Jamides

Jamides
Jamides phaseli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Jamides Hübner, [1819]
Species
Many, see text

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

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• 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 caeruleus (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
• Jamides goodenovii (Butler, 1876)
• Jamides halus Takanami, 1994
• Jamides kankena moved to Lampides kankena – glistening cerulean
• Jamides lacteata moved to Lampides lacteata – 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)

References

1. Jamides at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera