Jamides

"Ceruleans" redirects here. For other uses, see Cerulean (disambiguation).

Ceruleans
15. J. virgulatus, 16. J. caerulea, 17. J. cyta, 18. J. lugine, 19. J. limes, 20. J. zebra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Jamides Hübner, [1819]

Jamides, commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm.

Species

Larva, pupa, wet season imago, and dry season imago of the common cerulean (J. celeno)

Listed alphabetically:

• Jamides abdul (Distant, 1886)
• Jamides aetherialis (Butler, 1884)
• Jamides alecto (Felder, 1860) – metallic cerulean (Ceylon, southern India, Sikkim, Burma, Malaysia, Ambon, Serang, Obi?, Bachan?, New Guinea)
• Jamides aleuas (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
• Jamides allectus (Grose-Smith, 1894)
• Jamides alsietus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
• Jamides amarauge Druce, 1891 – amarauge cerulean (Darnley Island, Papua, New Guinea, West Irian?, Bougainville?, Shortlands, Gudalcanal, Florida Island)
• Jamides anops (Doherty, 1891)
• Jamides aratus (Stoll, [1781])
• Jamides areas (Druce, 1891)
• Jamides aritai Hayashi, [1977]
• Jamides aruensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
• Jamides biru (Ribbe, 1926)
• Jamides bochus (Stoll, [1782]) – dark cerulean
• Jamides butleri (Rothschild, 1915)
• Jamides caerulea (Druce, 1873) – royal cerulean (Assam, Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Java)
• Jamides callistus (Röber, 1886)
• Jamides candrenus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Jamides carissima (Butler, [1876])
• Jamides celebica (Eliot, 1969)
• Jamides celeno (Cramer, [1775]) – common cerulean (Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes)
• Jamides cephion Druce, 1891
• Jamides cleodus (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – white cerulean (Assam, Burma)
• Jamides coritus (Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
• Jamides coruscans (Moore, 1877) – Ceylon cerulean (Sri Lanka)
• Jamides cunilda (Snellen, 1896)
• Jamides cyta (Boisduval, 1832) − pale cerulean
• Jamides elioti Hirowatari & Cassidy, 1994 – Eliot's caerulean (Sulawesi)
• Jamides elpis (Godart, [1824]) – glistening cerulean (Assam, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes, Timor, Wetar?, Kissar)
• Jamides epilectus (Grose-Smith, 1897)
• Jamides euchylas (Hübner, [1819])
• Jamides ferrari Evans, 1932 − Ferrar's cerulean
• Jamides festivus (Röber, 1886)
• Jamides fractilinea Tite, 1960
• Jamides goodenovii (Butler, 1876)
• Jamides halus Takanami, 1994
• Jamides kankena (Felder, 1862) – glistening cerulean
• Jamides lacteata (de Nicéville, 1895) – milky cerulean
• Jamides limes (Druce, 1895)
• Jamides lucide de Nicéville, 1894
• Jamides lugine (Druce, 1895)
• Jamides malaccanus (Röber, 1886)
• Jamides nemea (Felder, 1860)
• Jamides nemophilus (Butler, 1876)
• Jamides nitens (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
• Jamides parasaturatus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
• Jamides petunia Druce, 1887
• Jamides phaseli (Mathew, 1889)
• Jamides philatus (Snellen, 1878) – Burmese caerulean
• Jamides pseudosias (Rothschild, 1915)
• Jamides pulcherrima Butler, 1884
• Jamides puloensis Tite, 1960
• Jamides pura (Moore, 1886) – white cerulean
• Jamides purpurata Grose-Smith, 1894
• Jamides reverdini (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
• Jamides sabatus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
• Jamides schatzi (Röber, 1886)
• Jamides seminiger Grose-Smith, 1895
• Jamides snelleni (Röber, 1886) – Snellen's cerulean (Celebes)
• Jamides soemias Druce, 1891
• Jamides suidas (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
• Jamides talinga (Kheil, 1884)
• Jamides tsukadai Takanami, 1994
• Jamides uniformis Rothschild, 1915
• Jamides virgulatus (Druce, 1895)
• Jamides walkeri Druce, 1892
• Jamides yehi Eliot, 1995
• Jamides zebra (Druce, 1895)

External links

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