Jamides

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

Ceruleans
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15. J. virgulatus, 16. J. caerulea, 17. J. cyta, 18. J. lugine, 19. J. limes, 20. J. zebra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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File:Common Cerulean (Jamides celeno) in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8498.jpg

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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)

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