| Jacoona anasuja | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Jacoona |
| Species: | J. anasuja |
| Binomial name | |
| Jacoona anasuja C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 | |
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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.
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.
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
- 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.
- Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
- Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Jacoona at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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