Jamides

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Jamides
Species (65) (alphabetical): J. abdul – J. aetherialis – J. alecto – J. aleuas – J. allectus – J. alsietus – J. amarauge – J. anops – J. aratus – J. areas – J. aritai – J. aruensis – J. biru – J. bochus – J. butleri – J. caeruleus – J. callistus – J. candrenus – J. carissima – J. celebica – J. celeno – J. cephion – J. cleodus – J. coritus – J. coruscans – J. cunilda – J. cyta – J. elioti – J. elpis – J. ferrari – J. festivus – J. fractilinea – J. goodenovii – J. halus – J. hylassus – J. kankena – J. lacteata – J. latimargus – J. limes – J. lucide – J. lugine – J. malaccanus – J. minor – J. nemophilus – J. nitens – J. parasaturatus – J. phaseli – J. philatus – J. pseudosias – J. pulcherrima – J. puloensis – J. pura – J. reverdini – J. sabatus – J. schatzi – J. seminiger – J. snelleni – J. soemias – J. suidas – J. talinga – J. titei – J. tsukadai – J. vasilia – J. virgulatus – J. walkeri – J. wananga – J. yehi – J. zebra
Species groups

(from Hirowatari, 1992, et seq.)
bochus Species Group

J. amarauge – J. bochus – J. candrenus – J. carissima – J. cephion – J. goodenovii – J. phaseli – J. pulcherrima – J. soemias – J. seminiger – J. walkeri
celeno Species Group
cyta subgroup

J. areas – J. cyta – J. limes – J. lugine – J. nitens – J. puloensis – J. snelleni – J. titei – J. vasilia
celeno subgroup

J. butleri – J. celeno – J. fractilinea – J. pura – J. tsukadai
aratus subgroup

J. aetherialis – J. aratus – J. cleodus – J. zebra
aleuas subgroup

J. aleuas – J. allectus – J. anops – J. elioti – J. festivus – J. malaccanus – J. parasaturatus – J. philatus – J. suidas – J. yehi
elpis subgroup

J. abdul – J. alecto – J. alsietus – J. aritai – J. caeruleus – J. callistus – J. coruscans – J. cunilda – J. elpis – J. ferrari – J. halus – J. kankena – J. lacteata – J. latimargus – J. lucide – J. pseudosias – J. reverdini – J. sabatus – J. schatzi – J. talinga – J. virgulatus
celebica subgroup

J. celebica
hylassus subgroup

J. aruensis – J. coritus – J. hylassus – J. nemophilus
not assigned

J. biru
- J. minor
Name

Jamides Hübner, [1819] (5): 71.

Type species: Papilio bochus Stoll, [1782] Vol. 4: 210, pl. 391, figs. C, D.
References

Cassidy, A.C., 2013. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 34(3): 137–144, 63 figs. web Reference page.
Cassidy, A.C., 2016. Pepliphorus euchylas Hubner, [1819]: a junior objective synonym of Papilio hylassus Herbst, 1800 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lepidoptera Science 67(1): 1–6. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., [1916]. Revision der Gattung Lampides auf Grand anatomischer Untersuchungen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)81(6): 1–46, 1 text-fig., 4 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page.
Hirowatari, T. and Cassidy, A.C., 1994. A new species of the genus Jamides Hübner from Sulawesi. Tyô to Ga, 45(1):1-4. pdf. Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page.
Müller, C.J. 2016. A stunning new species of Jamides Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), with notes on sympatric congeners from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys 571: 113–131. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.571.7356.Reference page.
Rawlins, A., Cassidy, A., Müller, C., Schröder, S. & Tennent, W. J. 2014. An Illustrated and annotated checklist of Jamides Hübner, 1819, taxa occurring in the Indonesian Provinces of North Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 35(1/2): 5-39. web Reference page.
Schröder, S., Stradomsky, B. & Fomina, E. 2017. Taxonomic changes in Jamides aruensis (Pagenstecher, 1884) from Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Butterflies 76: 15–21, 21 figs. Reference page.
Stoll, C. 1780–1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29–90, pls 305–336; [1781]: 91–164, pls 337–372; [1782]: 165–252, pls 373–400; Suppl [1787]: 1–42, pls 1–8; [1790]: 43–184, pls 9–42. Reference page.
Tennent, W.J. & Rawlins, A.], 2012. A new Jamides Hübner, 1819 from the islands of North Maluku, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 33 (2/3): 139–141. web Reference page.
Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 3–267, figs 1–14, pls 1–16. PDF Reference page.

Links

Schröder, S. Synonymic species list of the genus Jamides, web Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Caeruleans

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)
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)

References

Jamides at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera