''Jamides'', commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of

butterflies 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

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. The species of this genus are found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

, the

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and 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 ...

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Jamides''
at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera * '' 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 The color cerulean (American English) or caerulean (British English, Commonwealth English), is a variety of the hue of blue that may range from a light azure blue to a more intense sky blue. Cerulean may also be mixed with the hue of green. ...

(Ceylon, southern India, Sikkim, Burma, Malaysia, Ambon, Serang, Obi?, Bachan?, New Guinea) * '' Jamides aleuas'' (C. & R. Felder,

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* '' 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, 781 * '' Jamides areas'' (Druce, 1891) Solomon Islands * '' Jamides aritai'' Hayashi,

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/small> * '' Jamides aruensis'' (Pagenstecher, 1884) * '' Jamides biru'' (Ribbe, 1926) Celebes * ''

Jamides bochus ''Jamides bochus'', the dark cerulean, is a small butterfly found in Indomalayan realm that belongs to the Lycaenidae, lycaenids or blues family. The species was Species description, first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. Description Male upp ...

'' (Stoll, 782 – 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 ''Jamides'', commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm. Species Listed alphabeticall ...

'' (Röber, 1886) Philippines, Borneo * '' Jamides candrenus'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) * '' Jamides carissima'' (Butler,

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New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands * '' Jamides celebica'' (Eliot, 1969) Sulawesi * '' Jamides celeno'' (Cramer,

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– common cerulean (Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes) * '' Jamides cephion'' Druce, 1891 Solomon Islands * '' Jamides cleodus'' (C. & R. Felder,

– 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, 824 – glistening cerulean (Assam, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes, Timor, Wetar?, Kissar) * '' Jamides epilectus'' (Grose-Smith, 1897) Fergusson Island * '' Jamides euchylas'' (Hübner,

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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,

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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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1762313 Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner