''Jamides amarauge'', the amarauge cerulean, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. It was described by
Hamilton Herbert Druce
Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (1869 – 21 June 1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce (1846– ...
in 1891. It is found in the
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ...
.
The larvae feed on the flowers of ''
Pueraria lobata
''Pueraria montana'' var. ''lobata'', the East Asian arrowroot, or kudzu vine, is a perennial plant in the family Fabaceae.
Names
It is called ''gé'' () in Chinese, ''kuzu'' () in Japanese, and ''chik'' () or ''gal'' (갈; 葛) in Korean.
...
''.
Subspecies
*''J. a. amarauge'' (New Guinea, Bougainville, Shortlands, Guadalcanal, Florida Island, Darnley Island)
*''J. a. amandae''
Rawlins, Cassidy, Müller, Schröder & Tennent, 2014 (Aru)
[''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'' NF 35 (1/2): 12]
*''J. a. hepworthi''
Tennent, 2001 (Solomon Islands)
References
External links
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Jamides
Butterflies described in 1889
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