Jalmenus is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

.The genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Australia.

Species

*'' Jalmenus aridus'' Graham & Moulds, 1988 - inland hairstreak *'' Jalmenus clementi'' Druce, 1902 - turquoise hairstreak *'' Jalmenus daemeli'' Semper, 1879 - Dämel's blue, emerald hairstreak *'' Jalmenus eichhorni'' Staudinger, 1888 - northern hairstreak, northern imperial blue *'' Jalmenus eubulus'' Miskin, 1876 *'' Jalmenus evagoras'' (Donovan, 1805) - common imperial blue, imperial hairstreak *'' Jalmenus icilius'' Hewitson, 1865 - amethyst hairstreak, Icilius blue *'' Jalmenus ictinus'' Hewitson, 1865 - Ictinus blue, stencilled hairstreak *'' Jalmenus inous'' Hewitson, 1865 - Inous blue, varied hairstreak *'' Jalmenus lithochroa'' Waterhouse, 1903 - lithochroa blue, Waterhouse's hairstreak *'' Jalmenus pseudictinus'' Kerr & Macqueen, 1967

External links

* Theclinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Theclinae-stub