Jamides allectus

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|image = SarmiceTypeUpUn75x6 600.jpg

|image_caption = Jamides allectus sarmice Holotype. From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland

|genus = Jamides

|species = allectus

|authority = (Grose-Smith, 1894).Grose-Smith, 1894 Descriptions of nine new species of butterflies, from the Sattelberg, near Finsch Hafen, German New Guinea, in the collections of the Honourable Walter Rothschild and H. Grose Smith, captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton Novitates Zoologicae 1 (3): 585-590

|synonyms = *Lampides allectus Grose-Smith, 1894

  • Lampides aleuas sarmice Fruhstorfer, 1915

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Jamides allectus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1894. It is endemic to New Guinea (West Irian and New Ireland).Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

Subspecies

  • J. a. allectus (Irian Jaya)
  • J. a. jobiensis Tite, 1960 (Jobi)
  • J. a. sarmice (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (New Ireland)

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