 8, fig. 5.
• Jamides cyta nitens Fruhstorfer [sic]; D'Abrera, 1977: 355.
• Jamides nitens (Joicey & Talbot); Hirowatari, 1992: 45; Parsons, 1998: 448, pl. 70 figs 2030-2034.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. 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. 
• Joicey, J. J. and Talbot, G., 1916. New lepidoptera from Dutch New Guinea. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 8(17): 68-90, 4 pls. BHL text. plates. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 

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