# Jalmenus

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{{Short description|Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Jalmenus-evagoras-ventral.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Jalmenus evagoras](/source/Jalmenus_evagoras)''
| taxon = Jalmenus
| authority = [Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner), 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](/source/butterflies) in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae).<ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index"/><ref name="Australian Faunal Directory"/><ref name=Savela/> The genus is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Australia](/source/Geography_of_Australia).<ref name=Savela/>

==Species==
*''[Jalmenus aridus](/source/Jalmenus_aridus)'' <small>Graham & Moulds, 1988</small> – inland hairstreak
*''[Jalmenus clementi](/source/Jalmenus_clementi)'' <small>Druce, 1902</small> – turquoise hairstreak
*''[Jalmenus daemeli](/source/Jalmenus_daemeli)'' <small>Semper, 1879</small> – Dämel's blue, emerald hairstreak
*''[Jalmenus eichhorni](/source/Jalmenus_eichhorni)'' <small>Staudinger, 1888</small> – northern hairstreak, northern imperial blue
*''[Jalmenus eubulus](/source/Jalmenus_eubulus)'' <small>Miskin, 1876</small>
*''[Jalmenus evagoras](/source/Jalmenus_evagoras)'' <small>(Donovan, 1805)</small> – common imperial blue, imperial hairstreak
*''[Jalmenus icilius](/source/Jalmenus_icilius)'' <small>Hewitson, 1865</small> – amethyst hairstreak, Icilius blue
*''[Jalmenus ictinus](/source/Jalmenus_ictinus)'' <small>Hewitson, 1865</small> – Ictinus blue, stencilled hairstreak
*''[Jalmenus inous](/source/Jalmenus_inous)'' <small>Hewitson, 1865</small> – Inous blue, varied hairstreak
*''[Jalmenus lithochroa](/source/Jalmenus_lithochroa)'' <small>Waterhouse, 1903</small> – lithochroa blue, Waterhouse's hairstreak
*''[Jalmenus pseudictinus](/source/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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