{{Short description|Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Jalmenus-evagoras-ventral.jpg | image_caption = ''Jalmenus evagoras'' | taxon = Jalmenus | authority = Hübner, 1818 | synonyms = {{genus list | Ialmenus | Hübner, 1818 | Austromyrina | Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1865 | Protialmenus | Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index"/> }}
'''Jalmenus''' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.<ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index"/><ref name="Australian Faunal Directory"/><ref name=Savela/> The genus is endemic to Australia.<ref name=Savela/>
==Species== *''Jalmenus aridus'' <small>Graham & Moulds, 1988</small> – inland hairstreak *''Jalmenus clementi'' <small>Druce, 1902</small> – turquoise hairstreak *''Jalmenus daemeli'' <small>Semper, 1879</small> – Dämel's blue, emerald hairstreak *''Jalmenus eichhorni'' <small>Staudinger, 1888</small> – northern hairstreak, northern imperial blue *''Jalmenus eubulus'' <small>Miskin, 1876</small> *''Jalmenus evagoras'' <small>(Donovan, 1805)</small> – common imperial blue, imperial hairstreak *''Jalmenus icilius'' <small>Hewitson, 1865</small> – amethyst hairstreak, Icilius blue *''Jalmenus ictinus'' <small>Hewitson, 1865</small> – Ictinus blue, stencilled hairstreak *''Jalmenus inous'' <small>Hewitson, 1865</small> – Inous blue, varied hairstreak *''Jalmenus lithochroa'' <small>Waterhouse, 1903</small> – lithochroa blue, Waterhouse's hairstreak *''Jalmenus pseudictinus'' <small>Kerr & Macqueen, 1967</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Australian Faunal Directory">{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Jalmenus |title=Genus ''Jalmenus'' Hübner, 1818 |work=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index">{{cite web |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/792150 |title=''Jalmenus'' Hübner, 1818 |work=Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.097 |date=7 April 2025 |access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>
<ref name=Savela>{{cite web |url=https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/jalmenus/#Jalmenus |title=''Jalmenus'' Hübner, 1818 |last=Savela |first=Markku |work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref> }}
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Category:Theclinae Category:Lycaenidae genera Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Category:Endemic fauna of Australia
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