''Jacoona anasuja'' is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It was described by
Cajetan Felder
Baron Cajetan von Felder (german: link=no, Cajetan Freiherr von Felder; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878.
Life and career
Felder ...
and
Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.]
The larvae feed on ''
Scurrula ferruginea
''Scurrula'' is a genus of parasitic shrubs in the family Loranthaceae, native to south-east Asia.
Species
The Catalogue of Life lists the following species:
* '' Scurrula aphodastrica''
* '' Scurrula argentea''
* ''Scurrula atropurpurea''
* '' ...
''.
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
External links
''Jacoona''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Jacoona
Butterflies described in 1865
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder