Jamides aritai

Jamides aritai is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Forewing length: 15–19 mm. It is found in the Philippines, Sulawesi and northern and central Maluku. Two subspecies are described: nominotypical subspecies J. r. aritai is distributed through the Philippines, Sulawesi and Morotai in northern Maluku. Subspecies J. r. sabina is in central Maluku (Buru, Ceram and Ambon).

Jamides aritai
Holotype, male, upperside (right) and underside (left), Palawan Islands
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. aritai
Binomial name
Jamides aritai (H. Hayashi, 1977)
Synonyms
Jamides rothschildi aritai H. Hayashi, 1977 was changed the status to Jamides aritai by Cassidy A.C., 2013.

Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Yutaka ARITA , professor emeritus of Meijo University in Nagoya.

Subspecies

• Jamides aritai aritai H. Hayashi, [1977]
• Jamides aritai sabina Rawlins, Cassidy, et al., 2014

References

• Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1977: New subspecies of Jamides and Udara from Palawan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyo-to-Ga. 27 (4): 151-155.
• Cassidy, Alan C., 2013: On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 34 (3): 137-144.
• Rawlins, A., Cassidy, Alan C., and et al., 2014: An illustrated and annotated checklist of Jamides Hübner, 1819, taxa occurring in the Indonesian provinces of Northern Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 35 (1/2): 5-39.