Jamides pura

Jamides pura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. pura
Binomial name
Jamides pura (Moore, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
Lampides puraMoore, 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.It is similar to Jamides celeno but the under surface is not yellowish- grey with dark bands, but brown, traversed by chains of whitish comma-like spots. Besides the contours of the wings are different, obtuser and more roundish, and the colour of the male above is lightr, more milky ^[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 babinusTakanami, 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.

External links

• Jamides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms