Jamides

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Ceruleans
BorneanLycaenidae2Purkiss, Jamides.jpg
15. J. virgulatus, 16. J. caerulea, 17. J. cyta, 18. J. lugine, 19. J. limes, 20. J. zebra
Scientific classification e
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:[1]

  • Jamides abdul (Distant, 1886)
  • (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)
  • (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines
  • Jamides amarauge Druce, 1891 – amarauge cerulean (Darnley Island, Papua, New Guinea, West Irian?, Bougainville?, Shortlands, Gudalcanal, Florida Island)
  • (Doherty, 1891) Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Jamides aratus (Stoll, [1781])
  • (Druce, 1891) Solomon Islands
  • Jamides aritai Hayashi, [1977]
  • Jamides aruensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
  • (Ribbe, 1926) Celebes
  • Jamides bochus (Stoll, [1782]) – dark cerulean
  • (Rothschild, 1915) Obi Islands, Moluccas, Lease Islands, Gorong archipelago, Sula Islands, New Guinea
  • Jamides caerulea (Druce, 1873) – royal cerulean (Assam, Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Java)
  • (Röber, 1886) Philippines, Borneo
  • Jamides candrenus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • (Butler, [1876]) New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands
  • (Eliot, 1969) Sulawesi
  • Jamides celeno (Cramer, [1775]) – common cerulean (Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes)
  • 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)
  • (Grose-Smith, 1897) Fergusson Island
  • (Hübner, [1819]) Seram, Ambon, Saparua, Geser
  • Jamides ferrari Evans, 1932 − Ferrar's cerulean
  • Jamides festivus (Röber, 1886)
  • Tite, 1960 Sulawesi, Sula Island
  • (Butler, 1876) Goodenough Island, Woodlark Island
  • Takanami, 1994 Sulawesi, Buru
  • Jamides kankena (Felder, 1862) – glistening cerulean
  • Jamides lacteata (de Nicéville, 1895) – milky cerulean
  • Jamides limes (Druce, 1895)
  • de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo
  • Jamides lugine (Druce, 1895)
  • Jamides malaccanus (Röber, 1886)
  • (Felder, 1860) = Jamides cyta nemea (Felder, 1860)
  • (Butler, 1876) New Guinea, Fergusson, Goodenough, Trobriand, Darnley Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Rook Island
  • (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) New Guinea
  • Jamides parasaturatus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
  • Jamides petunia Druce, 1887
  • Jamides phaseli (Mathew, 1889)
  • Jamides philatus (Snellen, 1878) – Burmese caerulean
  • (Rothschild, 1915) Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Seram, Misool, Ambon, Sulawesi, Sula Islands, New Guinea
  • Butler, 1884 New Hebrides
  • Tite, 1960 Borneo
  • Jamides pura (Moore, 1886) – white cerulean
  • Grose-Smith, 1894 1894 New Guinea, Manam, Karkar, Fergusson, Tagula Islands
  • (Fruhstorfer, 1915) New Guinea
  • (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines
  • (Röber, 1886) Halmahera, Ternate, Kayoa, Bacan, Sulawesi, Talaud, Sangihe, Philippines
  • Grose-Smith, 1895 Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Buru, Seram, Ambon, Sula, Watubela Island, Kei Islands, Aru Islands
  • (Röber, 1886) – Snellen's cerulean (Celebes)
  • Druce, 1891 Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville, Shortlands, Florida Island, Malaita, New Britain, Dampier Island, Vulcan Island
  • (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) Philippines
  • Jamides talinga (Kheil, 1884)
  • Takanami, 1994 Sulawesi
  • Rothschild, 1915 Admiralty Islands
  • Jamides virgulatus (Druce, 1895)
  • Druce, 1892 1892 "South Pacific Islands", Austral Island
  • Eliot, 1995 Malaya
  • Jamides zebra (Druce, 1895)

References[]

  1. ^ Jamides at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

External links[]

Media related to Jamides at Wikimedia Commons

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