Jamides cyta

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Jamides cyta
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J. c. zelea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Jamides
Species:
J. cyta
Binomial name
Jamides cyta
(Boisduval, [1832])
Synonyms
  • Catochrysops cytaBoisduval, [1832]
  • Lampides amphissina var. malagunaRibbe, 1899
  • Catochrysops cyta amphissaC. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Lampides viosaFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Lampides amphissinaGrose-Smith, 1894
  • Lampides philatus amphissinaGrose-Smith; Seitz, [1923]
  • Plebeius amphissa var. aruanusRöber, [1886]
  • Lampides courvoisieriFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Pepliophorus claudiaWaterhouse & Lyell, 1914
  • Lampides helladaFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Jamides lamaxRiley, 1945
  • Lampides leiothrixFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Lampides cyta lividusDruce, 1895
  • Lampides madaraFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Lampides cyta margaritaMartin, 1895
  • Lampides megdoraFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Lycaena nemeaC. Felder, 1860
  • Cupido nemea(Felder); Kirby, 1871
  • Plebeius callinicusRöber, 1886
  • Lampides nemea
  • Lampides vardusiaFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Lampides amphissa zeleaFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Lampides cyta zelia

Jamides cyta, the pale cerulean, is a butterfly of the lycaenids or blues family. It is found throughout South-east Asia, from Malaysia to the Solomon Islands and the Philippines, as well as Queensland in Australia.

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The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult males are pale blue on top. Females are similar but the forewings have black wing tips and margins, and each hindwing has a subterminal arc of black spots. The underside of both sexes is grey with several arcs of white dashes, and the females often have a white patch under each forewing.

The larvae feed on the flower buds, flowers and fruit of Syzygium puberulum . Other recorded food plants are Eugenia , Elettaria (including E. cardomomum ) and Kaempferia species (including K. pandurata ). They are brown with a dark brown head and thorax. They are covered in dense fine hairs. [1]

Subspecies

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