Jamides allectus

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).^[2]

Jamides allectus
Jamides allectus sarmice Holotype. From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides
Species:	J. allectus
Binomial name
Jamides allectus (Grose-Smith, 1894).[1]
Synonyms
Lampides allectus Grose-Smith, 1894 Lampides aleuas sarmice Fruhstorfer, 1915

Subspecies

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