''Jamides amarauge'', the amarauge cerulean, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), 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 ...

. It was described by

Hamilton Herbert Druce Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (26 October 1866 – 21 June 1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Dr ...

in 1891. It is found in the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...

. The larvae feed on the flowers of ''

Pueraria lobata ''Pueraria montana'' var. ''lobata'', the East Asian arrowroot, or kudzu vine, is a perennial plant in the family Fabaceae. Names It is called ''gé'' () in Chinese, in Japanese, and ''chik'' () or ''gal'' () in Korean. Description The ...

''.

Subspecies

*''J. a. amarauge'' (New Guinea, Bougainville, Shortlands, Guadalcanal, Florida Island, Darnley Island) *''J. a. amandae'' Rawlins, Cassidy, Müller, Schröder & Tennent, 2014 (Aru)''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'' NF 35 (1/2): 12 *''J. a. hepworthi'' Tennent, 2001 (Solomon Islands)

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* Jamides Butterflies described in 1889 {{lycaenidae-stub