Jacoona anasuja
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Jacoona
Species:
J. anasuja
Binomial name
Jacoona anasuja
Synonyms
  • Myrina anasuja C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Jacoona jusana Druce, 1895
  • Jacoona metasuja Druce, 1895

Jacoona anasuja is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

The larvae feed on Scurrula ferruginea.

Description

Male with a large scent-reflection at the costa of the hindwing; the posterior portions of both the wings above metallic greenish-blue. Under surface at the margin and apex of the wings ochreous, towards the base paler; before the small tails blackish markings.[3]

Subspecies

  • Jacoona anasuja anasuja (Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
  • Jacoona anasuja jusana Druce, 1895 (northern Borneo)
  • Jacoona anasuja nigerrima Corbet, 1948 (southern Burma, Thailand, Laos)

References

  1. ↑ Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  3. ↑ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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