Jamides amarauge

Jamides amarauge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. amarauge
Binomial name
	Jamides amarauge; Druce, 1891[1]

Jamides amarauge, the amarauge cerulean, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. It is found in the Australasian realm.^[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are pale metallic blue with broad black margins. The hindwings have an arc of dark spots and chevrons around the rear margin, and a small tail at the tornus. The hindwings have a black spot at the tail.^[3]

The larvae feed on the flowers of Pueraria lobata.

Subspecies

J. a. amarauge (New Guinea, Bougainville, Shortlands, Guadalcanal, Florida Island, Darnley Island)
J. a. amandae Rawlins, Cassidy, Müller, Schröder & Tennent, 2014 (Aru)^[4]
J. a. hepworthi Tennent, 2001 (Solomon Islands)

References

↑ Druce, 1891 On the Lycaenidae of the Solomon Islands Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (3) : 357-373, pl. 31-32
↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
↑ Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 35 (1/2): 12

External links

Jamides Hübner, [1819] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

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[1] Druce, 1891 On the Lycaenidae of the Solomon Islands Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (3) : 357-373, pl. 31-32

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

[3] Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia

[4] Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 35 (1/2): 12