Jamides cyta

Jamides cyta
Jamides cyta zelea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. cyta
Binomial name
Jamides cyta (Boisduval, [1832])
Synonyms
Catochrysops cyta Boisduval, [1832] Lampides amphissina var. malaguna Ribbe, 1899 Catochrysops cyta amphissa C. & R. Felder, 1860 Lampides viosa Fruhstorfer, 1915 Lampides amphissina Grose-Smith, 1894 Lampides philatus amphissina Grose-Smith; Seitz, [1923] Plebeius amphissa var. aruanus Röber, [1886] Lampides courvoisieri Fruhstorfer, 1915 Pepliophorus claudia Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 Lampides hellada Fruhstorfer, 1915 Jamides lamax Riley, 1945 Lampides leiothrix Fruhstorfer, 1915 Lampides cyta lividus Druce, 1895 Lampides madara Fruhstorfer, 1915 Lampides cyta margarita Martin, 1895 Lampides megdora Fruhstorfer, 1915 Lycaena nemea C. Felder, 1860 Cupido nemea (Felder); Kirby, 1871 Plebeius callinicus Röber, 1886 Lampides nemea Lampides vardusia Fruhstorfer, 1915 Lampides amphissa zelea Fruhstorfer, 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.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult males are pale blue on top. Females are similar but the forewings have black wingtips 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 flowerbuds, flowers and fruit of Syzygium puberulum. Other recorded foodplants are Eugenia, Elettaria (including Elettaria cardomomum) and Kaempferia species (including Kaempferia pandurata). They are brown with a dark brown head and thorax. They are covered in dense fine hairs.^[1]

Subspecies

• Jamides cyta cyta (New Ireland, New Hanover)
• Jamides cyta amphissa C. Felder and R. Felder, 1860 (Bachan, Halmahera)
• Jamides cyta amphissina Grose-Smith, 1894 (West Irian: Humboldt Bay)
• Jamides cyta aruanus (Röber), [1886] (Aru)
• Jamides cyta courvoisieri (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Nias)
• Jamides cyta claudia (Waterhouse and Lyell, 1914) (northern Queensland: Claudie River) -Pale Cerulean
• Jamides cyta hellada (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Sula Islands)
• Jamides cyta koenigswarteri Schröder, Treadaway and Nuyda, 1993 (Philippines: Mindoro)
• Jamides cyta lamax Riley, 1945 (Mentawi)
• Jamides cyta leiothrix (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Enggano)
• Jamides cyta lividus (Druce, 1895) (Borneo)
• Jamides cyta madara (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Kai Island)
• Jamides cyta margarita (Martin, 1895) (Sumatra)
• Jamides cyta megdora (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Obi)
• Jamides cyta minna Riley and Corbet, 1938 (Peninsular Malaya, Burma, Thailand)
• Jamides cyta natsumiae H.Hayashi, 1976 (Philippines: Palawan, Alibobogan)
• Jamides cyta nemea C. Felder, 1860 (Indonesia: Maluku, Ambon)
• Jamides cyta raddatzi Schröder and Treadaway, 1984 (Philippines: Sibuyan Island)
• Jamides cyta vardusia (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Java)
• Jamides cyta zelea (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (southern Sulawesi, Banggai)

Gallery

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  Jamides cyta amphissa

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  Jamides cyta claudia

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  Jamides cyta lividus

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  Jamides cyta natsumiae male

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  Jamides cyta natsumiae female

References

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• Boisduval, J. B., 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc.). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc.). Paris. J Tastu, 716 pp.
• Hirowatari, T., 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bull. Univ. Osaka Pref., Ser B, Vol. 44, Suppl.
• Parsons, M., 1999. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-545555-0
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80.