Number: 209
Family: Lycaeniidae
Sub-Family: Polyommatiinae
Sub-Family: Polyommatiinae
Species: Jamides alecto alocina Swinhoe, 1915
Common name(s): The Metallic Caerulean
Photography location: Tam Dao N.P. (Vinh Phuc Prov.)
According to Monastyrskii & Devyatkin (2016), 7 Jamides species have been recorded in Vietnam: alecto, celeno, caeruleus, virgulatus, elpis, pura & bochus.
J. alecto is my third Jamides species found around Hanoi. It belongs to the elpis subgroup, which is characterised by the forewing postdiscal band being dislocated at vein 4.
Jamides alecto, Tam Dao, July 2016
J. alecto is my third Jamides species found around Hanoi. It belongs to the elpis subgroup, which is characterised by the forewing postdiscal band being dislocated at vein 4.
A glimpse of the milky white tinged with pale lavender-blue upper surface of the same specimen
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