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) Moluccas, Raja Ampat Islands, Schouten Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Solomon Islands
• 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) Philippines
• Jamides amarauge Druce, 1891 – amarauge cerulean (Darnley Island, Papua, New Guinea, West Irian?, Bougainville?, Shortlands, Gudalcanal, Florida Island)
• Jamides anops (Doherty, 1891) Lesser Sunda Islands
• Jamides aratus (Stoll, [1781])
• Jamides areas (Druce, 1891) Solomon Islands
• Jamides aritai Hayashi, [1977]
• Jamides aruensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
• Jamides biru (Ribbe, 1926) Celebes
• Jamides bochus (Stoll, [1782]) – dark cerulean
• Jamides butleri (Rothschild, 1915) Obi Islands, Moluccas, Lease Islands, Gorong archipelago, Sula Islands, New Guinea
• Jamides caerulea (Druce, 1873) – royal cerulean (Assam, Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Java)
• Jamides callistus (Röber, 1886) Philippines, Borneo
• Jamides candrenus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Jamides carissima (Butler, [1876]) New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands
• Jamides celebica (Eliot, 1969) Sulawesi
• Jamides celeno (Cramer, [1775]) – common cerulean (Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes)
• Jamides cephion Druce, 1891 Solomon Islands
• 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) Fergusson Island
• Jamides euchylas (Hübner, [1819]) Seram, Ambon, Saparua, Geser
• Jamides ferrari Evans, 1932 − Ferrar's cerulean
• Jamides festivus (Röber, 1886)
• Jamides fractilinea Tite, 1960 Sulawesi, Sula Island
• Jamides goodenovii (Butler, 1876) Goodenough Island, Woodlark Island
• Jamides halus Takanami, 1994 Sulawesi, Buru
• Jamides kankena (Felder, 1862) – glistening cerulean
• Jamides lacteata (de Nicéville, 1895) – milky cerulean
• Jamides limes (Druce, 1895)
• Jamides lucide de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo
• Jamides lugine (Druce, 1895)
• Jamides malaccanus (Röber, 1886)
• Jamides nemea (Felder, 1860) = Jamides cyta nemea (Felder, 1860)
• Jamides nemophilus (Butler, 1876) New Guinea, Fergusson, Goodenough, Trobriand, Darnley Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Rook Island
• Jamides nitens (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) New Guinea
• Jamides parasaturatus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
• Jamides petunia Druce, 1887
• Jamides phaseli (Mathew, 1889)
• Jamides philatus (Snellen, 1878) – Burmese caerulean
• Jamides pseudosias (Rothschild, 1915) Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Seram, Misool, Ambon, Sulawesi, Sula Islands, New Guinea
• Jamides pulcherrima Butler, 1884 New Hebrides
• Jamides puloensis Tite, 1960 Borneo
• Jamides pura (Moore, 1886) – white cerulean
• Jamides purpurata Grose-Smith, 1894 1894 New Guinea, Manam, Karkar, Fergusson, Tagula Islands
• Jamides reverdini (Fruhstorfer, 1915) New Guinea
• Jamides sabatus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines
• Jamides schatzi (Röber, 1886) Halmahera, Ternate, Kayoa, Bacan, Sulawesi, Talaud, Sangihe, Philippines
• Jamides seminiger Grose-Smith, 1895 Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Buru, Seram, Ambon, Sula, Watubela Island, Kei Islands, Aru Islands
• Jamides snelleni (Röber, 1886) – Snellen's cerulean (Celebes)
• Jamides soemias Druce, 1891 Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville, Shortlands, Florida Island, Malaita, New Britain, Dampier Island, Vulcan Island
• Jamides suidas (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) Philippines
• Jamides talinga (Kheil, 1884)
• Jamides tsukadai Takanami, 1994 Sulawesi
• Jamides uniformis Rothschild, 1915 Admiralty Islands
• Jamides virgulatus (Druce, 1895)
• Jamides walkeri Druce, 1892 1892 "South Pacific Islands", Austral Island
• Jamides yehi Eliot, 1995 Malaya
• Jamides zebra (Druce, 1895)

External links

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