Jacoona anasuja

Jacoona anasuja is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Jacoona anasuja
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Jacoona
Species:
J. anasuja
Binomial name
Jacoona anasuja
Synonyms
  • Myrina anasuja C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Jacoona jusana Druce, 1895
  • Jacoona metasuja Druce, 1895

The larvae feed on Scurrula ferruginea.

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
  1. Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Jacoona at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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