Jamides zebra is a butterfly of the lycaenids or blues family first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in South-east Asia.[1]

Jamides zebra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Jamides
Species:
J. zebra
Binomial name
Jamides zebra
(H. H. Druce, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Lampides zebra H. H. Druce, 1895
  • Jamides zebra magana [sic] Corbet; Bridges, 1988
  • Lampides vaneeckei Fruhstorfer, 1915

Subspecies

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  • J. z. zebra – (Borneo)
  • J. z. lakatti Corbet, 1940 – (Peninsular Malaya)
  • J. z. megana Corbet, 1940 – (Mentawi Islands)
  • J. z. vaneeckei (Fruhstorfer, 1915) – (Nias)

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Jamides zebra (Druce, 1895)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  • Druce, Hamilton H. (1895). "A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls.
  • Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. & Otsuka, K. (1991). Butterflies of Borneo. 2 (1) Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.