Butterfly : Jamides malaccanus Sp.

Jamides malaccanus is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or Blues family. It is found on Rejang Land Sumatra, but could found too in the Peninsular Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur, Java, Langkawi and probably in Southern Thailand. just for sumatra have other strain, the species is Jamides malaccanus celinus,may be this is picture of Jamides malaccanus celinus im not sure,any idea for this butterfly,please inform me.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidotera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. malaccanus.Sp

Image Location : Talang Rimbo Lama Village,South Curup District, Rejang Lebong Regency. References:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamides_malaccanus
• http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/jamides/index.html
• http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/J/Jamides_malaccanus/

April 25, 2009