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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Jamides alecto alocina
Metallic Cerulean
Animal Group:
Butterfly
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Subfamily:
Polyommatinae
Other Name(s):
Jamides alecto eurysaces (C. Felder, 1890)
Description:
Wingspan about 35 to 40mm. Sexual dimorphism. They occur in November.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Very Rare
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Victoria Peak, Fung Yuen, Chuen Lung, Mui Wo
Global Distribution
Nepal, Northeast India, Burma, Thailand, Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong
Photo Gallery
No more photo available
References
More on Butterfly in HK
Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999.
The butterflies of Hong Kong.
Academic Press.
Hill, D.S., Johnson, G., Bascombe, M.J. 1978. Annotated Checklist of Hong Kong Butterflies.
Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society
11: 1-62.