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Jamides aratus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Jamides aratus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Jamides

Rank
  
Subspecies

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Similar
  
Jamides cyta, Jamides zebra, Jamides virgulatus, Jamides malaccanus, Jamides cleodus

Jamides aratus is a butterfly of the lycaenids or blues family. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, most of Indonesia and some surrounding islands.

Subspecies

  • J. a. aratus (Ambon, Serang, Sapania)
  • J. a. adana (Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra)
  • J. a. pseudaratus (Obi)
  • J. a. ezeon (Banda Island)
  • J. a. vuniva (Halmahera)
  • J. a. batjanensis (Bachan)
  • J. a. caerulina (New Britain, Duke of York, possibly Solomons)
  • J. a. aetherialis (Kai Island)
  • J. a. sestus (Timor)
  • J. a. avrus (West Irian)
  • J. a. duvana (Karkar Island)
  • J. a. lunata (Sulawesi)
  • J. a. tryphiodorus (Java)
  • J. a. nausiphanes (Palawan)
  • J. a. minthe (Sula)

    • References

    Jamides aratus Wikipedia
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