''Jamides zebra'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

of the lycaenids or blues family first described by

Hamilton Herbert Druce Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (1869 – 21 June 1922) was an England, English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce, ...

in 1895. It is found in

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Subspecies

* ''J. z. zebra'' – (Borneo) * ''J. z. lakatti'' Corbet, 1940 – (Peninsular Malaya) * ''J. z. megana'' Corbet, 1940 – (Mentawi Islands) * ''J. z. vaneeckei'' (Fruhstorfer, 1915) – (Nias)

References

*Druce, Hamilton H. (1895)
"A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae"
''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls. *Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. & Otsuka, K. (1991). ''Butterflies of Borneo''. 2 (1) Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. Butterflies described in 1895 Jamides Butterflies of Borneo {{Polyommatini-stub