Jamides elpis
(Redirected from Jamides elpis pseudelpis)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Jamides |
| Species: | J. elpis
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Jamides elpis, the glistening cerulean, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1824. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
The larvae feed on Lepisanthes, Boesenbergia and Elettaria species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Jamides elpis elpis (western Java)
- Jamides elpis sydra (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (eastern Java)
- Jamides elpis baweana (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Bawean)
- Jamides elpis gerra (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Palawan)
- Jamides elpis pseudelpis (Butler, 1879) (Burma, Thailand to Singapore)
- Jamides elpis saunda (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Obi)
- Jamides elpis comeda (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Tanahdjampea)
References
[edit]- ^ Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329–828. Paris.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Jamides elpis.
- Jamides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms